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Lookup BIC code for Dutch banks

Given the four character identifier for a bank (e.g. RABO part of the IBAN account number) find BIC code for the bank (e.g. RABONL2U).

This script does a lookup in the BIC-lijst-NL.xlsx provided by Betaalvereniging Nederland.

Usage

List all identifiers and BIC codes alphabetically:

$ ruby search.rb
AABN AABNNL2A
ABNA ABNANL2A
ABNC ABNCNL2A
ADYB ADYBNL2A
AEGO AEGONL2U
ANDL ANDLNL2A
ARBN ARBNNL22
ARSN ARSNNL21
ASNB ASNBNL21
ATBA ATBANL2A
BARC BARCNL22
BCDM BCDMNL22
...

Find a specific BIC code:

$ ruby search.rb RABO
RABONL2U