Ireland · Credit institution
Bank of Ireland Head Office
Legal name in the LEI recordThe Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland is a chartered corporation established by Royal Charter in 1783. Its registered office is at 2 College Green, Dublin. Its holding company is Bank of Ireland Group plc, whose shares are listed on Euronext Dublin. The bank provides retail, business and corporate banking and global markets services in Ireland, and also operates through a UK branch and a Connecticut branch.
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
- The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland
- Entity type
- Credit institution
- Supervised group (ECB)
- Bank of Ireland Group plc
- Why significant
- Size (Total assets EUR 100-150 bn)
European registers
ECB · monetary financial institutions
List as at 2026-09-25
- Category
- Credit institution
- Minimum reserves
- Subject to minimum reserves
- Listed as
- The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland
- RIAD code
- IEBKIREL
ESMA · MiFID II register
Register as at 2026-09-28
| 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
- BOFIIE2DXXX 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 BOFIIE2D directly.
- Swift GPI
- Not on the member list
- Payment schemes and systems
- SCT · SCT Inst · SDD Core · VOP · TIPS
- Branch codes
- None: head-office BIC only
- BIC first registered
- 1978-11-06
- Last updated
- 2024-04-10
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Ownership
Group subsidiary
Bank of Ireland Group plc
Institution type
Universal bank
Trades as Bank of Ireland
- Ownership
- Bank of Ireland Group plc, whose shares are listed on Euronext Dublin, is the holding company of the bank.
- Direct parent
- Bank of Ireland Group plc ↗, Ireland
- Head office
- 2 College Green, D02 VR66 Dublin, Ireland
- Company register
- Registered number C-1 (Ireland)
Business lines
The bank serves personal, SME and corporate customers in Ireland and trades as Bank of Ireland Global Markets and Bank of Ireland Finance, among other trading names.
Online
- Websites & references
- bankofireland.com ↗
investorrelations.bankofireland.com ↗ investor relations
personalbanking.bankofireland.com ↗ personal banking site
businessbanking.bankofireland.com ↗ business banking site
corporate.bankofireland.com ↗ corporate banking site - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · X ↗ · Facebook ↗ · YouTube ↗
Sources · 12 pages consulted
- bankofireland.com/
- bankofireland.com/legal/company-registration-details/
- bankofireland.com/about-bank-of-ireland/about-the-group/management-structure/directors/
- bankofireland.com/about-bank-of-ireland/about-the-group/management-structure/
- investorrelations.bankofireland.com/app/uploads/BoIG-Interim-Report-2026-web.pdf
- investorrelations.bankofireland.com/app/uploads/2026-H1-RNS-FINAL-N-P.pdf
- investorrelations.bankofireland.com/interim-results-2026/
- investorrelations.bankofireland.com/results-centre/bank-of-ireland-subsidiaries
- investorrelations.bankofireland.com/about-us/key-figures-2/
- bankofireland.com/help-centre/faq/what-is-my-bic-number-swift/
- sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1022575/000115697306000979/u50756e20vf.htm
- irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/21/davy-cannot-charge-50-fee-and-expect-people-to-use-new-savings-scheme
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
- Myles O'Grady Group Chief Executive and Executive Director
- Chair
-
Akshaya Bhargava
Chair and Independent Non-Executive Director
- Chief financial officer
- Mark Spain Group Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director
- Executive
-
Michele Greene
Deputy Chair/Deputy Governor and Senior Independent Director
- Executive
-
Rhys Kiff
Group Chief Risk Officer
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Ireland
- Central Bank of Ireland Prudential supervisorCentral bankAML supervisorConductResolution
- European Union
- European Central Bank Prudential supervisor
- European Union
- Single Resolution Board Resolution
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Leadership
The bank appointed Pascal Boillat as an independent non-executive director of the group board and of the bank's Court of Directors.
bankofireland.com ↗ -
Other
The listing of the parent company's ordinary shares on the London Stock Exchange was cancelled on 29 June 2026. The primary listing on Euronext Dublin remains.
investorrelations.bankofireland.com ↗ -
Other
S&P Global Ratings withdrew its credit ratings of the bank and its parent on 25 March 2026 at the group's request.
investorrelations.bankofireland.com ↗ -
Leadership
Rhys Kiff joined the bank from Barclays in January 2025 as Group Chief Risk Officer.
bankofireland.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
- BOFIIE2DXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- BOFIBank
- IECountry · Ireland
- 2DLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- Q2GQA2KF6XJ24W42G291
- 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.
- UK overseas entity ID
- OE017091 ↗
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
- Ireland · 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
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
- Direct parent
- Bank of Ireland Group PLC · Ireland635400C8EK6DRI12LJ39 ↗
The Bank of Ireland Group PLC group has 6 institutions in the directory, in 3 countries: all hold a BIC.
Including Bank of Ireland Mortgage Bank, J and e Davy Unlimited Company, Bank of Ireland (UK) PLC, Bank of Ireland, The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland.
See the Bank of Ireland Group PLC group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Registered beneficial owners
Companies House · overseas entity OE017091 ↗ · as at 9 October 2026
Companies House lists 1 registrable beneficial owner: 1 company.
| Name | Type | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bank of Ireland Group Public Limited Company | Company · Companies Registration Office, Dublin, Ireland | More than 25% of shares · More than 25% of votes · Can appoint or remove directors | 7 July 2017 |
Overseas entities that own land in the UK must register their beneficial owners with Companies House. The entity reports them itself. Elucidate has not verified them.
A registrable beneficial owner holds more than 25% of the shares or votes, can appoint or remove the board, or has significant influence or control. Dates of birth and addresses are not shown.
Matched on the entity’s legal name and country of incorporation in its LEI record.
See the beneficial owners at Companies House ↗Addresses
- Registered address
- 2 COLLEGE GREEN DUBLIN D02 VR66 IRELAND
- Operational address
- HEAD OFFICE 27-33 BAGGOT PLAZA UPPER BAGGOT STREET DUBLIN DUBLIN D04 VX58 IRELAND
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>BOFIIE2DXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>Q2GQA2KF6XJ24W42G291</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>BOFIIE2DXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>Q2GQA2KF6XJ24W42G291</LEI>
<Nm>BANK OF IRELAND HEAD OFFICE</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>DUBLIN</TwnNm>
<Ctry>IE</Ctry>
<AdrLine>2 COLLEGE GREEN DUBLIN D02 VR66</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 | 2025-01-06 | Head office | — |
| SEPA Direct Debit CoreISO 20022 messages | 2010-11-01 | Head office | — |
| Verification of Payee | 2025-10-05 | Head office | — |
| TIPS (TARGET Instant Payment Settlement)ISO 20022 messages | — | Head office | — |
SEPA dates are when the institution became ready for the scheme. 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.
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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.
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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 Payments Council (EPC) Registers of Participants; matched to BICs by Elucidate. Source: European Central Bank, List of TIPS participants and reachable parties.
- Banking supervision—Source: European Central Bank, list of supervised entities.
- Ownership and group—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
- Registered beneficial owners—Companies House, Register of Overseas Entities · source ↗ as at 9 October 2026
- 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. 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: bankofireland.com (official website) · original; Akshaya Bhargava: bankofireland.com (official website) · original; Michele Greene: bankofireland.com (official website) · original; Rhys Kiff: bankofireland.com (official website) · original.
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