--- title: "Burundi: financial institutions, SWIFT/BIC codes and licences | Elucidate" description: "17 institutions in Burundi (as at 23 September 2026): 17 hold a SWIFT/BIC code and 0 do not." url: https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bi --- 1. [Directory](https://elucidate.co/directory) 2. [Countries](https://elucidate.co/directory/country) 3. Burundi Country · Sub-Saharan Africa # Burundi Check who the institutions in Burundi are: whether each holds a BIC, which register lists it and whether an LEI is mapped. No tracked register covers Burundi, so every institution listed here holds a BIC. 17 Institutions Active · inactive not published 17 Hold a BIC 100% of institutions — On a tracked register Not covered by a tracked register 3 LEI mapped 18% of institutions 18 BIC codes Head offices and 1 branch code ### Burundi at a glance Every row is the same 17 institutions, split by one attribute Type - Financial institution 17 · 100% Identification - [BIC only](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?source=bic,noregister&cc=BI) 17 · 100% Regulation level - [Not on a tracked register](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?reg=none&cc=BI) 17 · 100% LEI - LEI mapped 3 · 18% - No LEI mapped 14 · 82% View as table | Attribute | Institutions | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Type | | Financial institution | 17 | 100% | | Identification | | BIC only | 17 | 100% | | Regulation level | | Not on a tracked register | 17 | 100% | | LEI | | LEI mapped | 3 | 18% | | No LEI mapped | 14 | 82% | 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/bi#institutions) [Regulation](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bi#registers) [Headquartered here](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bi#hq-firms) [Groups](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bi#groups) [Payments](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bi#payments) [BIC codes](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bi#bics) ## Institutions in Burundi All 17 institutions in Burundi, with or without a BIC: prudentially supervised and larger institutions first. No OFAC or EU listing cites an institution in Burundi. - [Interbank Burundi SA BIC IBBUBIBI Financial institution Not on a tracked register Burundi · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/interbank-burundi-sa-ibbubibi) - [Bank of the Republic of Burundi BIC CBBBBIB1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Burundi · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-the-republic-of-burundi-cbbbbib1) - [Banque Burundaise Pour le Commerce et L'investissement BIC BUCIBIBI Financial institution Not on a tracked register Burundi · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banque-burundaise-pour-le-commerce-et-l-investissement-bucibibi) - [Banque Commerciale du Burundi BIC BCBUBIBI Financial institution Not on a tracked register Burundi · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banque-commerciale-du-burundi-bcbubibi) - [Banque Communautaire et Agricole du Burundi, SA BIC CMEBBIBI Financial institution Not on a tracked register Burundi · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banque-communautaire-et-agricole-du-burundi-sa-cmebbibi) - [Banque D'investissement et de Developpement Pour Les Femmes(Bidf Sp) BIC BIDFBIBI Financial institution Not on a tracked register Burundi · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banque-d-investissement-et-de-developpement-pour-les-femmes-bidf-sp-bidfbibi) - [Banque D'investissement Pour Les Jeunes BIC BIJEBIBU Financial institution Not on a tracked register Burundi · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banque-d-investissement-pour-les-jeunes-bijebibu) - [Banque de Credit de Bujumbura BIC BCRBBIBI Financial institution Not on a tracked register Burundi · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banque-de-credit-de-bujumbura-bcrbbibi) - [Banque de Gestion et de Financement S.A. BIC BKGFBIBI Financial institution Not on a tracked register Burundi · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banque-de-gestion-et-de-financement-s-a-bkgfbibi) - [Banque de L'habitat du Burundi BIC BHBIBIBI Financial institution Not on a tracked register Burundi · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banque-de-l-habitat-du-burundi-bhbibibi) - [Banque de la Republique du Burundi BIC BRBUBIB2 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Burundi · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banque-de-la-republique-du-burundi-brbubib2) - [Banque de la Republique du Burundi BIC BRBUBIBI Financial institution Not on a tracked register Burundi · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banque-de-la-republique-du-burundi-brbubibi) - [Crdb Bank Burundi S.A BIC CORUBIBU Financial institution Not on a tracked register Burundi · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/crdb-bank-burundi-s-a-corubibu) - [Diamond Trust Bank Burundi S.A BIC DTKEBIBI Financial institution Not on a tracked register Burundi · Not on a tracked register · LEI 2549003V10SLVLYDH587](https://elucidate.co/directory/diamond-trust-bank-burundi-s-a-dtkebibi) - [Ecobank Burundi BIC ECOCBIBI Financial institution Not on a tracked register Burundi · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900D9X7329TL2L994](https://elucidate.co/directory/ecobank-burundi-ecocbibi) - [Finbank BIC FIKNBIBI Financial institution Not on a tracked register Burundi · Not on a tracked register · LEI 2138005FD9MF6EWMPQ38](https://elucidate.co/directory/finbank-fiknbibi) - [Kcb Bank Burundi Limited BIC KCBLBIBI Financial institution Not on a tracked register Burundi · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/kcb-bank-burundi-limited-kcblbibi) [Filter this list →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=BI) ## Regulation and supervision None of the 22 tracked registers covers Burundi. All 17 institutions listed here hold a BIC; firms licensed only by Burundi’s national authorities are not listed. ## Institutions headquartered here, registered elsewhere One institution registered in another country gives Burundi as its head office. Each counts in the country of its register. - [Niyonsaba , Felix · trading as NIYONSABA, FELIX No BIC Money service business AML registration only Inactive since 2 January 2023 Canada · Registered with FINTRAC · M21430808 (FINTRAC-MSB) · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/niyonsaba-felix-8fa4c82736c1) [Search by head office: Burundi →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?hq=BI) ## Groups and systemic importance For 2 institutions here, GLEIF records a parent in another country. ### 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 | | [Diamond Trust Bank Kenya Limited](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/254900X8NL84X4ONBP19) | 1 | 2 | ### Parents abroad Institutions here by the country of their GLEIF ultimate parent (else direct parent) - [Kenya1](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ke "Kenya: 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 17 institutions in Burundi that hold a BIC, 88.2% 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 Swift15 · 88.2% - Reverse billing1 · 5.9% - Passive participant (no connection)1 · 5.9% A BIC does not imply a connection to the Swift network. ## All BIC codes in Burundi Look up any of the 18 BIC codes registered in Burundi: the head offices and branch codes of the 17 institutions here that hold a BIC, with their LEIs and flags. [Download the list (JSON)](https://elucidate.co/data/banks/countries/BI.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) [Burkina Faso](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bf) [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 - **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.