Bank Directories 
Bank Directories
Definition
The bank directory contains the bank master data. This includes the bank address data and control data, such as the
SWIFT Code and Bank Groups. Details for post office banks should be identified specially.The bank directory must contain the master data for all the banks that you require for payment transactions with your business partners. This includes your banks and the banks of your business partners.
Use
The bank directory can be created in two ways:
Using program RFBVALL_0, you can import a bank directory into the SAP system from an ASCII file. You usually obtain a national bank directory on a data medium at a banking organization in your country. You should regularly update the bank directory.
Using program RFBVBIC_0, you can import a bank directory that you have created using the BIC Database Plus into the SAP system.
To create master data for all banks, proceed as follows from the initial screen: Accounting ® Financial accounting ® Banking ® Master data ® Bank master record ® Create.
You can enter the master data for your business partners' banks when you are editing the master data. When you are entering customer or vendor master data, or entering a document in a one-time customer account, the system automatically branches to bank directory editing if you enter bank details that do not exist in the directory.