> 2016 5,102 In my country (Brazil), the bank identifier used by several banking protocols is three digits. It's hard to imagine over a thousand separate banks

> 2016 5,102 In my country (Brazil), the bank identifier used by several banking protocols is three digits. It's hard to imagine over a thousand separate banks in a single country. (For the curious, the full list of identifiers: http://www.bb.com.br/docs/pub/siteEsp/compe/dwn/IFPCNC.pdf http://www.bb.com.br/docs/pub/siteEsp/compe/dwn/IFPCNC.pdf and http://www.bb.com.br/docs/pub/siteEsp/compe/dwn/IFPECNC.pdf http://www.bb.com.br/docs/pub/siteEsp/compe/dwn/IFPECNC.pdf)