China · Financial institution
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Licences and registrations
Held by the legal entity, not by this BIC
This BIC is mapped to LEI MSFSBD3QN1GSN7Q6C537 (Commonwealth Bank of Australia) in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. The legal entity’s page is Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CTBAAU2S). 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.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- CTBACNBJXXX 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 CTBACNBJ directly.
- Swift GPI
- Live member
- 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
- BIC first registered
- 2013-02-23
- Last updated
- 2022-02-14
Identifiers
Head-office record
- BIC
- CTBACNBJXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- CTBABank
- CNCountry · China
- BJLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- 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.
Profile
- Type
- Financial institutionClassified as a financial institution in Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory, with no licence on a tracked register. This includes banks that neither the ECB nor the FSB lists, as well as brokers, fund managers, insurers and market infrastructure.
- Regulation
- Not on a tracked registerNo licence or registration was found for this entity on the 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.
- Register licences
- None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers
- Country · region
- China · East Asia & Pacific
- Trading venues (MIC)
- Operates MIC CBAL 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
- 1911
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
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia group has 13 institutions in the directory, in 11 countries: all hold a BIC.
Including Commonwealth Bank of Australia (Europe) N.V., Asb Bank Limited, Commbank Europe LTD, Commonwealth Securities LTD, Gotymebank Limited.
See the Commonwealth Bank of Australia group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Registered address
- CHINA WORLD TOWER, 1 JIANGUOMENWAI AVE. FLOOR LEVEL 46 BEIJING 100004 CHINA
- Operational address
- CHINA WORLD TOWER FLOOR 46 1 JIANGUOMENWAI AVENUE BEIJING 100004 BEIJING CHINA
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>CTBACNBJXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>MSFSBD3QN1GSN7Q6C537</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>CTBACNBJXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>MSFSBD3QN1GSN7Q6C537</LEI>
<Nm>COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>BEIJING</TwnNm>
<Ctry>CN</Ctry>
<AdrLine>CHINA WORLD TOWER, 1 JIANGUOMENWAI AVE. FLOOR LEVEL 46 BEIJING 100004</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
One trading venue or reporting service run under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
| MIC | Market | Kind | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| CBAL | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA - LONDON BRANCH | Operating MIC | Systematic internaliser |
About
From Wikidata, matched on this institution's BIC or LEI
- Founded
- 1911
- Headquarters
- Sydney
- Website
- commbank.com.au ↗
- Employees
- 53,262 2024
- Wikipedia
- Commonwealth Bank ↗
- Wikidata
- Q285328 ↗
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Sources & method
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Read the methodology →Credits for this page
- Wikidata—CC0, matched on the BIC or LEI recorded in Wikidata. It is community-edited, so check key facts.
- Ownership and group—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
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