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title: "Bbk SWIFT/BIC code BBKUKWKWXXX · Kuwait | Elucidate"
description: "SWIFT/BIC code BBKUKWKWXXX for Bbk, Kuwait. Head-office BIC, LEI 549300MCPF5HTBF8ZR90, addresses and Swift connectivity."
url: https://elucidate.co/directory/bbk-bbkukwkw
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3. Bbk
Kuwait · Financial institution
# Bbk
Legal name in the LEI record BANK OF BAHRAIN AND KUWAIT
BIC **BBKUKWKWXXX** LEI **[549300MCPF5HTBF8ZR90](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/549300MCPF5HTBF8ZR90)** Licence no. **Not on a tracked register** Connected to Swift Head-office BIC only [Claim this profile](https://elucidate.co/directory/bbk-bbkukwkw#claim)
## Licences and registrations
Held by the legal entity, not by this BIC
This BIC is mapped to LEI 549300MCPF5HTBF8ZR90 (Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait) in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. The legal entity’s page is [Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait BSC (BBKUINBB)](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-bahrain-and-kuwait-bsc-bbkuinbb). 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.
## Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- **BIC:** BBKUKWKWXXX 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:** [BBKUBHBM](https://elucidate.co/directory/bbk-bbkubhbm) · [BBKUINBB](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-bahrain-and-kuwait-bsc-bbkuinbb)
- **BIC first registered:** 1988-11-21
- **Last updated:** 2025-04-26
## Identifiers
Head-office record
- **BIC:** BBKUKWKWXXX
- **How the BIC breaks down:** 1. BBKU Bank 2. KW Country · Kuwait 3. KW Location 4. XXX Branch · head office
- **Branch description:** Not recorded in the directory
- **LEI:** [549300MCPF5HTBF8ZR90](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-bahrain-and-kuwait-bsc-bbkuinbb)
- **LEI record:** [View on GLEIF ↗](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/549300MCPF5HTBF8ZR90)
- **How the LEI was matched:** BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
## Profile
- **Type:** Financial institution
- **Regulation:** Not on a tracked register
- **Register licences:** None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers
- **Country · region:** Kuwait · Middle East & North Africa
- **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.
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:** AHMED AL JABER STREET SAFAT 13104 24396 KUWAIT
- **Operational address:** AHMED AL JABER STREET KUWAIT 13104 KUWAIT POB 24396 SAFAT KUWAIT
## 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
BBKUKWKWXXX
549300MCPF5HTBF8ZR90
```
### 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
BBKUKWKWXXX
549300MCPF5HTBF8ZR90
BBK
KW
AHMED AL JABER STREET SAFAT 13104 24396
```
Swift’s two address fields do not agree on a town, so the full record gives the address as address lines only.
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.
## Related institutions
### Legal entity
- [Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait BSC BIC BBKUINBB Financial institution Not on a tracked register India · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300MCPF5HTBF8ZR90](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-bahrain-and-kuwait-bsc-bbkuinbb)
The page that carries this LEI’s licences and group facts.
### Same legal entity
- [Bbk BIC BBKUBHBM Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bahrain · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300MCPF5HTBF8ZR90](https://elucidate.co/directory/bbk-bbkubhbm)
Other BICs mapped to the same LEI.
### Largest institutions in Kuwait
- [Commercial Bank of Kuwait Kpsc BIC COMBKWKW Financial institution Not on a tracked register Kuwait · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300AZY1VDTDW4PX04](https://elucidate.co/directory/commercial-bank-of-kuwait-kpsc-combkwkw)
- [Gulf Bank, K.S.C.P. BIC GULBKWKW Financial institution Not on a tracked register Kuwait · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900600P224MZQZD69](https://elucidate.co/directory/gulf-bank-k-s-c-p-gulbkwkw)
- [Al Mulla International Exchange Co BIC AMIEKWKW Financial institution Not on a tracked register Kuwait · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/al-mulla-international-exchange-co-amiekwkw)
- [Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait K.S.C.P BIC ABKKKWKW Financial institution Not on a tracked register Kuwait · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900PGVVLJTOEWLL80](https://elucidate.co/directory/al-ahli-bank-of-kuwait-k-s-c-p-abkkkwkw)
- [Central Bank of Kuwait BIC CBKUKWKW Financial institution Not on a tracked register Kuwait · Not on a tracked register · LEI 2549005G75NMAK8TM233](https://elucidate.co/directory/central-bank-of-kuwait-cbkukwkw)
- [Citibank N.A. BIC CITIKWKW Credit institution Prudential licence Kuwait · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI E57ODZWZ7FF32TWEFA76](https://elucidate.co/directory/citibank-n-a-citikwkw)
- [First Abu Dhabi Bank BIC NBADKWKW Financial institution Not on a tracked register Kuwait · Not on a tracked register · LEI 2138002Y3WMK6RZS8H90](https://elucidate.co/directory/first-abu-dhabi-bank-nbadkwkw)
- [Agility Public Warehousing Company K.S.C.P BIC APWAKWKW Non-financial corporate Not on a tracked register Kuwait · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300C16Q6C2NMAI063](https://elucidate.co/directory/agility-public-warehousing-company-k-s-c-p-apwakwkw)
[See every BIC in Kuwait →](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/kw#bics)
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Sources & method
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