--- title: "Burkina Faso: financial institutions, SWIFT/BIC codes and licences | Elucidate" description: "21 institutions in Burkina Faso (as at 23 September 2026): 21 hold a SWIFT/BIC code and 0 do not." url: https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bf --- 1. [Directory](https://elucidate.co/directory) 2. [Countries](https://elucidate.co/directory/country) 3. Burkina Faso Country · Sub-Saharan Africa # Burkina Faso Check who the institutions in Burkina Faso are: whether each holds a BIC, which register lists it and whether an LEI is mapped. No tracked register covers Burkina Faso, so every institution listed here holds a BIC. 21 Institutions Active · inactive not published 21 Hold a BIC 100% of institutions — On a tracked register Not covered by a tracked register 4 LEI mapped 19% of institutions 22 BIC codes Head offices and 1 branch code ### Burkina Faso at a glance Every row is the same 21 institutions, split by one attribute Type - Financial institution 21 · 100% Identification - [BIC only](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?source=bic,noregister&cc=BF) 21 · 100% Regulation level - [Not on a tracked register](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?reg=none&cc=BF) 21 · 100% LEI - LEI mapped 4 · 19% - No LEI mapped 17 · 81% View as table | Attribute | Institutions | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Type | | Financial institution | 21 | 100% | | Identification | | BIC only | 21 | 100% | | Regulation level | | Not on a tracked register | 21 | 100% | | LEI | | LEI mapped | 4 | 19% | | No LEI mapped | 17 | 81% | 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/bf#institutions) [Regulation](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bf#registers) [Groups](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bf#groups) [Payments](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bf#payments) [BIC codes](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bf#bics) ## Institutions in Burkina Faso All 21 institutions in Burkina Faso, with or without a BIC: prudentially supervised and larger institutions first. No OFAC or EU listing cites an institution in Burkina Faso. - [Banque Centrale des Etats de L'afrique de L'ouest BIC BCAOBFBF Financial institution Not on a tracked register Burkina Faso · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banque-centrale-des-etats-de-l-afrique-de-l-ouest-bcaobfbf) - [Bank of Africa - Burkina Faso BIC AFRIBFBF Financial institution Not on a tracked register Burkina Faso · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-africa-burkina-faso-afribfbf) - [Banque Agricole du Faso BIC BAGFBFBF Financial institution Not on a tracked register Burkina Faso · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banque-agricole-du-faso-bagfbfbf) - [Banque Atlantique Burkina Faso BIC ATBFBFBF Financial institution Not on a tracked register Burkina Faso · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banque-atlantique-burkina-faso-atbfbfbf) - [Banque Commerciale du Burkina BIC BNCFBFBF Financial institution Not on a tracked register Burkina Faso · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banque-commerciale-du-burkina-bncfbfbf) - [Banque de L'union Burkina Faso BIC BDUGBFBF Financial institution Not on a tracked register Burkina Faso · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banque-de-l-union-burkina-faso-bdugbfbf) - [Banque Nationale de Developpement du Burkina Faso BIC NDEVBFB1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Burkina Faso · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banque-nationale-de-developpement-du-burkina-faso-ndevbfb1) - [Banque Postale du Burkina Faso (Bpbf) BIC BPBFBFBF Financial institution Not on a tracked register Burkina Faso · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banque-postale-du-burkina-faso-bpbf-bpbfbfbf) - [Banque Sahelo- Saharienne Pour L' Investissement et le Commerce Bf BIC BSAHBFBF Financial institution Not on a tracked register Burkina Faso · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banque-sahelo-saharienne-pour-l-investissement-et-le-commerce-bf-bsahbfbf) - [Caisse Centrale de Cooperation Econ Omique BIC CCECBFB1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Burkina Faso · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/caisse-centrale-de-cooperation-econ-omique-ccecbfb1) - [Cbao Groupe Attijariwafa Bank Burkina Faso BIC CBAOBFBG Financial institution Not on a tracked register Burkina Faso · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/cbao-groupe-attijariwafa-bank-burkina-faso-cbaobfbg) - [Coris Bank International BIC CORIBFBF Financial institution Not on a tracked register Burkina Faso · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300QJCTKN5P6Y1H64](https://elucidate.co/directory/coris-bank-international-coribfbf) - [Depositaire Central- Banque de Regle Ment (Dcbr Burkina Faso) BIC DCRCBFB1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Burkina Faso · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/depositaire-central-banque-de-regle-ment-dcbr-burkina-faso-dcrcbfb1) - [Ecobank - Burkina BIC ECOCBFBF Financial institution Not on a tracked register Burkina Faso · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900HND4820WQIP187](https://elucidate.co/directory/ecobank-burkina-ecocbfbf) - [International Business Bank (Ib Bank) BIC IBBABFBF Financial institution Not on a tracked register Burkina Faso · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/international-business-bank-ib-bank-ibbabfbf) - [Orabank Cote D'ivoire Succursale du Burkina BIC ORBKBFBF Financial institution Not on a tracked register Burkina Faso · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/orabank-cote-d-ivoire-succursale-du-burkina-orbkbfbf) - [Societe Generale Burkina Faso BIC BFCBBFB1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Burkina Faso · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/societe-generale-burkina-faso-bfcbbfb1) - [Societe Generale Burkina Faso BIC VSTBBFBF Financial institution Not on a tracked register Burkina Faso · Not on a tracked register · LEI 5493006ZL3GIBMNREO59](https://elucidate.co/directory/societe-generale-burkina-faso-vstbbfbf) - [United Bank For Africa Burkina (Uba Burkina) BIC BIBUBFBF Financial institution Not on a tracked register Burkina Faso · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/united-bank-for-africa-burkina-uba-burkina-bibubfbf) - [Vista Bank Burkina SA BIC BICIBFBX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Burkina Faso · Not on a tracked register · LEI 213800YIJVX7WSX9MI62](https://elucidate.co/directory/vista-bank-burkina-sa-bicibfbx) - [Wendkuni Bank International BIC WBIFBFBF Financial institution Not on a tracked register Burkina Faso · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/wendkuni-bank-international-wbifbfbf) [Filter this list →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=BF) ## Regulation and supervision None of the 22 tracked registers covers Burkina Faso. All 21 institutions listed here hold a BIC; firms licensed only by Burkina Faso’s national authorities are not listed. ## Groups and systemic importance Institutions in Burkina Faso belong to 1 group on the FSB’s 2025 list of global systemically important banks (G-SIBs). For 2 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 | | --- | --- | --- | | [Société Générale](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/O2RNE8IBXP4R0TD8PU41) | 1 | 1 | [See 1 institution in a G-SIB group →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=BF&flag=gsib) ### Largest other groups GLEIF consolidation groups, by legal entities (LEIs) in this country | Group | LEIs here | LEIs in the group | | --- | --- | --- | | [Ecobank Transnational Incorporated](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/213800USCE9Y111R4656) | 1 | 29 | ### Parents abroad Institutions here by the country of their GLEIF ultimate parent (else direct parent) - [France1](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/fr "France: 1") - [Togo1](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/tg "Togo: 1") GLEIF parents are accounting-consolidation relationships. They do not show ownership shares or control. ## Payments and connectivity Of the 21 institutions in Burkina Faso that hold a BIC, 81% are connected to Swift, as at 23 September 2026. ### Connection to Swift Institutions that hold a BIC, by connection type in Swift’s directory - Connected to Swift17 · 81% - Reverse billing0 · 0% - Passive participant (no connection)4 · 19% A BIC does not imply a connection to the Swift network. ## All BIC codes in Burkina Faso Look up any of the 22 BIC codes registered in Burkina Faso: the head offices and branch codes of the 21 institutions here that hold a BIC, with their LEIs and flags. [Download the list (JSON)](https://elucidate.co/data/banks/countries/BF.json) ## Other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa The directory has pages for 50 other countries and territories in Sub-Saharan Africa. [Angola](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ao) [Benin](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bj) [Botswana](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bw) [Burundi](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bi) [Cameroon](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/cm) [Cape Verde](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/cv) [Central African Republic](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/cf) [Chad](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/td) [Comoros](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/km) [Congo - Brazzaville](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/cg) [Congo - Kinshasa](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/cd) [Côte d’Ivoire](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ci) [Equatorial Guinea](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/gq) [Eritrea](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/er) [Eswatini](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/sz) [Ethiopia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/et) [Gabon](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ga) [Gambia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/gm) [Ghana](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/gh) [Guinea](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/gn) [Guinea-Bissau](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/gw) [Kenya](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ke) [Lesotho](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ls) [Liberia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/lr) [Madagascar](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/mg) [Malawi](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/mw) [Mali](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ml) [Mauritania](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/mr) [Mauritius](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/mu) [Mayotte](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/yt) [Mozambique](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/mz) [Namibia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/na) [Niger](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ne) [Nigeria](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ng) [Réunion](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/re) [Rwanda](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/rw) [São Tomé & Príncipe](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/st) [Senegal](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/sn) [Seychelles](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/sc) [Sierra Leone](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/sl) [Somalia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/so) [South Africa](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/za) [South Sudan](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ss) [St. Helena](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/sh) [Sudan](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/sd) [Tanzania](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/tz) [Togo](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/tg) [Uganda](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ug) [Zambia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/zm) [Zimbabwe](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/zw) 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. 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