Licences and registrations
Held by the legal entity, not by a branch code
This branch code belongs to the legal entity of BNP Paribas Fortis SA/NV. 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
- BPOTBEB1ISA
- Head-office BIC
- BPOTBEB1XXX
- 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 BPOTBEB1 marks a passive participant.
- Swift GPI · BPOTBEB1
- 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
- One of 1 branch code of BNP Paribas Fortis SA/NV
- BIC first registered
- 2003-06-07
- Last updated
- 2024-04-10
Identifiers
Branch record
- BIC
- BPOTBEB1ISA
- How the BIC breaks down
- BPOTBank
- BECountry · Belgium
- B1Location · passive
- ISABranch
- Head-office BIC
- BPOTBEB1XXX · BNP Paribas Fortis SA/NV
- Branch LEI
- KGCEPHLVVKVRZYO1T647
Profile
- Branch description
- RESTRICTED USE
- Function
- Not stated in the description
- City
- Brussels
- Country · region
- Belgium · Europe & Central Asia
- Institution type
- Credit 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
- BNP Paribas · FranceR0MUWSFPU8MPRO8K5P83 ↗
- FSB G-SIB list
- In a G-SIB group · BNP Paribas bucket 2 · 2025 listGLEIF records a G-SIB entity as this legal entity’s ultimate parent. The bucket applies to the group, and membership does not make this entity a bank.
The BNP Paribas group has 140 institutions in the directory, in 63 countries: 136 hold a BIC and 4 do not.
Including BNP Paribas, Banca Nazionale del Lavoro SPA, BNP Paribas, BNP Paribas Financial Markets, BNP Paribas London Branch.
See the BNP Paribas group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Branch address
- RUE MONTAGNE DU PARC 3 BRUSSELS 1000 BRUSSELS BELGIUM
- Head-office address
- RUE MONTAGNE DU PARC 3 BRUXELLES 1000 BELGIUM
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>BPOTBEB1ISA</BICFI>
<LEI>KGCEPHLVVKVRZYO1T647</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>BPOTBEB1ISA</BICFI>
<LEI>KGCEPHLVVKVRZYO1T647</LEI>
<Nm>BNP PARIBAS FORTIS SA/NV</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>BRUSSELS</TwnNm>
<Ctry>BE</Ctry>
<AdrLine>RUE MONTAGNE DU PARC 3 BRUSSELS 1000 BRUSSELS</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.
Where this branch sits
Linked to its head office. No other branch shares a distinctive function, city, address or registration day with it.
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.
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 →Assess the financial crime risk behind a BIC
A BIC identifies an institution; it does not assess it. The Elucidate FinCrime Index (EFI) is an independent score of the financial crime risk of banks, built for correspondent banking and counterparty due diligence.
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