Ecuador · Financial institution
Banco Pichincha C.A.
Banco Pichincha C.A. is a privately owned Ecuadorian bank incorporated as a compañía anónima, with its head office in Quito. It was founded in April 1906. According to its 2026 Wolfsberg questionnaire, Fidel Egas Grijalva is its ultimate beneficial owner with 94.32%. It offers retail, SME, microfinance and corporate banking in Ecuador, and the bank says the Pichincha group also operates in Peru, Colombia, Panama, the United States and Spain.
Licences and registrations
Matched by LEI on the 22 tracked registers
None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers.
- The tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- PICHECEQXXX 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 PICHECEQ 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
- 88 branch codes
- Other BIC with this LEI
- PICHUS3M
- BIC first registered
- 1981-09-07
- Last updated
- 2022-02-14
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Employees
Not published
Ownership
Privately held
Institution type
Commercial bank
Trades as Banco Pichincha
- Ownership
- According to the bank's March 2026 Wolfsberg questionnaire, Dario Fidel Alejandro Egas Grijalva is its ultimate beneficial owner with 94.32%.
- Ultimate owner
- Dario Fidel Alejandro Egas Grijalva, Ecuador
- Major shareholder
- Dario Fidel Alejandro Egas Grijalva (ultimate beneficial owner) 94.32% · 16 Mar 2026
- Head office
- Av. Amazonas 4560 y Pereira, 170506 Quito, Ecuador
- Former name
- Banco del Pichincha C.A.
Business lines
The bank serves individuals, SMEs, microenterprises and corporates in all 24 provinces of Ecuador through branches, Mi Vecino banking agents and the Deuna payments app.
Online
- Websites & references
- pichincha.com ↗
soporte.pichincha.com ↗ customer help centre (linked from the footer of pichincha.com)
Wikipedia ↗ - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · X ↗ · Facebook ↗ · Instagram ↗ · YouTube ↗ · TikTok ↗
Sources · 11 pages consulted
- pichincha.com/
- pichincha.com/conoce-tu-banco/alta-direccion
- pichincha.com/transparencia
- pichincha.com/sites/default/files/documents/2026-05/formulario-wolfsberg-2026.pdf
- pichincha.com/sites/default/files/documents/2026-04/balance-de-situacion.pdf
- pichincha.com/blog/banco-pichincha-120-anos-confianza
- superbancos.gob.ec/bancos/a-la-ciudadania-2/
- primicias.ec/economia/empresas/alejandro-ribadeneira-jaramillo-gerente-banco-pichincha-sector-financie
- bloomberglinea.com/latinoamerica/ecuador/autoridades-desmienten-cierre-de-banco-pichincha-pero-que-pasa-con-
- ecuavisa.com/noticias/economia/banco-pichincha-superintendencia-bancos-HE9886889
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banco_Pichincha
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
- Alejandro Ribadeneira Jaramillo Gerente General (General Manager)
- Chair
- Antonio Acosta Espinosa Presidente del Directorio (Chair of the Board)
- Chief financial officer
- Xavier Ernesto Donoso Salazar Vicepresidente Finanzas, Administración y Tesorería
- Executive
- Santiago Bayas Paredes Vicepresidente del Directorio (Vice-Chair of the Board)
- Executive
- Julio Vicente Laso Ayala Vicepresidente Legal y Cumplimiento
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Ecuador
- Superintendency of Banks of Ecuador (Superintendencia de Bancos) Prudential supervisorAML supervisorConductResolution
- Ecuador
- Central Bank of Ecuador (Banco Central del Ecuador) Central bank
- Ecuador
- Financial Policy and Regulation Board (Junta de Política y Regulación Financiera) Other
Recent events 2 enforcement or investigation items
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Leadership
Alejandro Ribadeneira Jaramillo became General Manager on 27 February 2026. He succeeded Santiago Bayas Paredes, who joined the board.
primicias.ec ↗ -
Enforcement
The Superintendency of Banks opened administrative sanction proceedings against the bank over its compliance with rules on reporting technology incidents.
bloomberglinea.com ↗ -
Incident
The Superintendency of Banks started round-the-clock supervision after failures in the bank's mobile banking app.
superbancos.gob.ec ↗
Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, incidents, leadership changes, mergers and licence changes. Each links to its source.
Identifiers
Head-office record
- BIC
- PICHECEQXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- PICHBank
- ECCountry · Ecuador
- EQLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- HEAD OFFICE
- LEI
- 549300CO09CR3FNOZ392
- 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 registersThe tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
- Country · region
- Ecuador · Latin America & Caribbean
- 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 Banco Pichincha C.A. group has 3 institutions in the directory, in 3 countries: all hold a BIC.
Including Banco Pichincha S.A..
See the Banco Pichincha C.A. group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Registered address
- AV. AMAZONAS 4560 Y ALONSO PEREIRA MATRIZ QUITO ECUADOR
- Operational address
- MATRIZ AV. AMAZONAS Y ALONSO PEREIRA 4560 QUITO QUITO POB 1703717 ECUADOR
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>PICHECEQXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>549300CO09CR3FNOZ392</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>PICHECEQXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>549300CO09CR3FNOZ392</LEI>
<Nm>BANCO PICHINCHA C.A.</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>QUITO</TwnNm>
<Ctry>EC</Ctry>
<AdrLine>AV. AMAZONAS 4560 Y ALONSO PEREIRA MATRIZ QUITO</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 88 branch BICs connect to the head office, spread across 17 cities. Largest: Quito (46), Guayaquil (21), Cuenca (6).
All 88 branch BICs connect to the head office. Most were registered in 1999–2002 (40 BICs) and 1995–1998 (39).
Hover over a branch or group to see its details
Branch codes
| BIC | Branch | City | Address | LEI | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PICHECEQ100 | — | Guayaquil | GUAYAQUIL GUAYAQUIL ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ101 | AG. | Guayaquil | GUAYAQUIL GUAYAQUIL ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ102 | INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS | Guayaquil | GUAYAQUIL GUAYAQUIL ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ103 | DOMESTIC OPERATIONS | Guayaquil | GUAYAQUIL GUAYAQUIL ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ104 | TREASURY AND SECURITIES OPERATIONS | Guayaquil | GUAYAQUIL GUAYAQUIL ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ105 | MONEY TRANSFER | Guayaquil | GUAYAQUIL GUAYAQUIL ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ106 | AG. LA LIBERTAD | Guayaquil | CALLE 23 Y CUARTA ESQUINA GUAYAQUIL GUAYAQUIL ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ107 | AG. CENTENARIO SUR | Guayaquil | AV. JOSE VICENTE TRUJILLO Y AV. 25 DE JULIO GUAYAQUIL GUAYAQUIL ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ108 | AG. CENTRO | Guayaquil | PICHINCA Y 9 DE OCTUBRE 309 GUAYAQUIL GUAYAQUIL ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ109 | AG. EL DORADO | Quito | QUITO QUITO ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ110 | AG. CENTENARIO | Guayaquil | GUAYAQUIL GUAYAQUIL ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ111 | AG. ALBORADA | Guayaquil | GUAYAQUIL GUAYAQUIL ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ112 | AG. ALBAN BORJA | Guayaquil | GUAYAQUIL GUAYAQUIL ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ113 | AG. MALL DEL SOL | Guayaquil | GUAYAQUIL GUAYAQUIL ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ114 | AG. URDESA | Guayaquil | GUAYAQUIL GUAYAQUIL ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ115 | AG. | Guayaquil | GUAYAQUIL GUAYAQUIL ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ116 | AG. | Guayaquil | GUAYAQUIL GUAYAQUIL ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ117 | AG. | Guayaquil | GUAYAQUIL GUAYAQUIL ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ118 | AG.POLICENTRO | Guayaquil | GUAYAQUIL GUAYAQUIL ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ119 | BRANCH 119 | Guayaquil | GUAYAQUIL GUAYAQUIL ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ120 | BRANCH 120 | Guayaquil | GUAYAQUIL GUAYAQUIL ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ121 | BRANCH 121 | Guayaquil | GUAYAQUIL GUAYAQUIL ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ200 | — | Machala | MACHALA MACHALA ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ250 | IBARRA BRANCH | Ibarra | AVENIDA BOLIVAR Y OBISPO MOSQUERA IBARRA IBARRA POB 1001756 ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ253 | OTAVALO BRANCH | Otavalo | BOLIVAR Y GARCIA MORENO 616 OTAVALO OTAVALO ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ270 | LATACUNGA BRANCH | Latacunga | CALLE QUITO 7183 LATACUNGA LATACUNGA ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ300 | — | Cuenca | CUENCA CUENCA ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ302 | INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS | Cuenca | CUENCA CUENCA ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ304 | BRANCH 304 | Cuenca | CUENCA CUENCA ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ305 | MONEY TRANSFER | Cuenca | CUENCA CUENCA ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ306 | BRANCH 306 | Cuenca | CUENCA CUENCA ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ307 | BRANCH 307 | Cuenca | CUENCA CUENCA ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ350 | RIOBAMBA BRANCH | Riobamba | TITUYENTE Y GARCIA MORENO 23-17 RIOBAMBA RIOBAMBA POB 136 ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ370 | GUARANDA BRANCH | Guaranda | 7 DE MAYO Y 10 DE AGOSTO GUARANDA GUARANDA ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ400 | — | Ambato | AMBATO AMBATO ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ450 | AZOGUES BRANCH | Azogues | RIVERA Y TENEMASA 903 AZOGUES AZOGUES ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ500 | LOAN AND CREDITS | Quito | MATRIZ AV. AMAZONAS Y ALONSO PEREIRA 4560 QUITO 4560 QUITO ECUADOR | — | 2026-06-06 |
| PICHECEQ501 | — | Quito | QUITO QUITO ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ502 | HEAD INTERNATIONAL DIVISION | Quito | QUITO QUITO ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ503 | DOMESTIC OPERATIONS | Quito | QUITO QUITO ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ504 | TREASURY AND SECURITIES OPERATIONS | Quito | QUITO QUITO ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ505 | MONEY TRANSFER DEPARTMENT | Quito | QUITO QUITO ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ506 | — | Quito | QUITO QUITO ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ507 | — | Quito | QUITO QUITO ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ508 | RECONCILIATION | Quito | QUITO QUITO ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ509 | INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENTS | Quito | QUITO QUITO ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ510 | AG. PLAZA GRANDE | Quito | QUITO QUITO ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ511 | AG. AMAZONAS | Quito | QUITO QUITO ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ512 | SUC.NORTE | Quito | QUITO QUITO ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ513 | AG. LA REPUBLICA | Quito | QUITO QUITO ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ514 | AG. AV. PORTUGAL | Quito | QUITO QUITO ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ515 | AG. INAQUITO | Quito | QUITO QUITO ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ516 | AG. EL BOSQUE | Quito | QUITO QUITO ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ517 | AG. CARONDELET | Quito | QUITO QUITO ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ518 | AG. QUICENTRO | Quito | QUITO QUITO ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ519 | AG. C.C.INAQUITO | Quito | QUITO QUITO ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ520 | AG. EL INCA | Quito | QUITO QUITO ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ521 | AG. GONZALEZ SUAREZ | Quito | QUITO QUITO ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ522 | AG. VILLAFLORA | Quito | QUITO QUITO ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ523 | AG. CUMBAYA | Quito | QUITO QUITO ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ524 | AG.ELOY ALFARO | Quito | QUITO QUITO ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ525 | AG. | Quito | QUITO QUITO ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ526 | AG. | Quito | QUITO QUITO ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ527 | AG. | Quito | QUITO QUITO ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ528 | AG. | Quito | QUITO QUITO ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ529 | AG. | Quito | QUITO QUITO ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ530 | AG. | Quito | QUITO QUITO ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ531 | AG. | Quito | QUITO QUITO ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ532 | AG. | Quito | QUITO QUITO ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ533 | AG. | Quito | QUITO QUITO ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ534 | AG. | Quito | QUITO QUITO ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ535 | AG. | Quito | QUITO QUITO ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ536 | AG. | Quito | QUITO QUITO ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ537 | BRANCH 537 | Quito | QUITO QUITO ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ538 | BRANCH 538 | Quito | QUITO QUITO ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ539 | BRANCH 539 | Quito | QUITO QUITO ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ540 | BRANCH 540 | Quito | QUITO QUITO ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ541 | BRANCH 541 | Quito | QUITO QUITO ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ550 | — | Santo Domingo | SANTO DOMINGO SANTO DOMINGO ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ551 | SUC. EL VALLE | Quito | QUITO QUITO ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ552 | AG. | Quito | QUITO QUITO ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ600 | — | Manta | MANTA MANTA ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ605 | MONEY TRANSFER DEPT. | Manta | MANTA MANTA ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ610 | — | Portoviejo | PORTOVIEJO PORTOVIEJO ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ700 | — | Esmeraldas | ESMERALDAS ESMERALDAS ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ800 | MATRIZ GIROS | Quito | MATRIZ AV. AMAZONAS Y ALONSO PEREIRA 4560 QUITO QUITO POB 1703717 ECUADOR | — | 2022-07-02 |
| PICHECEQ804 | QUEVEDO BRANCH | Quevedo | BOLIVAR ENTRE CALLE 5TA E 6TA 503 QUEVEDO QUEVEDO POB 141 ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
| PICHECEQ900 | TULCAN BRANCH | Tulcan | 10 DE AGOSTO PARQUE DE LA INDEPENCIA TULCAN TULCAN ECUADOR | — | 2019-11-02 |
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