Country · Latin America & Caribbean
Argentina
Check who the institutions in Argentina are: whether each holds a BIC, which register lists it and whether an LEI is mapped. No tracked register covers Argentina, so every institution listed here holds a BIC.
Argentina at a glance
Every row is the same 80 institutions, split by one attribute
Type
- Financial institution 77 · 96%
- Credit institution 2 · 2.5%
- Non-financial corporate 1 · 1.3%
Identification
- BIC only 80 · 100%
Regulation level
- Prudential licence 2 · 2.5%
- Not on a tracked register 78 · 98%
LEI
- LEI mapped 58 · 73%
- No LEI mapped 22 · 28%
View as table
| Attribute | Institutions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Type | ||
| Financial institution | 77 | 96% |
| Credit institution | 2 | 2.5% |
| Non-financial corporate | 1 | 1.3% |
| Identification | ||
| BIC only | 80 | 100% |
| Regulation level | ||
| Prudential licence | 2 | 2.5% |
| Not on a tracked register | 78 | 98% |
| LEI | ||
| LEI mapped | 58 | 73% |
| No LEI mapped | 22 | 28% |
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.
BIC data as at 23 September 2026
Institutions in Argentina
The first 25 of 80 institutions in Argentina, with or without a BIC: prudentially supervised and larger institutions first. No OFAC or EU listing cites an institution in Argentina.
- Bank of China Limited Sucursal Buenos Aires BIC BKCHARBA Credit institutionPrudential licence
- BNP Paribas Sucursal Buenos Aires SA BIC BNPAARBA Credit institutionPrudential licence
- Banco de la Nacion Argentina BIC NACNARBA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Banco BBVA Argentina S.A BIC BFRPARB1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Banco Roela S.A. BIC ROEBARB1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Banco Supervielle S.A BIC BSUPARBA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Nuevo Banco de Santa Fe S.A. BIC BPSFARBA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires BIC PRBAARBA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Argentina) S.A.U. BIC ICBKARBA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Banco de la Pampa S.A. BIC PAMPARBA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Montemar Compania Financiera S.A. BIC MCFIARB1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Banco de la Provincia de Cordoba S.A. BIC CORDARBA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Banco Santander Argentina S.A. BIC BSCHARBA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Samsung Electronics Argentina S.A. BIC SECTARB1 Non-financial corporateNot on a tracked register
- Allaria S.A. BIC AALAARB2 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- American Express Bank Ltd. BIC AEIBARB1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Ar Partners S.A. BIC RAJRARB1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- B.T. Rio de la Plata Sacf BIC BKTRARB1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Bacs Banco de Credito y Securitizacion S.A. BIC BCIUARBA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Banco BBVA Argentina S.A BIC BFRPARBA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Banco Bica S.A. BIC BICAARBS Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Banco Central de la Republica Argentina BIC BCRAARBA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Banco Cmf S.A. BIC CMFBARBA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Banco Coinag S.A. BIC CNIAARBR Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Banco Columbia S.A. BIC CLLUARB1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
Regulation and supervision
None of the 22 tracked registers covers Argentina. All 80 institutions listed here hold a BIC; firms licensed only by Argentina’s national authorities are not listed. By regulation level: 2 prudentially supervised, 78 not on a tracked register.
Institutions headquartered here, registered elsewhere
Two institutions registered in other countries give Argentina as their head office. Each counts in the country of its register.
- KZ Ventures LLC No BIC Money service businessAML registration only
- Maguiexpress S.A. No BIC Money service businessAML registration only
Groups and systemic importance
Institutions in Argentina belong to 4 groups on the FSB’s 2025 list of global systemically important banks (G-SIBs). GLEIF records the head office of 4 corporate groups in the directory here. For 4 institutions here, GLEIF records a parent in another country.
G-SIB groups
FSB 2025 list; institutions here that hold a BIC, by group
| Group | Bucket | Institutions here |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of China | 2 | 1 |
| BNP Paribas | 2 | 1 |
| Industrial and Commercial Bank of China | 3 | 1 |
| Santander | 1 | 1 |
Largest other groups
GLEIF consolidation groups, by legal entities (LEIs) in this country
| Group | LEIs here | LEIs in the group |
|---|---|---|
| Banco Hipotecario Sociedad Anonima | 2 | 2 |
| Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft | 1 | 36 |
| Banco de la Nacion Argentina | 1 | 2 |
| Moody's Corporation | 1 | 14 |
| Banco Cmf Sociedad Anonima | 1 | 2 |
Groups headquartered here
Largest of 4, by legal entities in the directory
| Group | LEIs in the directory |
|---|---|
| Banco Hipotecario Sociedad Anonima | 2 |
| Banco de la Nacion Argentina | 2 |
| Banco Cmf Sociedad Anonima | 2 |
| Banco De La Provincia De Buenos Aires | 2 |
Parents abroad
Institutions here by the country of their GLEIF ultimate parent (else direct parent)
GLEIF parents are accounting-consolidation relationships. They do not show ownership shares or control.
Payments and connectivity
Of the 80 institutions in Argentina that hold a BIC, 67.5% are connected to Swift and 5 are Swift GPI members, as at 23 September 2026.
Connection to Swift
Institutions that hold a BIC, by connection type in Swift’s directory
A BIC does not imply a connection to the Swift network.
Payment schemes
Institutions that hold a BIC, reachable in each scheme
- Swift GPI members
- 5 institutions
- Swift GPI members, live
- 5 institutions
Trading venues
1 live market identifier code (ISO 10383) operated by institutions here, by category
- Systematic internaliser SINT 1
All BIC codes in Argentina
Look up any of the 128 BIC codes registered in Argentina: the head offices and branch codes of the 80 institutions here that hold a BIC, with their LEIs and flags.
Where branch codes cluster
Branch codes by city, top 8
Other countries in Latin America & Caribbean
The directory has pages for 47 other countries and territories in Latin America & Caribbean.
AnguillaAntigua & BarbudaArubaBahamasBarbadosBelizeBoliviaBrazilBritish Virgin IslandsCaribbean NetherlandsCayman IslandsChileColombiaCosta RicaCubaCuraçaoDominicaDominican RepublicEcuadorEl SalvadorFalkland IslandsFrench GuianaGrenadaGuadeloupeGuatemalaGuyanaHaitiHondurasJamaicaMartiniqueMexicoMontserratNicaraguaPanamaParaguayPeruPuerto RicoSint MaartenSt. Kitts & NevisSt. LuciaSt. Vincent & GrenadinesSurinameTrinidad & TobagoTurks & Caicos IslandsU.S. Virgin IslandsUruguayVenezuela
Sources & method
Each institution counts once, in one country: the BIC country when it holds a BIC, otherwise the country of the register that lists it. Licences in other countries are shown on its page.
Sanctions listings are matched on the BIC and on the LEI mapped to it, so they cover institutions that hold a BIC only. Institutions without a BIC are not screened. Always screen against the official lists.
Read the methodology →Sources for this page
- Swift ISO 9362 BIC directory—institutions and branch codes, mapped to LEIs through the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file. As at 23 September 2026
- FSB 2025 list of global systemically important banks · FSB ↗ published 27 November 2025
- GLEIF relationship records (Level 2)—accounting consolidation as reported to GLEIF · about Level 2 data ↗ as at 25 September 2026
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