United Arab Emirates · Financial institution
Arab Bank PLC
Legal name in the LEI recordالبنك العربي
Licences and registrations
Held by the legal entity, not by this BIC
This BIC is mapped to LEI 5493001JH4LYPQTBQP79 (البنك العربي) in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. The legal entity’s page is Arab Bank PLC (ARABJOAX). None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers.
The Swift name for this BIC differs from the legal name in GLEIF.
Licences belong to the legal entity. Each applies in the country of the regulator that granted it, not to every BIC that carries the LEI.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- ARABAEADXXX head office
- Connection to Swift
- Connected to SwiftThis BIC is registered as a live address on the Swift network. The institution sends and receives Swift messages under ARABAEAD directly.
- Swift GPI
- Live member
- 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
- 12 branch codes
- BIC first registered
- 1994-06-06
- Last updated
- 2020-08-14
Identifiers
Head-office record
- BIC
- ARABAEADXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- ARABBank
- AECountry · United Arab Emirates
- ADLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- How the LEI was matched
- BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
Profile
- Type
- Financial institutionClassified as a financial institution in Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory, with no licence on a tracked register. This includes banks that neither the ECB nor the FSB lists, as well as brokers, fund managers, insurers and market infrastructure.
- Regulation
- Not on a tracked registerNo licence or registration was found for this entity on the registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
- Register licences
- None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers
- Country · region
- United Arab Emirates · Middle East & North Africa
- Trading venues (MIC)
- No MIC registered under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
- OFAC sanctions
- No listing cites this BIC
- EU sanctions
- No listing matched this BIC or its LEI
- Country sanctions
- No country programme
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.
No licence or registration was found for this entity on the 22 registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
The Arab Bank group has 18 institutions in the directory, in 17 countries: all hold a BIC.
Including Arab Bank Europe SA, Arab Bank PLC, Islamic International Arab Bank PLC, Arab Bank Australia Limited, Arab Bank Europe PLC.
See the Arab Bank group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Registered address
- EMAAR SQUARE , BLDG 2 DUBAI 11364 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
- Operational address
- BUILDING 2, EMAAR SQUARE P.O BOX 11364 DUBAI DUBAI UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
A CBPR+ message identifies this institution 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 its 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>ARABAEADXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>5493001JH4LYPQTBQP79</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>ARABAEADXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>5493001JH4LYPQTBQP79</LEI>
<Nm>ARAB BANK PLC</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>DUBAI</TwnNm>
<Ctry>AE</Ctry>
<AdrLine>EMAAR SQUARE, BLDG 2 DUBAI 11364</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>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.
Network
Branch network
All 12 branch BICs connect to the head office, spread across 7 cities. Largest: Dubai (5), Abu Dhabi (2).
Hover over a branch or group to see its details
Branch codes
| BIC | Branch | City | Address | LEI | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARABAEADABC | UAE BRANCHES CENTER | Abu Dhabi | SHEIK KALIFA BIN ZAYED STREET ABU DHABI ABU DHABI POB 875 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | — | 2020-08-14 |
| ARABAEADABD | ABU DHABI BRANCH | Abu Dhabi | SHEIK KALIFA BIN ZAYED STREET ABU DHABI ABU DHABI POB 875 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | — | 2020-08-14 |
| ARABAEADAIN | AL AIN BRANCH | Al Ain | ZAYED BEN SULTAN STREET AL AIN AL AIN POB 1212 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | — | 2020-08-14 |
| ARABAEADAJM | AJMAN BRANCH | Ajman | SHAIKH RASHID ALNAIMI STREET AJMAN AJMAN POB 17 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | — | 2020-08-14 |
| ARABAEADCTU | CENTRAL TRANSFERS UNIT | Dubai | AL ITTIHAD STREET DUBAI 11364 DUBAI UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | — | 2020-08-14 |
| ARABAEADDER | DEIRA BRANCH | Dubai | SALAH EDDINE ALAYYUBI STREET DUBAI DUBAI POB 1650 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | — | 2020-08-14 |
| ARABAEADFTC | FOREIGN TRADE CENTER | Dubai | ITTIHAD STREET DUBAI 11364 DUBAI UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | — | 2020-08-14 |
| ARABAEADFUJ | FUJAIRAH BRANCH | Fujairah | SHAIKH ZAYED STREET FUJAIRAH FUJAIRAH POB 300 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | — | 2020-08-14 |
| ARABAEADINV | PAYMENTS INVESTIGATIONS | Dubai | AL GURG TOWER 3 BANI YAS STREET DEIRA DUBAI 11364 DUBAI UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | — | 2020-08-14 |
| ARABAEADMAK | DUBAI BRANCH | Dubai | FLAME R/ A AL ITTIHAD STREET DUBAI DUBAI POB 11364 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | — | 2020-08-14 |
| ARABAEADRAK | RAS AL KHAIMAH BRANCH | Ras Al Khaimah | OMAN STREET NAKHEIL RAS AL KHAIMAH RAS AL KHAIMAH POB 4972 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | — | 2020-08-14 |
| ARABAEADSHJ | SHARJAH BRANCH | Sharjah | ALOUROOBA STREET SHARJAH SHARJAH POB 130 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | — | 2020-08-14 |
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- Ownership and group—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
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