+1 SWIFT/BIC payment type

composer.json

@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
         }
     ],
     "require": {
-        "php": ">=5.3.3"
+        "php": ">=5.3.3",
+        "icomefromthenet/reverse-regex": "v0.0.6.2"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "phpunit/phpunit": "~4.0",

src/Faker/Provider/Payment.php

@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 namespace Faker\Provider;
 
+use ReverseRegex\Lexer;
+use ReverseRegex\Random\SimpleRandom;
+use ReverseRegex\Parser;
+use ReverseRegex\Generator\Scope;
+
 class Payment extends Base
 {
     public static $expirationDateFormat = "m/y";
@@ -156,6 +161,25 @@ public static function creditCardNumber($type = null, $formatted = false, $separ
         return $number;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Return the String of a SWIFT/BIC number
+     *
+     * @example 'RZTIAT22263'
+     * @link    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_9362
+     */
+    public static function swiftBicNumber()
+    {
+        $lexer = new  Lexer("^([a-zA-Z]){4}([a-zA-Z]){2}([0-9a-zA-Z]){2}([0-9a-zA-Z]{3})?$");
+        $gen   = new SimpleRandom(10002);
+        $result = '';
+
+        $parser = new Parser($lexer, new Scope(), new Scope());
+        $parser->parse()->getResult()->generate($result, $gen);
+
+        return $result;
+
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param boolean $valid True (by default) to get a valid expiration date, false to get a maybe valid date
      * @example 04/13

test/Faker/Provider/PaymentTest.php

@@ -42,4 +42,9 @@ public function testRandomCard()
         $this->assertEquals(count($cardDetails), 4);
         $this->assertEquals(array('type', 'number', 'name', 'expirationDate'), array_keys($cardDetails));
     }
+
+    public function testSwiftBicTypeReturnsValidSwitBic()
+    {
+        $this->assertRegExp('/^([a-zA-Z]){4}([a-zA-Z]){2}([0-9a-zA-Z]){2}([0-9a-zA-Z]{3})?$/', $this->faker->swiftBicNumber);
+    }
 }