France · Credit institution
Bofa Securities Europe S.A.
Legal name in the LEI recordBOFA SECURITIES EUROPE SA
BofA Securities Europe SA (BofASE) is a French société anonyme headquartered at 51 rue La Boétie, Paris. It is authorised as a credit and investment institution (établissement de crédit et d'investissement). The bank is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Bank of America Corporation. NB Holdings Corporation holds 99.9% of its shares. Bank of America describes it as the group's broker-dealer for clients in the European Economic Area. Its activities cover equities, fixed income, currencies and commodities, capital markets services and investment research. It was incorporated in September 2018 as BofAML Securities Europe SA and took its current name in November 2018.
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
FSB · global systemically important banks
2025 list
- G-SIB
- Bank of America
- Relation
- In a G-SIB groupGLEIF 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.
- Bucket
- 3 of 5 · extra capital buffer 2.0% of risk-weighted assets
- On the list since
- 2011
ECB banking supervision
List of supervised entities as of 2026-07-01
- Classification
- Significant institution
- Supervisor
- European Central Bank (direct supervision)
- Listed as
- BofA Securities Europe SA
- Entity type
- Credit institution (class 1 investment firm)
- Supervisory group
- Heads its own group
- Why significant
- Size (Total assets EUR 100-150 bn)
European registers
ESMA · MiFID II register
Register as at 2026-09-28
| Entry | Competent authority | Authorised | Services or instruments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Investment services (MiFID II) | Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR) | 2018-11-13 | A1 A2 A3 A5 A6 A7 B1 |
| Systematic internaliser | Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) | 2019-01-01 | CRFT DPRS ETFS OTHR SHRS |
| Systematic internaliser | Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) | 2019-01-01 | CRFT DPRS ETFS OTHR SHRS |
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
- BOFAFRP3XXX 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 BOFAFRP3 directly.
- 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
- 6 branch codes
- BIC first registered
- 2018-12-22
- Last updated
- 2023-12-06
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Ownership
Group subsidiary
99.9% NB Holdings Corporation
Institution type
Investment bank
Trades as BofA Securities
- Ownership
- NB Holdings Corporation holds 99.9% and Merrill Lynch Group Holdings I, L.L.C. holds 0.1%, both within the Bank of America Corporation group.
- Direct parent
- NB Holdings Corporation, United States 99.9%
- Ultimate owner
- Bank of America Corporation, United States
- Head office
- 51 rue La Boétie, 75008 Paris, France
- Company register
- RCS Paris 842 602 690
- Former name
- BofAML Securities Europe SA
Business lines
According to its 2025 financial statements, its results come from Global Banking and Markets, which it divides into equity sales and trading, FICC sales and trading and global banking.
Online
- Websites & references
- business.bofa.com ↗
business.bofa.com/fr/en/about-us.html ↗ Bank of America in France country page (BofASE)
investor.bankofamerica.com ↗ Group investor relations page with BofASE factsheet and financial statements
Wikidata Q131535600 ↗ - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · X ↗ · YouTube ↗
Sources · 9 pages consulted
- d1io3yog0oux5.cloudfront.net/_95829f9fe721311b082f43671db16d0e/bankofamerica/db/909/9957/pdf/BofASE-factsheet-annual-u
- d1io3yog0oux5.cloudfront.net/_95829f9fe721311b082f43671db16d0e/bankofamerica/db/914/10565/pdf/2025.12.31_BofA_Securiti
- business.bofa.com/content/dam/flagship/fr/about-us/Mentions_Legales_March_2023.pdf
- business.bofa.com/fr/en/about-us.html
- investor.bankofamerica.com/regulatory-and-other-filings/subsidiary-and-country-disclosures
- bankingsupervision.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2026/html/ssm.pr260327~a4529c6c22.en.html
- investor.bankofamerica.com/corporate-governance/management-team-and-directors
- journal-officiel.gouv.fr/pages/balo-annonce-unitaire/?q.id=id_annonce%3A202609162603702111
- pappers.fr/entreprise/bofa-securities-europe-sa-842602690
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
- Vanessa Holtz Chief Executive Officer, BofA Securities Europe, and France Country Executive (Directrice Générale, Executive Director)
- Chair
- Thomas Woods Non-Executive Director, Chair of the Board
- Executive
- Angèle Donadieu Directeur général délégué (deputy chief executive officer)
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- European Union
- European Central Bank Prudential supervisor
- France
- Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR) Prudential supervisorAML supervisorResolution
- France
- Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) ConductSecurities
- European Union
- Single Resolution Board Resolution
Recent events 1 enforcement or investigation item
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Enforcement
The ECB imposed a EUR 6.2 million penalty on the bank for reporting wrongly calculated market-risk risk-weighted assets between 2022 and 2024.
bankingsupervision.europa.eu ↗
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
- BOFAFRP3XXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- BOFABank
- FRCountry · France
- P3Location
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 549300FH0WJAPEHTIQ77
- 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) 12583
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
- France · Europe & Central Asia
- FSB G-SIB list
- In a G-SIB group · Bank of America list of 2025
- Banking supervision
- Significant · supervised by the ECB as of 2026-07-01
- Trading venues (MIC)
- Operates 3 MICs 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
- Founded
- 2018
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 America Corporation · United States9DJT3UXIJIZJI4WXO774 ↗
- FSB G-SIB list
- In a G-SIB group · Bank of America bucket 3 · 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 Bank of America Corporation group has 75 institutions in the directory, in 36 countries: all hold a BIC.
Including Bank of America, N.A., Bank of America Europe Designated Activity Company, Bank of America National Association, Hong Kong Branch, Bank of America, N.A., Bank of America, N.A..
See the Bank of America Corporation group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Registered address
- 51 RUE LA BOETIE PARIS 75008 FRANCE
- Operational address
- 51 RUE LA BOETIE PARIS 75008 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+
- 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>BOFAFRP3XXX</BICFI>
<LEI>549300FH0WJAPEHTIQ77</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>BOFAFRP3XXX</BICFI>
<LEI>549300FH0WJAPEHTIQ77</LEI>
<Nm>BOFA SECURITIES EUROPE S.A.</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>PARIS</TwnNm>
<Ctry>FR</Ctry>
<AdrLine>51 RUE LA BOETIE PARIS 75008</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.
Market identifiers
3 trading venues and reporting services run under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
| MIC | Market | Kind | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| MLEX | BOFA SECURITIES EUROPEBOFASE | Operating MIC | Systematic internaliser |
| MLER | BOFA SECURITIES EUROPE - RFQBOFASE | Segment of MLEX | Systematic internaliser |
| MLES | BOFA SECURITIES EUROPE - SYSTEMATIC INTERNALISERBOFASE | Segment of MLEX | Systematic internaliser |
National bank codes
Code interbancaire (CIB) · France
1 code
| Code | Routes to BIC | Name in the national file | City |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12583 | BOFAFRP3XXX | BofA Securities Europe SA | 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.
Network
Branch network
All 6 branch BICs connect to the head office. They are all in Paris, and no function or registration year splits them further.
Hover over a branch or group to see its details
Branch codes
| BIC | Branch | City | Address | LEI | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOFAFRP3FIC | FICC PRODUCTS | Paris | 51 RUE LA BOETIE PARIS 75008 PARIS FRANCE | — | 2019-02-12 |
| BOFAFRP3MET | — | Paris | 51 RUE LA BOETIE PARIS 75008 PARIS FRANCE | — | 2021-09-25 |
| BOFAFRP3MT3 | — | Paris | 51 RUE LA BOETIE PARIS 75008 PARIS FRANCE | — | 2026-02-14 |
| BOFAFRP3PLX | — | Paris | 51 RUE LA BOETIE PARIS 75008 PARIS FRANCE | — | 2020-03-14 |
| BOFAFRP3SEG | CLIENT MONEY | Paris | 51 RUE LA BOETIE PARIS 75008 PARIS FRANCE | — | 2019-02-12 |
| BOFAFRP3TSY | TREASURY | Paris | 51 RUE LA BOETIE PARIS 75008 PARIS FRANCE | — | 2019-02-12 |
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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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Read the methodology →Credits for this page
- Banking supervision—Source: European Central Bank, list of supervised entities.
- 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).
- Ownership and group—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
- 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 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: business.bofa.com (official website) · original.
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