Cyprus · Credit institution
Bank of Cyprus Public Company Limited
Bank of Cyprus Public Company Limited is a public company incorporated in Cyprus, with its head office in Strovolos, Nicosia. It is wholly owned by Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public Limited Company, a holding company registered in Ireland. The bank offers retail, corporate, SME, international and private banking. Its group subsidiaries provide insurance, brokerage, fund management and card processing. In 2013 it absorbed parts of Cyprus Popular Bank (Laiki Bank) under the Cypriot resolution measures.
Licences and registrations
Matched by LEI on the 22 tracked registers
None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers. It is on the ECB list of supervised entities (see Regulatory status): that is banking supervision, not a licence on a tracked register.
- The tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
Regulatory status
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 Cyprus Public Company Ltd
- Entity type
- Credit institution
- Supervised group (ECB)
- Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public Limited Company
- Why significant
- National economic importance (quantitative assessment - GDP)
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 CYPRUS PUBLIC COMPANY LTD
- RIAD code
- CY110002
Entries are matched on the LEI. Each register is quoted as its publisher lists it.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- BCYPCY2NXXX 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 BCYPCY2N directly.
- Swift GPI
- Live member
- Payment schemes and systems
- SCT · SCT Inst · SDD Core · VOP · T2 · TIPS
- Branch codes
- 4 branch codes
- BIC first registered
- 1985-09-23
- Last updated
- 2025-11-15
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Ownership
Group subsidiary
100% Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public Limited Company
Institution type
Universal bank
Trades as Bank of Cyprus
- Ownership
- Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public Limited Company, registered in Ireland under number 585903, holds 100% of the bank.
- Direct parent
- Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public Limited Company ↗, Ireland 100%
- Head office
- 51 Stassinos Street, Ayia Paraskevi, Strovolos, 2002 Nicosia, Cyprus
Business lines
According to the group, its services include retail and commercial banking, finance, factoring, investment banking, brokerage, fund management, private banking and life and general insurance. At 31 December 2025 it operated 56 branches in Cyprus.
Online
- Websites & references
- bankofcyprus.com ↗
Wikipedia ↗
Wikidata Q806678 ↗ - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · X ↗ · Facebook ↗ · Instagram ↗ · YouTube ↗
Sources · 12 pages consulted
- bankofcyprus.com
- bankofcyprus.com/en-gb/group/who-we-are/our-leadership/board-of-directors/
- bankofcyprus.com/en-gb/group/who-we-are/our-leadership/general-management/
- bankofcyprus.com/en-gb/group/who-we-are/our-bank/registration-details/
- bankofcyprus.com/globalassets/cyprus/main-coresp-banks/list-of-main-correspondents.pdf
- bankofcyprus.com/globalassets/group/investor-relations/press-releases/eng/20260323-agreement-for-the-acqui
- bankofcyprus.com/en-gb/Personal/Digital_Channels/1bank/Payment_Orders_Useful_Information/
- bankofcyprus.com/globalassets/group/investor-relations/press-releases/gr/20260804-interim-financial-report
- cyprus-mail.com/2026/08/04/bank-of-cyprus-posts-e252-million-first-half-profit-raises-dividend
- cyprus-mail.com/2026/03/23/bank-of-cyprus-reaches-deal-to-acquire-deposits-and-loans-from-cdb
- cbn.com.cy/article/132590/bank-of-cyprus-strategy-to-increase-revenue-from-non-banking-services-is-b
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_Cyprus
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
-
Panicos Nicolaou
Chief Executive Officer and Executive Member of the Board
- Chair
-
Efstratios-Georgios (Takis) Arapoglou
Chairman - Independent Non-Executive Director
- Chief financial officer
-
Eliza Livadiotou
Executive Director Finance and Executive Member of the Board
- Executive
-
Charis Pouangare
Deputy CEO & Chief of Business
- Executive
-
Demetris Demetriou
Chief Risk Officer
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- European Union
- European Central Bank Prudential supervisor
- Cyprus
- Central Bank of Cyprus Central bankPrudential supervisorAML supervisorResolution
- European Union
- Single Resolution Board Resolution
- Cyprus
- Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission Conduct
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Merger / acquisition
The bank agreed to acquire performing loans of about EUR 150 million and deposits of about EUR 500 million from The Cyprus Development Bank.
bankofcyprus.com ↗ -
Merger / acquisition
The group acquired Ethniki Insurance Cyprus Limited, adding to its insurance operations.
cbn.com.cy ↗
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
- BCYPCY2NXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- BCYPBank
- CYCountry · Cyprus
- 2NLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- HEAD OFFICE IN NICOSIA AND ALL CYPRUS OFFICES
- LEI
- PQ0RAP85KK9Z75ONZW93
- 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
- Bank identifier 002 + 1 more
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 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
- Cyprus · Europe & Central Asia
- Banking supervision
- Significant · supervised by the ECB as of 2026-07-01
- 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
- 1899
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
GLEIF’s relationship records name no parent for this LEI, and no group page is published for it.
Addresses
- Registered address
- 51 STASSINOS STREET AYIA PARASKEVI NICOSIA (LEFKOSIA) 2002 21472 CYPRUS
- Operational address
- 51 STASSINOS STREET AYIA PARASKEVI, STROVOLOS NICOSIA (LEFKOSIA) 2002 NICOSIA (LEFKOSIA) POB 21472 CYPRUS
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>BCYPCY2NXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>PQ0RAP85KK9Z75ONZW93</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>BCYPCY2NXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>PQ0RAP85KK9Z75ONZW93</LEI>
<Nm>BANK OF CYPRUS PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>NICOSIA LEFKOSIA</TwnNm>
<Ctry>CY</Ctry>
<AdrLine>51 STASSINOS STREET AYIA PARASKEVI NICOSIA (LEFKOSIA) 2002 21472</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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEPA Credit TransferISO 20022 messages | 2008-01-28 | Head office | — |
| SEPA Instant Credit TransferISO 20022 messages | 2024-07-01 | Head office | — |
| SEPA Direct Debit CoreISO 20022 messages | 2010-11-01 | Head office | — |
| Verification of Payee | 2025-10-09 | Head office | — |
| T2 (Eurosystem real-time gross settlement)ISO 20022 messages | — | Head office | — |
| TIPS (TARGET Instant Payment Settlement)ISO 20022 messages | — | Head office | — |
SEPA dates are when the institution became ready for the scheme. The T2 list names direct participants only and gives no joining date. TIPS entries have no joining date.
An institution missing from T2 may still be reachable through an indirect participant. 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.
National bank codes
Bank identifier · Cyprus
2 codes file of 2026-09
| Code | Routes to BIC | Name in the national file |
|---|---|---|
| 002 | BCYPCY2N | BANK OF CYPRUS PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED |
| 003 | BCYPCY2N | BANK OF CYPRUS PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED (ex LAIKI BANK) |
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.
Network
Branches and correspondent banking
All 4 branch BICs connect to the head office. No city, function or registration year splits them into groups. The bank publishes 33 accounts at other banks, across 5 regions. The Bank of Nova Scotia publishes 1 account held with this bank.
- Own offices
- Correspondent banks: it holds accounts there
- Respondent banks: they hold accounts here
Hover over a branch, account or group to see its details
Correspondent accounts
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
33 accounts at other banks, in 24 currencies, as the bank publishes them: bankofcyprus.com ↗ dated Jul 2026
| Currency | Correspondent | BIC | Account | Directory check |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AED | ABU DHABI COMMERCIAL BANK, DUBAI United Arab Emirates | ADCBAEAAXXX | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| AUD | BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, NEW YORK United States | IRVTUS3NXXX | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| CAD | BANK OF MONTREAL, TORONTO Canada | BOFMCAM2XXX | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| CHF | UBS SWITZERLAND AG, ZURICH Switzerland | UBSWCHZH80A | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| CNY | UBS SWITZERLAND AG, ZURICH Switzerland | UBSWCHZH80A | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| CZK | BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, NEW YORK United States | IRVTUS3NXXX | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| CZK | RAIFFEISEN BANK INTERNATIONAL AG, VIENNA Austria | RZBAATWWXXX | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| DKK | BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, NEW YORK United States | IRVTUS3NXXX | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| DKK | DNB BANK ASA, COPENHAGEN Denmark | DNBADKKXXXX | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| EUR | BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, NEW YORK United States | IRVTUS3NXXX | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| EUR | INTESA SAN PAOLO SPA, MILAN Italy | BCITITMMXXX | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| EUR | RAIFFEISEN BANK INTERNATIONAL AG, VIENNA Austria | RZBAATWWXXX | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| EUR | SOCIETE GENERALE, PARIS France | SOGEFRPPXXX | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| EUR | UNICREDIT SPA, MILAN Italy | UNCRITMMXXX | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| GBP | BARCLAYS BANK PLC, LONDON United Kingdom | BARCGB22XXX | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| GBP | LLOYDS BANK PLC, LONDON United Kingdom | LOYDGB2LXXX | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| HKD | BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, NEW YORK United States | IRVTUS3NXXX | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| HUF | CIB BANK ZRT, BUDAPEST Hungary | CIBHHUHBXXX | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| ILS | BANK HAPOALIM BM, TEL AVIV Israel | POALILITXXX | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| INR | BARCLAYS BANK PLC, MUMBAI India | BARCINBBMUM | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| JPY | MUFG BANK LTD, TOKYO Japan | BOTKJPJTXXX | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| KWD | NATIONAL BANK OF KUWAIT SAKP, SAFAT Kuwait | NBOKKWKWXXX | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| NOK | DNB BANK ASA, OSLO Norway | DNBANOKKXXX | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| PLN | PKO BANK POLSKI SA, WARSAW Poland | BPKOPLPWXXX | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| RON | BRD – GROUPE SOCIETE GENERALE SA, BUCHAREST Romania | BRDEROBUXXX | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| RUB | AO RAIFFEISENBANK, MOSCOW Russia | RZBMRUMMXXX | 30111810400000110378 | Matches the Swift directory |
| SAR | SAUDI NATIONAL BANK, JEDDAH Saudi Arabia | NCBKSAJE101 | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| SEK | SKANDINAVISKA ENSKILDA BANKEN, STOCKHOLM Sweden | ESSESESSXXX | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| SGD | BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, NEW YORK United States | IRVTUS3NXXX | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| USD | BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, NEW YORK United States | IRVTUS3NXXX | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| USD | CITIBANK NA, NEW YORK United States | CITIUS33XXX | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| USD | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA, NEW YORK United States | CHASUS33XXX | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| ZAR | BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, NEW YORK United States | IRVTUS3NXXX | — | Matches the Swift directory |
PDF titled 'List of main correspondent banks', dated July 2026, linked as 'Correspondent Banks' from the site footer. It lists 36 rows, all extracted. The source prints BICs with a space before the branch code (e.g. 'ADCBAEAA XXX'), which has been removed here. It gives an account number for the RUB row only (AO Raiffeisenbank, Moscow). The RUB row also shows BIK 44525700, the correspondent's own account at the Central Bank of Russia (30101810200000000700) and the bank's INN 9909021290. Each correspondent BIC is checked against the Swift directory: a BIC missing from it, or registered to a differently named bank, may be a typo or out of date. Confirm settlement instructions with the bank before relying on them.
Respondent banks
From the correspondent lists other banks publish
The Bank of Nova Scotia publishes 1 account held with this bank.
| Currency | Respondent bank | Held at | Account | Purpose | Published in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CYP | The Bank of Nova Scotia Canada | BCYPCY2N010 | — | FX, money market and commercial payments | scotiabank.com ↗ dated 10 Jul 2007 |
Each row is an account the respondent bank lists as held with this bank, as published. Only banks that publish their correspondent accounts, and that Elucidate has researched, can appear, so the list is not complete. Confirm settlement instructions with either bank before relying on them.
Branch codes
| BIC | Branch | City | Address | LEI | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BCYPCY2N010 | — | Nicosia Lefkosia | 51 STASINOS NICOSIA (LEFKOSIA) 2002 NICOSIA (LEFKOSIA) CYPRUS | — | 2023-06-03 |
| BCYPCY2N030 | — | Limassol Lemesos | 100 AYIOU ANDREOU LIMASSOL (LEMESOS) LIMASSOL (LEMESOS) CYPRUS | — | 2023-06-03 |
| BCYPCY2NINS | — | Nicosia Lefkosia | 51 STASSINOS STREET AYIA PARASKEVI, STROVOLOS NICOSIA (LEFKOSIA) 2002 NICOSIA (LEFKOSIA) POB 21472 CYPRUS | — | 2023-12-02 |
| BCYPCY2NTSY | TREASURY | Nicosia Lefkosia | 51 STASINOS NICOSIA (LEFKOSIA) 2002 NICOSIA (LEFKOSIA) CYPRUS | — | 2018-11-03 |
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Sources & method
Every value comes from a public source, such as Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory, GLEIF or the OFAC and EU sanctions lists. Most sources are matched on a BIC or an LEI, not on a name.
Swift GPI membership is matched on names and is indicative. A missing sanctions match does not mean that no listing applies. Always screen against the official lists.
The sanctions facts on this page cover the BIC and its LEI only.
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Read the methodology →Credits for this page
- Payment schemes and systems—Source: European Payments Council (EPC) Registers of Participants; matched to BICs by Elucidate. Source: European Central Bank, List of T2 participants. 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—Cyprus (Source: Central Bank of Cyprus).
- 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.
- European registers—Source: European Central Bank (ECB), list of monetary financial institutions and list of institutions subject to minimum reserves. 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: Christostheo · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · original; Panicos Nicolaou: bankofcyprus.com (official website) · original; Efstratios-Georgios (Takis) Arapoglou: bankofcyprus.com (official website) · original; Eliza Livadiotou: bankofcyprus.com (official website) · original; Charis Pouangare: bankofcyprus.com (official website) · original; Demetris Demetriou: bankofcyprus.com (official website) · original.
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