United Kingdom · Credit institution

Bank of America Europe Designated Activity Company

BICMEIRGB21XXX LEIEQYXK86SF381Q21S3020 Licence no.Not on a tracked register Passive participant (no connection) In a G-SIB group · Bank of America ECB significant institution Market operator · 2 MICs Head-office BIC only Group: Bank of America Corporation Claim this profile

Licences and registrations

Held by the legal entity, not by this BIC

This BIC is mapped to LEI EQYXK86SF381Q21S3020 (Bank of America Europe Designated Activity Company) in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. The legal entity’s page is Bank of America Europe Designated Activity Company (MLMBIE2X). None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers.

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: Bank of America
Relation: In a G-SIB groupGLEIF records a G-SIB entity as this legal entity’s ultimate parent. The bucket applies to the group, and membership does not make this entity a bank.
Bucket: 3 of 5 · extra capital buffer 2.0% 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: Bank of America Europe Designated Activity Company
Entity type: Credit institution
Supervisory group: Heads its own group
Why significant: Size (Total assets EUR 75-100 bn)

European registers

ECB · monetary financial institutions

List as at 2026-09-25

Category: Credit institution
Minimum reserves: Subject to minimum reserves
Listed as: Bank of America Europe Designated Activity Company
RIAD code: IEMLCMBX
Listed in: IE

ESMA · MiFID II register

Entry	Competent authority	Authorised	Services or instruments
Investment services (MiFID II)	Central Bank of Ireland (CBI)	2007-11-01	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: MEIRGB21XXX head office
Connection to Swift: Passive participant (no connection)
Swift GPI: Not on the member list
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: None: head-office BIC only
Other BICs with this LEI: MLMBIE2X · MLIBGB2X · BOFAIT2X · BOFANLNX · BOFABE3X · MLIBGB3X +10 more
BIC first registered: 1997-12-06
Last updated: 2020-12-10

Identifiers

Head-office record

BIC: MEIRGB21XXX
How the BIC breaks down: MEIRBank

GBCountry · United Kingdom

21Location · passive

XXXBranch · head office
Branch description: Not recorded in the directory
LEI: EQYXK86SF381Q21S3020
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: Credit institution
Regulation: Prudentially supervised (ECB list)
Register licences: None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers
Country · region: United Kingdom · Europe & Central Asia
FSB G-SIB list: In a G-SIB group · Bank of America 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

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

Ultimate parent: Bank of America Corporation · United States9DJT3UXIJIZJI4WXO774 ↗
FSB G-SIB list: In a G-SIB group · Bank of America bucket 3 · 2025 listGLEIF records a G-SIB entity as this legal entity’s ultimate parent. The bucket applies to the group, and membership does not make this entity a bank.

The Bank of America Corporation group has 75 institutions in the directory, in 36 countries: all hold a BIC.

Including Bank of America, N.A., Bank of America National Association, Hong Kong Branch, Bank of America, N.A., Bofa Securities Europe S.A., Bank of America, N.A..

See the Bank of America Corporation group →

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

Addresses

Registered address: 33 CHESTER STREET LONDON SW1X 7XD UNITED KINGDOM
Operational address: MERRILL LYNCH FINANCIAL CENTRE 2 KING EDWARD STREET LONDON LONDON EC1A 1HQ UNITED KINGDOM

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+: Debtor agent, creditor agent or an intermediary agent

CBPR+

For cross-border payments on Swift: the BIC, with the LEI and clearing code where known

<FinInstnId>
  <BICFI>MEIRGB21XXX</BICFI>
  <LEI>EQYXK86SF381Q21S3020</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>MEIRGB21XXX</BICFI>
  <LEI>EQYXK86SF381Q21S3020</LEI>
  <Nm>BANK OF AMERICA EUROPE DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY</Nm>
  <PstlAdr>
    <TwnNm>LONDON</TwnNm>
    <Ctry>GB</Ctry>
    <AdrLine>33 CHESTER STREET LONDON SW1X 7XD</AdrLine>
  </PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>

This BIC is not connected to Swift. Messages reach the institution through a correspondent bank, so it cannot be the instructing or instructed agent.

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.

Market identifiers

2 trading venues and reporting services run under this LEI list of 2026-09-17

MIC	Market	Kind	Category
BMLI	BANK OF AMERICA MERRILL LYNCH INTERNATIONAL BANK DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANYBAMLI DAC	Operating MIC	Not specified
BMLS	BANK OF AMERICA MERRILL LYNCH INTERNATIONAL BANK DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY - SYSTEMATIC INTERNALISERBAMLI DAC	Segment of BMLI	Systematic internaliser

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Sources & method

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Credits for this page

Banking supervision—Source: European Central Bank, list of supervised entities.
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.

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