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title: "Arab Bank PLC SWIFT/BIC code ARABBHBMXXX · Bahrain | Elucidate"
description: "SWIFT/BIC code ARABBHBMXXX for Arab Bank PLC, Bahrain. 5 branch BICs, LEI 5493001JH4LYPQTBQP79, addresses and Swift connectivity."
url: https://elucidate.co/directory/arab-bank-plc-arabbhbm
---

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2.  [Bahrain](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bh)
3.  Arab Bank PLC

Bahrain · Financial institution

# Arab Bank PLC

Legal name in the LEI record البنك العربي

BIC **ARABBHBMXXX** LEI **[5493001JH4LYPQTBQP79](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/5493001JH4LYPQTBQP79)** Licence no. **Not on a tracked register** Connected to Swift Swift GPI live member [**5** branch codes](https://elucidate.co/directory/arab-bank-plc-arabbhbm#branches) [**1** respondent bank](https://elucidate.co/directory/arab-bank-plc-arabbhbm#respondents) [Group: Arab Bank](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/5493001JH4LYPQTBQP79) [Claim this profile](https://elucidate.co/directory/arab-bank-plc-arabbhbm#claim)

## 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)](https://elucidate.co/directory/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:** ARABBHBMXXX head office
- **Connection to Swift:** Connected to Swift
- **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:** [5 branch codes](https://elucidate.co/directory/arab-bank-plc-arabbhbm#branches)
- **Other BICs with this LEI:** [ARABJOAX](https://elucidate.co/directory/arab-bank-plc-arabjoax) · [ARABEGCX](https://elucidate.co/directory/arab-bank-plc-arabegcx) · [ARABPS22](https://elucidate.co/directory/arab-bank-plc-arabps22) · [ARABAEAD](https://elucidate.co/directory/arab-bank-plc-arabaead) · [ARABYESA](https://elucidate.co/directory/arab-bank-plc-yemen-arabyesa) · [ARABMAMC](https://elucidate.co/directory/arab-bank-plc-arabmamc) +5 more
- **BIC first registered:** 1990-03-05
- **Last updated:** 2025-11-29

## Identifiers

Head-office record

- **BIC:** ARABBHBMXXX
- **How the BIC breaks down:** 1. ARAB Bank 2. BH Country · Bahrain 3. BM Location 4. XXX Branch · head office
- **Branch description:** Not recorded in the directory
- **LEI:** [5493001JH4LYPQTBQP79](https://elucidate.co/directory/arab-bank-plc-arabjoax)
- **LEI record:** [View on GLEIF ↗](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/5493001JH4LYPQTBQP79)
- **How the LEI was matched:** BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.

## Profile

- **Type:** Financial institution
- **Regulation:** Not on a tracked register
- **Register licences:** None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers
- **Country · region:** Bahrain · 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](https://elucidate.co/directory/arab-bank-europe-sa-arabfrpp), [Arab Bank PLC](https://elucidate.co/directory/arab-bank-plc-arabqaqa), [Islamic International Arab Bank PLC](https://elucidate.co/directory/islamic-international-arab-bank-plc-iibajoam), [Arab Bank Australia Limited](https://elucidate.co/directory/arab-bank-australia-limited-arabau2s), [Arab Bank Europe PLC](https://elucidate.co/directory/arab-bank-europe-plc-arabgb2l).

[See the Arab Bank group →](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/5493001JH4LYPQTBQP79)

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

## Addresses

- **Registered address:** BUILDING 540/542, BLOCK 317 ROAD 1706,DIPLOMATIC AREA MANAMA 813 813 BAHRAIN
- **Operational address:** BUILDING 540/542 BLOCK 317 ROAD 1706, DIPLOMATIC AREA MANAMA 813 MANAMA POB 813 BAHRAIN

## 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

```xml
<FinInstnId>
  <BICFI>ARABBHBMXXX</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

```xml
<FinInstnId>
  <BICFI>ARABBHBMXXX</BICFI>
  <LEI>5493001JH4LYPQTBQP79</LEI>
  <Nm>ARAB BANK PLC</Nm>
  <PstlAdr>
    <TwnNm>MANAMA</TwnNm>
    <Ctry>BH</Ctry>
    <AdrLine>BUILDING 540/542, BLOCK 317 ROAD 1706, DIPLOMATIC AREA MANAMA 813 813</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

### Branches and correspondent banking

All 5 branch BICs connect to the head office. They are all in Manama, and no function or registration year splits them further. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. publishes 1 account held with this bank.

### Respondent banks

From the correspondent lists other banks publish

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. publishes 1 account held with this bank.

| Currency | Respondent bank | Held at | Account | Purpose | Published in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| BHD | [Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.](https://elucidate.co/directory/wells-fargo-bank-n-a-pnbpus33) United States | ARABBHBMMAN | BH05ARAB02002700610920 | FX settlement | [www08.wellsfargomedia.com ↗](https://www08.wellsfargomedia.com/assets/pdf/commercial/international/resources/wfbna-usa-ssi-listing.pdf) dated May 2024 |

Each row is an account the respondent bank lists as held with this bank, as published. Only banks that publish their correspondent accounts, and that Elucidate has researched, can appear, so the list is not complete. Confirm settlement instructions with either bank before relying on them.

### Branch codes

| BIC | Branch | City | Address | LEI | Updated |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [ARABBHBMCTU](https://elucidate.co/directory/arab-bank-plc-arabbhbm-ctu) | CENTRAL TRANSFER UNIT | Manama | ARAB BANK P.L.C BAHRAIN BLDG 179 GOVERNMENT AVENUE MANAMA 395 MANAMA BAHRAIN | — | 2025-11-29 |
| [ARABBHBMINV](https://elucidate.co/directory/arab-bank-plc-arabbhbm-inv) | PAYMENTS INVESTIGATIONS | — | ARAB BANK P.L.C BAHRAIN BLDG 179 | — | 2025-11-29 |
| [ARABBHBMMAN](https://elucidate.co/directory/arab-bank-plc-arabbhbm-man) | COMMERCIAL BRANCH | Manama | GOVERNMENT STREET MANAMA MANAMA POB 395 BAHRAIN | — | 2025-11-29 |
| [ARABBHBMTRO](https://elucidate.co/directory/arab-bank-plc-arabbhbm-tro) | TREASURY OPERATIONS | Manama | ARAB BANK P.L.C BAHRAIN BLDG 179 GOVERNMENT AVENUE MANAMA 395 MANAMA BAHRAIN | — | 2025-11-29 |
| [ARABBHBMTSU](https://elucidate.co/directory/arab-bank-plc-arabbhbm-tsu) | TRADE SERVICES UNIT | Manama | ARAB BANK P.L.C BAHRAIN BLDG 179 GOVERNMENT AVENUE MANAMA 395 MANAMA BAHRAIN | — | 2025-11-29 |

[See every BIC in Bahrain →](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bh#bics)

## Related institutions

### Legal entity

-   [Arab Bank PLC BIC ARABJOAX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Jordan · Not on a tracked register · LEI 5493001JH4LYPQTBQP79](https://elucidate.co/directory/arab-bank-plc-arabjoax)

The page that carries this LEI’s licences and group facts.

### Same legal entity

-   [Arab Bank PLC BIC ARABEGCX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Egypt · Not on a tracked register · LEI 5493001JH4LYPQTBQP79](https://elucidate.co/directory/arab-bank-plc-arabegcx)
-   [Arab Bank PLC BIC ARABPS22 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Palestinian Territories · Not on a tracked register · LEI 5493001JH4LYPQTBQP79](https://elucidate.co/directory/arab-bank-plc-arabps22)
-   [Arab Bank PLC BIC ARABAEAD Financial institution Not on a tracked register United Arab Emirates · Not on a tracked register · LEI 5493001JH4LYPQTBQP79](https://elucidate.co/directory/arab-bank-plc-arabaead)
-   [Arab Bank PLC - Yemen BIC ARABYESA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Yemen · Not on a tracked register · LEI 5493001JH4LYPQTBQP79](https://elucidate.co/directory/arab-bank-plc-yemen-arabyesa)
-   [Arab Bank Plc. BIC ARABMAMC Financial institution Not on a tracked register Morocco · Not on a tracked register · LEI 5493001JH4LYPQTBQP79](https://elucidate.co/directory/arab-bank-plc-arabmamc)
-   [Arab Bank PLC BIC ARABLBBX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Lebanon · Not on a tracked register · LEI 5493001JH4LYPQTBQP79](https://elucidate.co/directory/arab-bank-plc-arablbbx)
-   [Arab Bank PLC BIC ARABDZAL Financial institution Not on a tracked register Algeria · Not on a tracked register · LEI 5493001JH4LYPQTBQP79](https://elucidate.co/directory/arab-bank-plc-arabdzal)
-   [Arab Bank PLC BIC ARABSGSG Financial institution Not on a tracked register Singapore · Not on a tracked register · LEI 5493001JH4LYPQTBQP79](https://elucidate.co/directory/arab-bank-plc-arabsgsg)
-   [Arab Bank PLC BIC ARABUS31 Financial institution Not on a tracked register United States · Not on a tracked register · LEI 5493001JH4LYPQTBQP79](https://elucidate.co/directory/arab-bank-plc-arabus31)
-   [Arab Bank PLC Shanghai Branch BIC ARABCNSH Financial institution Not on a tracked register China · Not on a tracked register · LEI 5493001JH4LYPQTBQP79](https://elucidate.co/directory/arab-bank-plc-shanghai-branch-arabcnsh)

Other BICs mapped to the same LEI.

### Subsidiaries in the directory

-   [Islamic International Arab Bank PLC BIC IIBAJOAM Financial institution Not on a tracked register Jordan · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300BYU8UI37STTY19](https://elucidate.co/directory/islamic-international-arab-bank-plc-iibajoam)
-   [Arab Bank Australia Limited BIC ARABAU2S Financial institution Not on a tracked register Australia · Not on a tracked register · LEI 2138007YQFTUALU3GX55](https://elucidate.co/directory/arab-bank-australia-limited-arabau2s)
-   [Arab Bank Europe PLC BIC ARABGB2L Financial institution Not on a tracked register United Kingdom · Not on a tracked register · LEI 213800RRX1TYUVV2R518](https://elucidate.co/directory/arab-bank-europe-plc-arabgb2l)
-   [Arab Tunisian Bank BIC ATBKTNTT Financial institution Not on a tracked register Tunisia · Not on a tracked register · LEI 213800DS3JM6J5SUGS88](https://elucidate.co/directory/arab-tunisian-bank-atbktntt)

Entities that GLEIF records with this LEI as their direct parent.

### Same group

-   [Arab Bank Europe SA BIC ARABFRPP Credit institution Prudential licence France · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI 213800TKOS7J5UA3ZI07](https://elucidate.co/directory/arab-bank-europe-sa-arabfrpp)
-   [Arab Bank PLC BIC ARABQAQA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Qatar · Not on a tracked register · LEI 2763XI5XJWWC6GNHAZ54](https://elucidate.co/directory/arab-bank-plc-arabqaqa)

[All 18 institutions in the Arab Bank group →](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/5493001JH4LYPQTBQP79)

### Same name, different BIC

-   [Arab Bank PLC BIC ARABLBB1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Lebanon · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/arab-bank-plc-arablbb1)
-   [Arab Bank PLC BIC ARABJOA1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Jordan · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/arab-bank-plc-arabjoa1)
-   [Arab Bank Plc. BIC ARABMAM1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Morocco · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/arab-bank-plc-arabmam1)

### Largest institutions in Bahrain

-   [Bbk BIC BBKUBHBM Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bahrain · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300MCPF5HTBF8ZR90](https://elucidate.co/directory/bbk-bbkubhbm)
-   [Icici Bank Limited BIC ICICBHBM Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bahrain · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/icici-bank-limited-icicbhbm)
-   [Al Baraka Islamic Bank B.S.C - Closed BIC ABIBBHBM Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bahrain · Not on a tracked register · LEI 213800UYR4MJ6VKWZS44](https://elucidate.co/directory/al-baraka-islamic-bank-b-s-c-closed-abibbhbm)
-   [Bahrain Islamic Bank B.S.C. BIC BIBBBHBM Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bahrain · Not on a tracked register · LEI 558600FAUY6XHS2B0J49](https://elucidate.co/directory/bahrain-islamic-bank-b-s-c-bibbbhbm)
-   [Citibank N.A. BIC CITIBHBX Credit institution Prudential licence Bahrain · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI E57ODZWZ7FF32TWEFA76](https://elucidate.co/directory/citibank-n-a-citibhbx)
-   [First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC BIC NBADBHBM Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bahrain · Not on a tracked register · LEI 2138002Y3WMK6RZS8H90](https://elucidate.co/directory/first-abu-dhabi-bank-pjsc-nbadbhbm)
-   [Gulf International Bank B.S.C. BIC GULFBHBM Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bahrain · Not on a tracked register · LEI 558600JW2XPMLG97TV14](https://elucidate.co/directory/gulf-international-bank-b-s-c-gulfbhbm)
-   [Mashreqbank PSC BIC BOMLBHBM Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bahrain · Not on a tracked register · LEI 5493000SA3K24EQKA103](https://elucidate.co/directory/mashreqbank-psc-bomlbhbm)

[See every BIC in Bahrain →](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bh#bics)

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Sources & method

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