Netherlands · Credit institution
Banco Santander, S.A., Amsterdam Branch
Legal name in the LEI recordBANCO SANTANDER S.A.
Licences and registrations
Held by the legal entity, not by this BIC
This BIC is mapped to LEI 5493006QMFDDMYWIAM13 (Banco Santander S.A.) in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. The legal entity’s page is Banco Santander S.A (BSCHESMM). 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.
Regulatory status
FSB · global systemically important banks
2025 list
- G-SIB
- Santander
- Relation
- Listed G-SIB entityThe entity the FSB names on its G-SIB list: the group’s holding company, or the bank itself where the group is a single bank.
- Bucket
- 1 of 5 · extra capital buffer 1.0% of risk-weighted assets
- On the list since
- 2011
ECB banking supervision
List of supervised entities as of 2026-07-01
- Classification
- Significant institution
- Supervisor
- European Central Bank (direct supervision)
- Listed as
- Banco Santander, S.A.
- Entity type
- Credit institution
- Supervisory group
- Heads its own group
- Why significant
- Size (Total assets above EUR 1,000 bn)
European registers
ECB · monetary financial institutions
List as at 2026-09-25
- Category
- Credit institution
- Minimum reserves
- Subject to minimum reserves
- Listed as
- Banco Santander S.A.
- RIAD code
- NL9420182
- Head institution
- Banco Santander, S.A.
ESMA · MiFID II register
Register as at 2026-09-28
| Entry | Competent authority | Authorised | Services or instruments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Investment services (MiFID II) | Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV) | 1947-03-17 | A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 |
Service codes follow MiFID II Annex I: A for investment services, B for ancillary services. Hover a code for its meaning.
Entries are matched on the LEI. Each register is quoted as its publisher lists it.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- BSCHNL2AXXX 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 BSCHNL2A directly.
- Swift GPI
- Not on the member list
- Payment schemes and systems
- TIPS
- Branch codes
- None: head-office BIC only
- BIC first registered
- 2025-09-06
- Last updated
- 2025-11-08
Identifiers
Head-office record
- BIC
- BSCHNL2AXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- BSCHBank
- NLCountry · Netherlands
- 2ALocation
- 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.
- National bank code
- Código de entidad (NRBE) 0049
Profile
- Type
- Credit institutionListed as a credit institution, or a branch of one, on the ECB’s list of supervised entities, or named as a bank on the Financial Stability Board’s G-SIB list, directly or as a G-SIB’s main operating bank. These are the only bank lists the directory tracks so far.
- Regulation
- Prudentially supervised (ECB list)Prudentially supervised, according to the ECB list of supervised entities (as at 2026-07-01). This is banking supervision, not a licence on a tracked register.
- Register licences
- None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers
- Country · region
- Netherlands · Europe & Central Asia
- FSB G-SIB list
- Bucket 1 of 5 list of 2025
- Banking supervision
- Significant · supervised by the ECB as of 2026-07-01
- Trading venues (MIC)
- Operates 2 MICs 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
- Founded
- 1857
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
- FSB G-SIB list
- Listed G-SIB entity · Santander bucket 1 · 2025 listThe entity the FSB names on its G-SIB list: the group’s holding company, or the bank itself where the group is a single bank.
The Banco Santander S.A. group has 97 institutions in the directory, in 36 countries: 88 hold a BIC and 9 do not.
Including Banco Santander Totta, SA, Banco Santander S.A. (France), Getnet Emoney Ede Sl, Openbank Deutschland Aktiengesellschaft, Santander Investment S.A..
See the Banco Santander S.A. group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Registered address
- GUSTAV MAHLERPLEIN 25B AMSTERDAM 1082 MS NETHERLANDS
- Operational address
- GUSTAV MAHLERPLEIN 25B AMSTERDAM 1082 MS AMSTERDAM NETHERLANDS
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>BSCHNL2AXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>5493006QMFDDMYWIAM13</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>BSCHNL2AXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>5493006QMFDDMYWIAM13</LEI>
<Nm>BANCO SANTANDER, S.A., AMSTERDAM BRANCH</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>AMSTERDAM</TwnNm>
<Ctry>NL</Ctry>
<AdrLine>GUSTAV MAHLERPLEIN 25B AMSTERDAM 1082 MS</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.
Payment schemes and systems
EPC registers of 2026-09-11 · ECB T2 list of 2026-07-02 · ECB TIPS list of 2026-09-01 · SIX Bank Master valid on 2026-09-28
| Scheme or system | Since | Registered with | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIPS (TARGET Instant Payment Settlement)ISO 20022 messages | — | Head office | — |
TIPS entries have no joining date.
The ECB’s TIPS list does not separate participants from reachable parties. It includes institutions reachable in Swedish kronor as well as in euro.
“ISO 20022 messages” marks a scheme or system whose rulebook or operator specifies ISO 20022 for messages between participants.
Market identifiers
2 trading venues and reporting services run under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
| MIC | Market | Kind | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| BSLB | BANCO SANTANDER, LONDON BRANCH | Operating MIC | Systematic internaliser |
| SANT | BANCO SANTANDER S.A.SANT | Operating MIC | Systematic internaliser |
National bank codes
Código de entidad (NRBE) · Spain
1 code file of 2026-09-24
| Code | Routes to BIC | Name in the national file | City |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0049 | BSCHNL2AXXX | BANCO SANTANDER, S.A. | SANTANDER |
Each code shows the name in the national file. Smaller banks often route through a central institution’s BIC. A code can therefore belong to a different bank than the one on this page.
About
From Wikidata, matched on this institution's BIC or LEI
- Founded
- 1857
- Headquarters
- Santander
- Website
- santander.com/en/home ↗
- Employees
- 194,000 2015
- Total assets
- EUR 1.3T 2015
- Wikipedia
- Santander Group ↗
- Wikidata
- Q806215 ↗
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Sources & method
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An institution is one entry in the directory: a BIC8 in Swift’s directory, or a firm on a tracked register that holds no BIC. Licences held by an institution with a BIC are shown on its page.
Read the methodology →Credits for this page
- Payment schemes and systems—Source: European Central Bank, List of TIPS participants and reachable parties.
- Banking supervision—Source: European Central Bank, list of supervised entities.
- Wikidata—CC0, matched on the BIC or LEI recorded in Wikidata. It is community-edited, so check key facts.
- National bank codes—Spain (Source: Banco de España).
- Ownership and group—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
- European registers—Source: European Central Bank (ECB), list of monetary financial institutions and list of institutions subject to minimum reserves. Source: European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), MiFID II/MiFIR register (investment firms, trading venues, systematic internalisers, data reporting services providers). Matched on LEI by Elucidate.
- Images—logos and photos from Wikimedia Commons (credited with their author and licence) or from the institution's own website, where Wikimedia has none. Elucidate keeps a copy of each; the links lead to the source and the original image. Logo: Interbrand (Madrid office) [ 1 ] · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · original.
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