--- title: "Bank of Communications CO., LTD Singapore Branch SWIFT/BIC code COMMSGSGXXX · Singapore | Elucidate" description: "FSB global systemically important bank (G-SIB), bucket 1 of 5. SWIFT/BIC code COMMSGSGXXX for Bank of Communications CO., LTD Singapore Branch, Singapore." url: https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-communications-co-ltd-singapore-branch-commsgsg --- 1. [Directory](https://elucidate.co/directory) 2. [Singapore](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/sg) 3. Bank of Communications CO., LTD Singapore Branch ![BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD SINGAPORE BRANCH logo](https://elucidate.co/images/banks/1c/1c92ec57ad2be5d3.webp) Singapore · Credit institution # Bank of Communications CO., LTD Singapore Branch Legal name in the LEI record 交通银行股份有限公司 FSB G-SIB list 2025 1 Bucket 1 of 5 · listed since 2023 Listed G-SIB entity · Bank of Communications (BoCom) [FSB 2025 list ↗](https://www.fsb.org/2025/11/2025-list-of-global-systemically-important-banks-g-sibs/) [What is a G-SIB? ↗](https://www.fsb.org/work-of-the-fsb/market-and-institutional-resilience/post-2008-financial-crisis-reforms/ending-too-big-to-fail/global-systemically-important-financial-institutions-g-sifis/) BIC **COMMSGSGXXX** LEI **[549300AX1UM10U30HK09](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/549300AX1UM10U30HK09)** Licence no. **Not on a tracked register** Connected to Swift [Global systemically important bank · bucket **1**](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-communications-co-ltd-singapore-branch-commsgsg#regulatory) Head-office BIC only [Group: Bank of Communications Co.,Ltd](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/549300AX1UM10U30HK09) [Claim this profile](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-communications-co-ltd-singapore-branch-commsgsg#claim) ## Licences and registrations Held by the legal entity, not by this BIC This BIC is mapped to LEI 549300AX1UM10U30HK09 (交通银行股份有限公司) in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. The legal entity’s page is [Bank of Communications, CO. Ltd. (COMMCNSH)](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-communications-co-ltd-commcnsh). 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:** Bank of Communications (BoCom) - **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:** 2023 ## Swift network Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory - **BIC:** COMMSGSGXXX head office - **Connection to Swift:** Connected to Swift - **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:** [COMMCNSH](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-communications-co-ltd-commcnsh) · [COMMAU2S](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-communications-co-ltd-sydney-branch-commau2s) · [COMMHKHH](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-communications-co-ltd-hong-kong-branch-commhkhh) · [COMMKRSE](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-communications-co-ltd-seoul-branch-commkrse) · [COMMDEFF](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-communications-co-ltd-frankfurt-branch-commdeff) · [COMMGB3L](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-communications-co-ltd-london-branch-commgb3l) +5 more - **BIC first registered:** 1996-09-07 - **Last updated:** 2025-11-17 ## Identifiers Head-office record - **BIC:** COMMSGSGXXX - **How the BIC breaks down:** 1. COMM Bank 2. SG Country · Singapore 3. SG Location 4. XXX Branch · head office - **Branch description:** Not recorded in the directory - **LEI:** [549300AX1UM10U30HK09](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-communications-co-ltd-commcnsh) - **LEI record:** [View on GLEIF ↗](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/549300AX1UM10U30HK09) - **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 (FSB G-SIB list) - **Register licences:** None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers - **Country · region:** Singapore · East Asia & Pacific - **FSB G-SIB list:** [Bucket 1 of 5](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-communications-co-ltd-singapore-branch-commsgsg#regulatory) list of 2025 - **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:** 1908 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 · Bank of Communications (BoCom)](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/549300AX1UM10U30HK09) bucket 1 · 2025 list The 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 Bank of Communications Co.,Ltd group has 25 institutions in the directory, in 20 countries: all hold a BIC. Including [Bank of Communications (Luxembourg) S.A.](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-communications-luxembourg-s-a-commitrr), [Bank of Communications (Luxembourg) S.A.](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-communications-luxembourg-s-a-commlull), [Bank of Communications CO., Ltd.](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-communications-co-ltd-commaead), [Bank of Communications CO., Ltd. Johannesburg Branch](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-communications-co-ltd-johannesburg-branch-commzajj), [Bank of Communications CO., Ltd. Luxembourg Branch](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-communications-co-ltd-luxembourg-branch-commlulx). [See the Bank of Communications Co.,Ltd group →](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/549300AX1UM10U30HK09) Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control. ## Addresses - **Registered address:** 25-01 GUOCO MIDTOWN OFFICE BEACH ROAD 128 SINGAPORE 189773 SINGAPORE - **Operational address:** GUOCO MIDTOWN OFFICE 25-01 128 BEACH ROAD SINGAPORE SINGAPORE 189773 SINGAPORE ## 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 COMMSGSGXXX 549300AX1UM10U30HK09 ``` ### 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 COMMSGSGXXX 549300AX1UM10U30HK09 BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD SINGAPORE BRANCH SINGAPORE SG 25-01 GUOCO MIDTOWN OFFICE BEACH ROAD 128 SINGAPORE 189773 ``` 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. ## About From Wikidata, matched on this institution's BIC or LEI ![Bocom Financial Towers](https://elucidate.co/images/banks/f3/f38bab21abca5e6f.webp) Photo: Baycrest · [CC BY-SA 2.5](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5) · [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bocom_Financial_Towers.jpg) · [original](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Bocom_Financial_Towers.jpg/960px-Bocom_Financial_Towers.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - **Founded:** 1908 - **Headquarters:** Bocom Financial Towers - **Website:** [bankcomm.com ↗](https://www.bankcomm.com/) - **Wikipedia:** [Bank of Communications ↗](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_Communications) - **Wikidata:** [Q806680 ↗](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q806680) ## Related institutions ### Legal entity - [Bank of Communications, CO. Ltd. BIC COMMCNSH Credit institution Prudential licence China · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI 549300AX1UM10U30HK09](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-communications-co-ltd-commcnsh) The page that carries this LEI’s licences and group facts. ### Same legal entity - [Bank of Communications Co.,ltd Sydney Branch BIC COMMAU2S Credit institution Prudential licence Australia · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI 549300AX1UM10U30HK09](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-communications-co-ltd-sydney-branch-commau2s) - [Bank of Communications CO., LTD Hong Kong Branch BIC COMMHKHH Credit institution Prudential licence Hong Kong SAR China · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI 549300AX1UM10U30HK09](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-communications-co-ltd-hong-kong-branch-commhkhh) - [Bank of Communications CO., Ltd. Seoul Branch BIC COMMKRSE Credit institution Prudential licence South Korea · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI 549300AX1UM10U30HK09](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-communications-co-ltd-seoul-branch-commkrse) - [Bank of Communications CO. LTD Frankfurt Branch BIC COMMDEFF Credit institution Prudential licence Germany · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI 549300AX1UM10U30HK09](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-communications-co-ltd-frankfurt-branch-commdeff) - [Bank of Communications CO. Ltd. London Branch BIC COMMGB3L Credit institution Prudential licence United Kingdom · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI 549300AX1UM10U30HK09](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-communications-co-ltd-london-branch-commgb3l) - [Bank of Communications CO., Ltd. Macau Branch BIC COMMMOMX Credit institution Prudential licence Macao SAR China · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI 549300AX1UM10U30HK09](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-communications-co-ltd-macau-branch-commmomx) - [Bank of Communications Co.,ltd Ho Chi Minh City Branch BIC COMMVNVX Credit institution Prudential licence Vietnam · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI 549300AX1UM10U30HK09](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-communications-co-ltd-ho-chi-minh-city-branch-commvnvx) - [Bank of Communications Co.,ltd. New York Branch BIC COMMUS33 Credit institution Prudential licence United States · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI 549300AX1UM10U30HK09](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-communications-co-ltd-new-york-branch-commus33) - [Bank of Communications, Taipei Branch BIC COMMTWTP Credit institution Prudential licence Taiwan · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI 549300AX1UM10U30HK09](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-communications-taipei-branch-commtwtp) - [Bank of Communications, Tokyo Br. BIC COMMJPJT Credit institution Prudential licence Japan · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI 549300AX1UM10U30HK09](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-communications-tokyo-br-commjpjt) Other BICs mapped to the same LEI. ### Subsidiaries in the directory - [Bank of Communications (Luxembourg) S.A. BIC COMMITRR Credit institution Prudential licence Italy · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI 529900NJ5WS5MV6QWA29](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-communications-luxembourg-s-a-commitrr) - [Bank of Communications CO., Ltd. Luxembourg Branch BIC COMMLULX Credit institution Prudential licence Luxembourg · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI 2549001VXPHNWP53OG72](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-communications-co-ltd-luxembourg-branch-commlulx) - [Bank of Communications (Hong Kong) Limited BIC COMMHKHK Financial institution Not on a tracked register Hong Kong SAR China · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900BIDL79UKUMX541](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-communications-hong-kong-limited-commhkhk) - [Banco Bocom Bbm S.A BIC BBINBRRJ Financial institution Not on a tracked register Brazil · Not on a tracked register · LEI TQFFKDBY0PPZVC5WE666](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-bocom-bbm-s-a-bbinbrrj) - [Bank of Communications Trustee Limited BIC BKTLHKKH Financial institution Not on a tracked register Hong Kong SAR China · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900ELPNK7N2UNHR25](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-communications-trustee-limited-bktlhkkh) - [Bcom Finance (Hong Kong) Limited BIC BMHKHKH1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Hong Kong SAR China · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900Y6AXA86G5ASI55](https://elucidate.co/directory/bcom-finance-hong-kong-limited-bmhkhkh1) Entities that GLEIF records with this LEI as their direct parent. ### Same group - [Bank of Communications CO., Ltd. BIC COMMAEAD Credit institution Prudential licence United Arab Emirates · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI 984500C4F39MFEE54196](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-communications-co-ltd-commaead) - [Bank of Communications CO., Ltd. Johannesburg Branch BIC COMMZAJJ Credit institution Prudential licence South Africa · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI 378900F7EA3869532139](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-communications-co-ltd-johannesburg-branch-commzajj) - [Bank of Communications CO., Ltd. Prague Branch Odstepny Zavod BIC COMMCZPP Credit institution Prudential licence Czechia · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI 315700CAYR7MDC0A4Z80](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-communications-co-ltd-prague-branch-odstepny-zavod-commczpp) - [Banco Bocom Bbm S.A. BIC BBINBSNS Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bahamas · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300V834DLWPYKXZ81](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-bocom-bbm-s-a-bbinbsns) - [Bank of Communications (Luxembourg) S.A. BIC COMMFRPP Financial institution Not on a tracked register France · Not on a tracked register · LEI 894500VKGP2V18K2GJ67](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-communications-luxembourg-s-a-commfrpp) - [Bocom International Securities Limited BIC BOIUHKH1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Hong Kong SAR China · Not on a tracked register · LEI 2138002GH184KUKM1248](https://elucidate.co/directory/bocom-international-securities-limited-boiuhkh1) [All 25 institutions in the Bank of Communications Co.,Ltd group →](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/549300AX1UM10U30HK09) ### Largest institutions in Singapore - [BNP Paribas - Singapore Branch BIC PARBSG21 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Singapore · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/bnp-paribas-singapore-branch-parbsg21) - [April International Enterprise Pte. Ltd. BIC AIEPSGSG Non-financial corporate Not on a tracked register Singapore · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900RT6N9Q5Z153X23](https://elucidate.co/directory/april-international-enterprise-pte-ltd-aiepsgsg) - [Citibank N.A BIC CITISGSG Credit institution Prudential licence Singapore · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI E57ODZWZ7FF32TWEFA76](https://elucidate.co/directory/citibank-n-a-citisgsg) - [The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited BIC HSBCSGSG Credit institution Prudential licence Singapore · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI 2HI3YI5320L3RW6NJ957](https://elucidate.co/directory/the-hongkong-and-shanghai-banking-corporation-limited-hsbcsgsg) - [Dbs Bank LTD BIC DBSSSGSG Financial institution Not on a tracked register Singapore · Not on a tracked register · LEI ATUEL7OJR5057F2PV266](https://elucidate.co/directory/dbs-bank-ltd-dbsssgsg) - [UBS AG Singapore Branch BIC UBSWSGSG Credit institution Prudential licence Singapore · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI BFM8T61CT2L1QCEMIK50](https://elucidate.co/directory/ubs-ag-singapore-branch-ubswsgsg) - [BNP Paribas - Singapore Branch BIC PARBSGSG Financial institution Not on a tracked register Singapore · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/bnp-paribas-singapore-branch-parbsgsg) - [Standard Chartered Bank BIC SCBLSGSG Financial institution Not on a tracked register Singapore · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/standard-chartered-bank-scblsgsg) [See every BIC in Singapore →](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/sg#bics) Claim this profile ## Work at Bank of Communications CO., LTD Singapore Branch? 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