Country · Sub-Saharan Africa
Benin
Check who the institutions in Benin are: whether each holds a BIC, which register lists it and whether an LEI is mapped. No tracked register covers Benin, so every institution listed here holds a BIC.
Benin at a glance
Every row is the same 19 institutions, split by one attribute
Type
- Financial institution 19 · 100%
Identification
- BIC only 19 · 100%
Regulation level
- Not on a tracked register 19 · 100%
LEI
- LEI mapped 3 · 16%
- No LEI mapped 16 · 84%
View as table
| Attribute | Institutions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Type | ||
| Financial institution | 19 | 100% |
| Identification | ||
| BIC only | 19 | 100% |
| Regulation level | ||
| Not on a tracked register | 19 | 100% |
| LEI | ||
| LEI mapped | 3 | 16% |
| No LEI mapped | 16 | 84% |
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 Benin
All 19 institutions in Benin, with or without a BIC: prudentially supervised and larger institutions first. No OFAC or EU listing cites an institution in Benin.
- Nsia Banque Benin SA BIC DBLNBJBJ Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Bank of Africa - Benin BIC AFRIBJB1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Banque Centrale des Etats de L'afrique de L'ouest BIC BCAOBJBJ Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Bange Bank Benin BIC CCEIBJBJ Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Bange Bank Benin BIC NAGCBJBJ Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Bank of Africa - Benin BIC AFRIBJBJ Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Banque Atlantique du Benin BIC ATBJBJBJ Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Banque Internationale Pour L'industrie et le Commerce Benin BIC AFICBJBJ Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Banque Internationale Pour L'industrie et le Commerce Benin BIC BIICBJBJ Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Banque Sahelo- Saharienne Pour L' Investissement et le Commerce Benin BIC BSAHBJBJ Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Bgfibank Benin BIC BGFIBJBJ Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Cbao Group Attijariwafabank BIC CBAOBJBJ Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Coris Bank International Benin BIC CORIBJBJ Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Depositaire Central- Banque de Regle Ment (Dcbr Benin) BIC DCRDBJB1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Ecobank Benin BIC ECOCBJBJ Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Orabank Benin BIC ORBKBJBJ Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Societe Generale Benin BIC SOGEBJBJ Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Societe Nigerienne de Bank (Sonibank), Succursale du Benin BIC SOCNBJBJ Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- United Bank For Africa Benin BIC COBBBJBJ Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
Regulation and supervision
None of the 22 tracked registers covers Benin. All 19 institutions listed here hold a BIC; firms licensed only by Benin’s national authorities are not listed.
Groups and systemic importance
Institutions in Benin 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 | 1 | 1 |
Largest other groups
GLEIF consolidation groups, by legal entities (LEIs) in this country
| Group | LEIs here | LEIs in the group |
|---|---|---|
| Ecobank Transnational Incorporated | 1 | 29 |
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 19 institutions in Benin that hold a BIC, 89.5% are connected to Swift, 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.
All BIC codes in Benin
Look up any of the 22 BIC codes registered in Benin: the head offices and branch codes of the 19 institutions here that hold a BIC, with their LEIs and flags.
Where branch codes cluster
Branch codes by city, top 2
Other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
The directory has pages for 50 other countries and territories in Sub-Saharan Africa.
AngolaBotswanaBurkina FasoBurundiCameroonCape VerdeCentral African RepublicChadComorosCongo - BrazzavilleCongo - KinshasaCôte d’IvoireEquatorial GuineaEritreaEswatiniEthiopiaGabonGambiaGhanaGuineaGuinea-BissauKenyaLesothoLiberiaMadagascarMalawiMaliMauritaniaMauritiusMayotteMozambiqueNamibiaNigerNigeriaRéunionRwandaSão Tomé & PríncipeSenegalSeychellesSierra LeoneSomaliaSouth AfricaSouth SudanSt. HelenaSudanTanzaniaTogoUgandaZambiaZimbabwe
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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