Address, Postcode and Bank solutions

Bank Lookups

At the 'Find' box you may enter a simple lookup request - yet powerful search facilities are also available to you - so most bank lookups can be done here.  

Enter your lookup request, then click the Lookup button - use the shortcut key [Alt]+L - or simply press [Enter].  If your lookup request includes a sort code or a postcode this is detected, and AFD BankFinder will automatically carry out a lookup for you without the need to click Lookup.

Note that only the Lookup Button can be used with the Find Box - the Search Button is used with other searches on the Search Tab (see below).

Clicking on the down arrow to the right of the Lookup box allows you to select any of your last 25 Lookups. After selecting one make any modifications necessary, and then click on the Lookup button.

Other Lookups

Where you are not sure of the sort code or the postcode, BankFinder can easily find addresses from other information.  See the Search tab for details on more complex searching.  

Valid entries are:

	Entry	Example
	Sort Code Only	401129
	Postcode Only	B26 3JW
	Branch Name	St. Philips Place
	Bank Name	Royal Bank
	Town or Location	Birmingham
	Phone	0121 7411380
	...including just an STD Code	0121
	Text in any field, Any of the above	Coventry Road,HSBC
		Harborne,517032
	A Bank BIC Code	NWBKGB21
	A Branch and Bank BIC Code	02J,BARCGB21

Click the Lookup Button or press the [Enter] key and BankFinder will look up the request you've entered. 

Lookup Directives

BankFinder also provides a set of lookup directives so that you can force a lookup to look for data in fields you specify to allow quick searching straight from the lookup box. 

The following directives can be used:

	Directive	Example	Purpose
	S=	S=089001	Forces lookup as a Sort Code
	P=	P=B21 9LS	Forces lookup as a Postcode
	C=	C=MIDLGB21	Forces lookup as a Bank BIC
	R=	R=19C	Forces lookup as a Branch BIC
	N=	N=City	Forces lookup as a Branch Name
	B=	B=Natwest	Forces lookup as a Bank Name
	T=	T=Birmingham	Forces lookup as a Town / Location
	#=	#=0121	Forces lookup as a Phone number

Examples List Window

The above examples, along with several others, are available from a special Examples List window, which displays when BankFinder is first run - or is available from the View menu (or by pressing [Ctrl]+X). To try out any example in the list, simply double-click it.

The examples help illustrate the types of lookups available in BankFinder - including most of the examples quoted in this section of the manual.

Drag and Drop

In BankFinder you can drag text from other Windows programs - like Microsoft Word - and drop it onto the Find Box. BankFinder will automatically Lookup the text you dropped - which can be in any of the formats supported by the Find Box.