France · Financial institution

Bank Sepah

BICSEPBFRP1XXX LEI5493008Z30ZS378SB107 Licence no.Not on a tracked register On the OFAC SDN list Passive participant (no connection) Head-office BIC only Claim this profile

Sanctions

OFAC · United States

On the SDN list since 2018-11-05

Listed as: BANK SEPAH
List: Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list
Sanctions programmes: IRAN NPWMD IFSR
BIC cited
Designated: SDN 2018-11-05
OFAC record: Entry 25580 on OFAC ↗

Licences and registrations

Held by the legal entity, not by this BIC

This BIC is mapped to LEI 5493008Z30ZS378SB107 (Bank Sepah) in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. The legal entity’s page is Bank Sepah (SEPBIRT1). 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.

European registers

ECB · monetary financial institutions

List as at 2026-09-25

Category: Credit institution
Minimum reserves: Exempt from minimum reserves
Listed as: Bank Sepah
RIAD code: FR17799
Head institution: Bank Sepah

Entries are matched on the LEI. Each register is quoted as its publisher lists it.

Swift network

Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory

BIC: SEPBFRP1XXX 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: SEPBIRT1 · SEPBITR1 · SEPBDE21
BIC first registered: 2011-06-04
Last updated: 2023-06-03

Identifiers

Head-office record

BIC: SEPBFRP1XXX
How the BIC breaks down: SEPBBank

FRCountry · France

P1Location · passive

XXXBranch · head office
Branch description: Not recorded in the directory
LEI: 5493008Z30ZS378SB107
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: Code interbancaire (CIB) 17799

Profile

Type: Financial institution
Regulation: Not on a tracked register
Register licences: None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers
Country · region: France · Europe & Central Asia
Banking supervision: Not on the ECB's list of supervised entities as of 2026-07-01
Trading venues (MIC): No MIC registered under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
OFAC sanctions: On the SDN list since 2018-11-05
EU sanctions: No listing matched this BIC or its LEI
Country sanctions: No country programme
Founded: 1977

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.

No licence or registration was found for this entity on the 22 registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.

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: 20 RUE AUGUSTE VACQUERIE PARIS 75016 FRANCE
Operational address: 17 PLACE VENDOME PARIS 75001 PARIS FRANCE

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>SEPBFRP1XXX</BICFI>
  <LEI>5493008Z30ZS378SB107</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>SEPBFRP1XXX</BICFI>
  <LEI>5493008Z30ZS378SB107</LEI>
  <Nm>BANK SEPAH</Nm>
  <PstlAdr>
    <TwnNm>PARIS</TwnNm>
    <Ctry>FR</Ctry>
    <AdrLine>20 RUE AUGUSTE VACQUERIE PARIS 75016</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.

National bank codes

Code interbancaire (CIB) · France

1 code

Code	Routes to BIC	Name in the national file	City
17799	SEPBFRP1XXX	Bank Sepah	PARIS

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.

About

From Wikidata, matched on this institution's BIC or LEI

Founded: 1977
Headquarters: Tehran
Wikidata: Q131553683 ↗

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Sources & method

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Credits for this page

Wikidata—CC0, matched on the BIC or LEI recorded in Wikidata. It is community-edited, so check key facts.
National bank codes—France (Source: ACPR – REGAFI).
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.

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