Ghana · Financial institution

Absa Ghana Custody Securities Services

Branch code ofAbsa Bank of Ghana Limited (BARCGHACXXX)

BICBARCGHACCSS Head-office LEI549300TZC0521ZIVTQ82 Licence no.Not on a tracked register Head office BARCGHACXXX Connected to Swift Securities & custody Claim this profile

Licences and registrations

Held by the legal entity, not by a branch code

This branch code belongs to the legal entity of Absa Bank of Ghana Limited. None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers.

Licences belong to the legal entity. Each applies in the country of the regulator that granted it.

Swift network

Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory

BIC: BARCGHACCSS
Head-office BIC: BARCGHACXXX
Connection to Swift: Connected to Swift
Swift GPI · BARCGHAC: Not on the member list
Payment schemes and systems: No entry in the EPC registers, the ECB T2 and TIPS lists or the SIX Bank Master cites this BIC
Branch codes: One of 2 branch codes of Absa Bank of Ghana Limited
BIC first registered: 2023-02-25
Last updated: 2023-02-25

Identifiers

Branch record

BIC: BARCGHACCSS
How the BIC breaks down: BARCBank

GHCountry · Ghana

ACLocation

CSSBranch
Head-office BIC: BARCGHACXXX · Absa Bank of Ghana Limited
Branch LEI: No LEI mapped to this branch. Head-office LEI: 549300TZC0521ZIVTQ82

Profile

Branch description: ABSA GHANA CUSTODY SECURITIES SERVICES
Function: Securities & custody
City: Accra
Country · region: Ghana · Sub-Saharan Africa
Institution type: Financial institution

Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.

Ownership and group

GLEIF relationship records

Direct parent: Absa Bank · South AfricaSLI1CVYMJ21DST0Q8K25 ↗

The Absa Bank group has 10 institutions in the directory, in 9 countries: all hold a BIC.

Including Absa Bank Limited, National Bank of Commerce, Absa Bank Kenya PLC, Absa Bank Uganda Limited, Absa Bank Zambia PLC.

See the Absa Bank group →

Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.

Addresses

Branch address: ABSA HOUSE HIGH STREET ACCRA ACCRA POB 2949 GHANA
Head-office address: ABSA HOUSE HIGH STREET ACCRA GHANA

ISO 20022 identification

As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)

A CBPR+ message identifies this branch by its BIC, and may add its LEI or a clearing code. CBPR+ does not allow a name and postal address next to a BIC.

Identified by: BIC, with the head office’s LEI
Roles in CBPR+: Any agent, including the instructing and instructed agents

CBPR+

For cross-border payments on Swift: the BIC, with the LEI and clearing code where known

<FinInstnId>
  <BICFI>BARCGHACCSS</BICFI>
  <LEI>549300TZC0521ZIVTQ82</LEI>
</FinInstnId>

Full record

Every ISO 20022 element the directory holds. Base ISO 20022 allows them together. CBPR+ does not allow a name and address next to a BIC

<FinInstnId>
  <BICFI>BARCGHACCSS</BICFI>
  <LEI>549300TZC0521ZIVTQ82</LEI>
  <Nm>ABSA BANK OF GHANA LIMITED</Nm>
  <PstlAdr>
    <TwnNm>ACCRA</TwnNm>
    <Ctry>GH</Ctry>
    <AdrLine>ABSA HOUSE HIGH STREET ACCRA ACCRA POB 2949</AdrLine>
  </PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>

No LEI is mapped to this branch BIC. The blocks use the head office’s LEI, which identifies the same legal entity.

The BIC, name and address are as published in Swift’s BIC directory. The LEI comes from the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. Check them against your own records before use.

Where this branch sits

Linked to its head office. No other branch shares a distinctive function, city, address or registration day with it.

Sources & method

Every value comes from a public source, such as Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory, GLEIF or the OFAC and EU sanctions lists. Most sources are matched on a BIC or an LEI, not on a name.

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