--- title: "Bangladesh: financial institutions, SWIFT/BIC codes and licences | Elucidate" description: "72 institutions in Bangladesh (as at 23 September 2026): 72 hold a SWIFT/BIC code and 0 do not." url: https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bd --- 1. [Directory](https://elucidate.co/directory) 2. [Countries](https://elucidate.co/directory/country) 3. Bangladesh Country · South Asia # Bangladesh Check who the institutions in Bangladesh are: whether each holds a BIC, which register lists it and whether an LEI is mapped. No tracked register covers Bangladesh, so every institution listed here holds a BIC. 72 Institutions Active · inactive not published 72 Hold a BIC 100% of institutions — On a tracked register Not covered by a tracked register 47 LEI mapped 65% of institutions 1,099 BIC codes Head offices and 1,028 branch codes ### Bangladesh at a glance Every row is the same 72 institutions, split by one attribute Type - Financial institution 68 · 94% - Credit institution 3 · 4.2% - Non-financial corporate 1 · 1.4% Identification - [BIC only](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?source=bic,noregister&cc=BD) 72 · 100% Regulation level - [Prudential licence](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?reg=prudential&cc=BD) 3 · 4.2% - [Not on a tracked register](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?reg=none&cc=BD) 69 · 96% LEI - LEI mapped 47 · 65% - No LEI mapped 25 · 35% View as table | Attribute | Institutions | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Type | | Financial institution | 68 | 94% | | Credit institution | 3 | 4.2% | | Non-financial corporate | 1 | 1.4% | | Identification | | BIC only | 72 | 100% | | Regulation level | | Prudential licence | 3 | 4.2% | | Not on a tracked register | 69 | 96% | | LEI | | LEI mapped | 47 | 65% | | No LEI mapped | 25 | 35% | 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](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bd#institutions) [Regulation](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bd#registers) [Groups](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bd#groups) [Payments](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bd#payments) [BIC codes](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bd#bics) ## Institutions in Bangladesh The first 25 of 72 institutions in Bangladesh, with or without a BIC: prudentially supervised and larger institutions first. No OFAC or EU listing cites an institution in Bangladesh. - [The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited BIC HSBCBDDH Credit institution Prudential licence Bangladesh · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI 2HI3YI5320L3RW6NJ957](https://elucidate.co/directory/the-hongkong-and-shanghai-banking-corporation-limited-hsbcbddh) - [Citibank N.A. BIC CITIBDDX Credit institution Prudential licence Bangladesh · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI E57ODZWZ7FF32TWEFA76](https://elucidate.co/directory/citibank-n-a-citibddx) - [Standard Chartered Bank BIC SCBLBDDX Credit institution Prudential licence Bangladesh · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI RILFO74KP1CM8P6PCT96](https://elucidate.co/directory/standard-chartered-bank-scblbddx) - [Islami Bank Bangladesh Plc. BIC IBBLBDDH Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bangladesh · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300Q1TD0UFF461I77](https://elucidate.co/directory/islami-bank-bangladesh-plc-ibblbddh) - [Janata Bank Plc. BIC JANBBDDH Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bangladesh · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300NP4O0KCIFBR344](https://elucidate.co/directory/janata-bank-plc-janbbddh) - [Sonali Bank PLC BIC BSONBDDH Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bangladesh · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300VE2H041QJDRU79](https://elucidate.co/directory/sonali-bank-plc-bsonbddh) - [Agrani Bank PLC BIC AGBKBDDH Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bangladesh · Not on a tracked register · LEI 5493006E5MYMOUBR7M83](https://elucidate.co/directory/agrani-bank-plc-agbkbddh) - [National Bank Limited BIC NBLBBDDH Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bangladesh · Not on a tracked register · LEI 25490026JIOC977I1D10](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-bank-limited-nblbbddh) - [Uttara Bank Plc. BIC UTBLBDDH Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bangladesh · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300R2L1ORP77W4R24](https://elucidate.co/directory/uttara-bank-plc-utblbddh) - [Pubali Bank PLC BIC PUBABDDH Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bangladesh · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900FW8U6F3HND5R90](https://elucidate.co/directory/pubali-bank-plc-pubabddh) - [Prime Bank Plc. BIC PRBLBDDH Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bangladesh · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300YFT14H8HRQ5D03](https://elucidate.co/directory/prime-bank-plc-prblbddh) - [Rupali Bank Plc. BIC RUPBBDDH Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bangladesh · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300D2YK0Y2N2MU368](https://elucidate.co/directory/rupali-bank-plc-rupbbddh) - [United Commercial Bank PLC BIC UCBLBDDH Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bangladesh · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900HRS4ZZY972VS37](https://elucidate.co/directory/united-commercial-bank-plc-ucblbddh) - [Al-Arafah Islami Bank Plc. BIC ALARBDDH Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bangladesh · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300ZK0FWOO3P5J254](https://elucidate.co/directory/al-arafah-islami-bank-plc-alarbddh) - [Export Import Bank of Bangladesh Plc. BIC EXBKBDDH Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bangladesh · Not on a tracked register · LEI 5493008DWWBRUN4B9Y18](https://elucidate.co/directory/export-import-bank-of-bangladesh-plc-exbkbddh) - [Jamuna Bank Plc. BIC JAMUBDDH Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bangladesh · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300GOANEUFIDND260](https://elucidate.co/directory/jamuna-bank-plc-jamubddh) - [National Credit and Commerce Bank PLC BIC NCCLBDDH Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bangladesh · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300BHOTYU0I7XC494](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-credit-and-commerce-bank-plc-ncclbddh) - [AB Bank Plc. BIC ABBLBDDH Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bangladesh · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900GSWZ4BTRAK8C42](https://elucidate.co/directory/ab-bank-plc-abblbddh) - [Social Islami Bank PLC BIC SOIVBDDH Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bangladesh · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900IC7VG1FYLEXB61](https://elucidate.co/directory/social-islami-bank-plc-soivbddh) - [Southeast Bank Plc. BIC SEBDBDDH Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bangladesh · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900ZKUGDRQBO9MT80](https://elucidate.co/directory/southeast-bank-plc-sebdbddh) - [Eastern Bank Plc. BIC EBLDBDDH Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bangladesh · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300KRYIHU89KDBD86](https://elucidate.co/directory/eastern-bank-plc-ebldbddh) - [Ific Bank PLC BIC IFICBDDH Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bangladesh · Not on a tracked register · LEI 5493006FM1YVEKAHEY94](https://elucidate.co/directory/ific-bank-plc-ificbddh) - [Shahjalal Islami Bank Plc. BIC SJBLBDDH Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bangladesh · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900MDHN871GDYZ694](https://elucidate.co/directory/shahjalal-islami-bank-plc-sjblbddh) - [Standard Islami Bank Plc. BIC SDBLBDDH Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bangladesh · Not on a tracked register · LEI 5493009EICRTF6I88I36](https://elucidate.co/directory/standard-islami-bank-plc-sdblbddh) - [Bank Asia Plc. BIC BALBBDDH Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bangladesh · Not on a tracked register · LEI 5493008JECJRNEY1F082](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-asia-plc-balbbddh) [See all 72 institutions in Bangladesh →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=BD) ## Regulation and supervision None of the 22 tracked registers covers Bangladesh. All 72 institutions listed here hold a BIC; firms licensed only by Bangladesh’s national authorities are not listed. By regulation level: 3 prudentially supervised, 69 not on a tracked register. ## Groups and systemic importance Institutions in Bangladesh belong to 3 groups on the FSB’s 2025 list of global systemically important banks (G-SIBs). GLEIF records the head office of 3 corporate groups in the directory here. For 3 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 | | --- | --- | --- | | [Citigroup](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/6SHGI4ZSSLCXXQSBB395) | 3 | 1 | | [HSBC](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/MLU0ZO3ML4LN2LL2TL39) | 3 | 1 | | [Standard Chartered](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/U4LOSYZ7YG4W3S5F2G91) | 1 | 1 | [See all 3 institutions in G-SIB groups →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=BD&flag=gsib) ### Largest other groups GLEIF consolidation groups, by legal entities (LEIs) in this country | Group | LEIs here | LEIs in the group | | --- | --- | --- | | [National Bank Limited](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/25490026JIOC977I1D10) | 1 | 2 | | [Bank Alfalah Limited](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/2549007VBBNOQL2IVZ08) | 1 | 6 | | [AB Bank Plc.](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/254900GSWZ4BTRAK8C42) | 1 | 2 | | [National Bank of Pakistan](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/391200B8N7KWZADUJM27) | 1 | 2 | | [State Bank of India](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/5493001JZ37UBBZF6L49) | 1 | 8 | ### Groups headquartered here Largest of 3, by legal entities in the directory | Group | LEIs in the directory | | --- | --- | | [AB Bank Plc.](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/254900GSWZ4BTRAK8C42) | 2 | | [Ific Bank PLC](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/5493006FM1YVEKAHEY94) | 2 | | [National Bank Limited](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/25490026JIOC977I1D10) | 2 | [See all corporate groups →](https://elucidate.co/directory/group) ### Parents abroad Institutions here by the country of their GLEIF ultimate parent (else direct parent) - [United Kingdom2](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/gb "United Kingdom: 2") - [United States1](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/us "United States: 1") GLEIF parents are accounting-consolidation relationships. They do not show ownership shares or control. ## Payments and connectivity Of the 72 institutions in Bangladesh that hold a BIC, 86.1% are connected to Swift and 14 are Swift GPI members, as at 23 September 2026. ### Connection to Swift Institutions that hold a BIC, by connection type in Swift’s directory - Connected to Swift62 · 86.1% - Reverse billing2 · 2.8% - Passive participant (no connection)8 · 11.1% 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:** 14 institutions - **Swift GPI members, live:** 12 institutions [See all 14 Swift GPI members →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=BD&flag=gpi) ### Trading venues 2 live market identifier codes (ISO 10383) operated by institutions here, by category - Not specifiedNSPD1 - Systematic internaliserSINT1 ## All BIC codes in Bangladesh Look up any of the 1,099 BIC codes registered in Bangladesh: the head offices and branch codes of the 72 institutions here that hold a BIC, with their LEIs and flags. [Download the list (JSON)](https://elucidate.co/data/banks/countries/BD.json) ### Where branch codes cluster Branch codes by city, top 8 - Dhaka590 - Chittagong146 - Sylhet35 - Narayanganj33 - Khulna30 - Chattogram28 - Rajshahi17 - Bogra16 ## Other countries in South Asia The directory has pages for 7 other countries and territories in South Asia. [Afghanistan](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/af) [Bhutan](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bt) [India](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/in) [Maldives](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/mv) [Nepal](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/np) [Pakistan](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/pk) [Sri Lanka](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/lk) 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 →](https://elucidate.co/directory/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 ↗](https://www.fsb.org/2025/11/2025-list-of-global-systemically-important-banks-g-sibs/) published 27 November 2025 - **GLEIF relationship records (Level 2)**—accounting consolidation as reported to GLEIF · [about Level 2 data ↗](https://www.gleif.org/en/lei-data/access-and-use-lei-data/level-2-data-who-owns-whom) as at 25 September 2026 ## Assess the financial crime risk behind a counterparty A BIC or a licence identifies an entity; it does not assess it. The Elucidate FinCrime Index (EFI) is an independent score of the financial crime risk of banks and payment firms. [Read about the FinCrime Index](https://elucidate.co/ratings). [Book a demo](https://elucidate.co/demo-request) Licence and registration data are drawn from the public registers of the regulators named on each page and shown for information only; the official register is always the authority. LEIs and ownership are from GLEIF. Directory and gpi data are drawn from SWIFT's public sources. SWIFT, Swift gpi and UETR are trademarks of S.W.I.F.T. SC, Avenue Adèle 1, 1310 La Hulpe, Belgium. Elucidate is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by SWIFT or any regulator named here. Elucidate does not provide payment or other financial services.