United Kingdom · Financial institution

Chester Frodsham St - 117141

BICHLFXGB21HEA LEIOQ3T05P7YR8P5YJEVI93 Licence no.Not on a tracked register Head office HLFXGB21XXX Passive participant (no connection)This BIC is registered for identification only. The institution has no direct connection to the Swift network. Messages and payments reach it through a correspondent bank. The “1” in the eighth character of HLFXGB21 marks a passive participant. Claim this profile

Licences and registrations

Held by the legal entity, not by a branch code

This branch code belongs to the legal entity of Bank of Scotland PLC. 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.

Swift network

Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory

BIC
HLFXGB21HEA
Head-office BIC
HLFXGB21XXX
Connection to Swift
Passive participant (no connection)This BIC is registered for identification only. The institution has no direct connection to the Swift network. Messages and payments reach it through a correspondent bank. The “1” in the eighth character of HLFXGB21 marks a passive participant.
Swift GPI · HLFXGB21
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
BIC first registered
2006-09-02
Last updated
2019-01-06

Identifiers

Branch record

BIC
HLFXGB21HEA
How the BIC breaks down
  1. HLFXBank
  2. GBCountry · United Kingdom
  3. 21Location · passive
  4. HEABranch
Head-office BIC
HLFXGB21XXX · Bank of Scotland PLC

Profile

Branch description
CHESTER FRODSHAM ST - 117141
Function
Not stated in the description
City
Chester
Country · region
United Kingdom · Europe & Central Asia
Institution type
Financial institution

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
Hbos PLC · United Kingdom213800RS21X7UUH5QU25 ↗
Ultimate parent
Lloyds Banking Group PLC · United Kingdom549300PPXHEU2JF0AM85 ↗

The Lloyds Banking Group PLC group has 55 institutions in the directory, in 11 countries: all hold a BIC.

Including Lloyds Bank GMBH, Lloyds Bank GMBH, Lloyds Bank GMBH, Lloyds Bank GMBH, Lloyds Bank GMBH.

See the Lloyds Banking Group PLC group →

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

Addresses

Branch address
3 FRODSHAM STREET CHESTER CHESTER CH1 3JJ UNITED KINGDOM
Head-office address
THE MOUND EDINBURGH EH11YZ UNITED KINGDOM

ISO 20022 identification

As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)

A CBPR+ message identifies this branch 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>HLFXGB21HEA</BICFI>
  <LEI>OQ3T05P7YR8P5YJEVI93</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>HLFXGB21HEA</BICFI>
  <LEI>OQ3T05P7YR8P5YJEVI93</LEI>
  <Nm>BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC</Nm>
  <PstlAdr>
    <TwnNm>CHESTER</TwnNm>
    <Ctry>GB</Ctry>
    <AdrLine>3 FRODSHAM STREET CHESTER CHESTER CH1 3JJ</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.

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Sources & method

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