Business Identifier Code (BIC) Reference Data

Reference data for SWIFT BIC code, including bank names and addresses

BIC is the International Standard ISO 9362:2014. This standard specifies the elements and structure of a universal identifier code, the business identifier code (BIC), for financial and non-financial institutions, for which such an international identifier is required to facilitate automated processing of information for financial services.

This dataset contains the reference data for the Business Identifier Code. In essence, it's a list of every bank in the world (some BIC holders are not banks, some banks don't have BICs).

Branch information has been excluded from this dataset.

Data overview

Entities:
Total32,443
Searchable32,443
Entity types:
Organizations32,443
Countries:
231 countries · Show overview...
Publisher:Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) · Global

SWIFT is a global member-owned cooperative that provides secure financial messaging services. It is used by more than 11,000 financial institutions and offers comprehensive reference data for the financial industry.

Collections:in OpenSanctions Default
Information:www.iso9362.org
Source data:www.iso9362.org · PDF
Tags:sector.banking
Coverage:added · frequency: monthly
Last processed:2025-11-02 09:33:02 · v. 20251102093302-mjx
Last change:

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entities.ftm.jsonFollowTheMoney entities18.36 MB

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Using the API

You can query the data in this dataset via the application programming interface (API) endpoints below. Please read the introduction for documentation and terms of service.

Use the Reconciliation API in OpenRefine:
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Recent additions

The following targeted entities have been added to this data source most recently:

AddedNameTypeCountries
COFIDIS S.A. SUCURSAL EN ESPANACompanySpain
Moody's CorporationCompanyUnited States
WUHAN P AND S INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.OrganizationChina
Old Dominion National BankCompanyUnited States
Bank Saderat IranCompanyLebanon · Oman · Germany · United Kingdom · Greece · Turkmenistan · Afghanistan · Iran · United States · France · Qatar · United Arab Emirates
Bank Melli IranCompanyGermany · Oman · United Kingdom · Hong Kong SAR · United States · Azerbaijan · Iran · France · United Arab Emirates · Iraq
MB BankCompanyRussia
Joint Stock Company National Settlement DepositoryCompanyRussia
LUKOIL OAOCompanyRussia
Europaisch-Iranische Handelsbank AGCompanyGermany · Iran
BANK URALSIB OAOCompanyRussia
Tejarat BankCompanyIran · France · Tajikistan · China · United Arab Emirates · United Kingdom
BNP ParibasCompanyFrance
Ural Bank for Reconstruction and DevelopmentCompanyRussia
Far Eastern BankCompanyRussia
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