Colombia · Financial institution
Bancolombia S.A.
Bancolombia S.A. is a Colombian sociedad anónima headquartered in Medellín. Since 16 May 2025 it has been wholly owned by Grupo Cibest S.A., a holding company whose shares trade on the Bolsa de Valores de Colombia and, as ADRs, on the New York Stock Exchange. The bank provides retail, SME, corporate and investment banking, leasing and payment services in Colombia. It traces its origins to Banco de Colombia, founded in 1875, and took its current name in 1998 after the consolidation of Banco de Colombia and Banco Industrial Colombiano.
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
- COLOCOBMXXX 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 COLOCOBM 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
- 6 branch codes
- Other BIC with this LEI
- COLOPAPS
- BIC first registered
- 1998-12-05
- Last updated
- 2024-07-08
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Ownership
Group subsidiary
100% Grupo Cibest S.A.
Institution type
Universal bank
Trades as Bancolombia
- Standing
- Since 16 May 2025 the bank has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Grupo Cibest S.A., following a corporate reorganisation. Its former shareholders received Grupo Cibest shares, and the bank continues to operate as a bank in Colombia and as a bond issuer.
- Ownership
- Grupo Cibest S.A. holds 100% of the bank, according to the list of subsidiaries in Grupo Cibest's 2025 annual report on Form 20-F.
- Direct parent
- Grupo Cibest S.A., Colombia 100%
- Head office
- Carrera 48 No. 26-85, Torre Sur, 050021 Medellín, Colombia
- Former name
- Banco Industrial Colombiano S.A.
Business lines
According to its 2026 interim results, the bank's interest income comes from commercial, consumer, mortgage, microcredit and leasing portfolios, alongside fee income from cards, payments and bancassurance.
Online
- Websites & references
- bancolombia.com ↗ did not load when checked
grupobancolombia.com ↗ Corporate governance and investor relations site (board and senior management of Bancolombia)
Wikipedia ↗
Wikidata Q806206 ↗ - Official social accounts
- None found
Sources · 12 pages consulted
- grupobancolombia.com/corporativo/gobierno-corporativo/junta-directiva-alta-gerencia
- grupobancolombia.com/relacion-inversionistas/inversionistas/grupo-cibest
- sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2058897/000205889726000125/cib-20251231xexx81.htm
- img.lalr.co/cms/2026/08/10230736/Grupo-Cibest-S.A.-6-K-PR-2T26.pdf
- prensa.bancolombia.com/noticias/resultados-corporativos/grupo-cibest-nueva-matriz-bancolombia
- prensa.bancolombia.com/noticias/resultados-corporativos/evolucion-grupo-cibest
- prensa.bancolombia.com/noticias/resultados-corporativos/reporte-utilidades-grupo-cibest-2t-2026
- bancolombia.com/personas/productos/transferencias-internacionales/recibir
- portafolio.co/negocios/empresas/renovacion-en-la-alta-gerencia-el-grupo-cibest-y-bancolombia-anunciaron
- infobae.com/colombia/2025/11/12/superintendencia-financiera-multa-a-bancolombia-por-fallas-en-sus-pla
- lafm.com.co/economia/bancolombia-superintendencia-financiera-multa-a-la-entidad-por-fallas-en-sus-pla
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bancolombia
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
-
Juan Carlos Mora Uribe
Presidente de Bancolombia
- Chair
-
Luis Fernando Restrepo Echavarría
Presidente de Junta Directiva
- Chief financial officer
-
Mauricio Botero Wolff
Vicepresidente de Estrategia y Finanzas
- Executive
-
Rodrigo Prieto Uribe
Vicepresidente de Riesgos
- Executive
-
Claudia Echavarría Uribe
Vicepresidente de Gobierno Corporativo y Secretaría General
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Colombia
- Financial Superintendence of Colombia (Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia) Prudential supervisorConductSecuritiesAML supervisor
- Colombia
- Banco de la República Central bankForeign exchange
Recent events 2 enforcement or investigation items
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Other
Nequi, previously run within Bancolombia, began operating as an independent company within Grupo Cibest on 1 September 2026.
prensa.bancolombia.com ↗ -
Leadership
The board created a Business Development vice-presidency and abolished the Innovation and Sustainability vice-presidency, effective 1 March 2026.
portafolio.co ↗ -
Enforcement
The Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia fined the bank COP 500 million over digital channel outages on 3 to 5 June 2024.
infobae.com ↗ -
Enforcement
The Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia fined the bank COP 124 million over deficiencies in the information given to financial consumers.
lafm.com.co ↗ -
Merger / acquisition
Grupo Cibest S.A. became the bank's parent company on 16 May 2025, and subsidiaries including Nequi and the Central American banks were transferred to it.
prensa.bancolombia.com ↗ -
Leadership
Shareholders elected a new five-member board for April 2025 to March 2027 and approved the reorganisation under Grupo Cibest.
prensa.bancolombia.com ↗
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
- COLOCOBMXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- COLOBank
- COCountry · Colombia
- BMLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 54930052NWJRPNMP1W58
- 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
- Colombia · 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
- Founded
- 1875
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 Bancolombia S.A. group has 6 institutions in the directory, in 4 countries: all hold a BIC.
Including Banco Agromercantil de Guatemala, S.A., Bancolombia Puerto Rico Internacion Al, Inc., Fiduciaria Bancolombia S.A., Valores Bancolombia S.A. Comisionista de Bolsa.
See the Bancolombia S.A. group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Registered address
- AVENIDA LOS INDUSTRIALES CARRERA 48,NO. 26 - 85 MEDELLIN 050021 COLOMBIA
- Operational address
- AVENIDA LOS INDUSTRIALES CARRERA 48 26 - 85 MEDELLIN 050021 MEDELLIN COLOMBIA
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>COLOCOBMXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>54930052NWJRPNMP1W58</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>COLOCOBMXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>54930052NWJRPNMP1W58</LEI>
<Nm>BANCOLOMBIA S.A.</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>MEDELLIN</TwnNm>
<Ctry>CO</Ctry>
<AdrLine>AVENIDA LOS INDUSTRIALES CARRERA 48, NO. 26 - 85 MEDELLIN 050021</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 6 branch BICs connect to the head office. No city, function or registration year splits them into groups.
Hover over a branch or group to see its details
Branch codes
| BIC | Branch | City | Address | LEI | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COLOCOBMBAQ | — | Barranquilla | EDIFICIO FINCAR FLOOR 7 CARRERA 57 72-25 BARRANQUILLA BARRANQUILLA COLOMBIA | — | 2024-07-08 |
| COLOCOBMBGA | — | Bucaramanga | CARRERA 18 35-02 BUCARAMANGA BUCARAMANGA COLOMBIA | — | 2024-07-08 |
| COLOCOBMCL1 | — | Cali | EDIFICIO TORRE DE CALI FLOOR 9 CALLE 19 2N-49 CALI CALI COLOMBIA | — | 2024-07-08 |
| COLOCOBMCTG | — | Cartagena | LA MATUNA EDIFICIO CARTAGENA CARTAGENA COLOMBIA | — | 2024-07-08 |
| COLOCOBMMD1 | — | Medellin | CALLE 50 51-01 MEDELLIN MEDELLIN COLOMBIA | — | 2024-07-08 |
| COLOCOBMPEI | — | Pereira | CARRERA 8 17-50 PEREIRA PEREIRA COLOMBIA | — | 2024-07-08 |
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- Wikidata—CC0, matched on the BIC or LEI recorded in Wikidata. It is community-edited, so check key facts.
- Ownership and group—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
- Overview, leadership, regulators and events—researched per institution by an AI model with web search, from the institution's own website and reports, regulators, company registers and news. Figures, people and events link to their source, and each card shows the research date. AI research can be wrong or out of date, so check key facts at the source.
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