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title: "Benin: financial institutions, SWIFT/BIC codes and licences | Elucidate"
description: "19 institutions in Benin (as at 23 September 2026): 19 hold a SWIFT/BIC code and 0 do not."
url: https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bj
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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.

19

Institutions

Active · inactive not published

19

Hold a BIC

100% of institutions

—

On a tracked register

Not covered by a tracked register

3

LEI mapped

16% of institutions

22

BIC codes

Head offices and 4 branch codes

### Benin at a glance

Every row is the same 19 institutions, split by one attribute

Type

-   Financial institution 19 · 100%

Identification

-   [BIC only](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?source=bic,noregister&cc=BJ) 19 · 100%

Regulation level

-   [Not on a tracked register](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?reg=none&cc=BJ) 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](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bj#institutions) [Regulation](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bj#registers) [Groups](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bj#groups) [Payments](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bj#payments) [BIC codes](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bj#bics)

## 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 institution Not on a tracked register Benin · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/nsia-banque-benin-sa-dblnbjbj)
-   [Bank of Africa - Benin BIC AFRIBJB1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Benin · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-africa-benin-afribjb1)
-   [Banque Centrale des Etats de L'afrique de L'ouest BIC BCAOBJBJ Financial institution Not on a tracked register Benin · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banque-centrale-des-etats-de-l-afrique-de-l-ouest-bcaobjbj)
-   [Bange Bank Benin BIC CCEIBJBJ Financial institution Not on a tracked register Benin · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/bange-bank-benin-cceibjbj)
-   [Bange Bank Benin BIC NAGCBJBJ Financial institution Not on a tracked register Benin · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/bange-bank-benin-nagcbjbj)
-   [Bank of Africa - Benin BIC AFRIBJBJ Financial institution Not on a tracked register Benin · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-africa-benin-afribjbj)
-   [Banque Atlantique du Benin BIC ATBJBJBJ Financial institution Not on a tracked register Benin · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banque-atlantique-du-benin-atbjbjbj)
-   [Banque Internationale Pour L'industrie et le Commerce Benin BIC AFICBJBJ Financial institution Not on a tracked register Benin · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banque-internationale-pour-l-industrie-et-le-commerce-benin-aficbjbj)
-   [Banque Internationale Pour L'industrie et le Commerce Benin BIC BIICBJBJ Financial institution Not on a tracked register Benin · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banque-internationale-pour-l-industrie-et-le-commerce-benin-biicbjbj)
-   [Banque Sahelo- Saharienne Pour L' Investissement et le Commerce Benin BIC BSAHBJBJ Financial institution Not on a tracked register Benin · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banque-sahelo-saharienne-pour-l-investissement-et-le-commerce-benin-bsahbjbj)
-   [Bgfibank Benin BIC BGFIBJBJ Financial institution Not on a tracked register Benin · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/bgfibank-benin-bgfibjbj)
-   [Cbao Group Attijariwafabank BIC CBAOBJBJ Financial institution Not on a tracked register Benin · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/cbao-group-attijariwafabank-cbaobjbj)
-   [Coris Bank International Benin BIC CORIBJBJ Financial institution Not on a tracked register Benin · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900SDV3QO33BL3037](https://elucidate.co/directory/coris-bank-international-benin-coribjbj)
-   [Depositaire Central- Banque de Regle Ment (Dcbr Benin) BIC DCRDBJB1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Benin · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/depositaire-central-banque-de-regle-ment-dcbr-benin-dcrdbjb1)
-   [Ecobank Benin BIC ECOCBJBJ Financial institution Not on a tracked register Benin · Not on a tracked register · LEI 2549008736DL2TJMUA03](https://elucidate.co/directory/ecobank-benin-ecocbjbj)
-   [Orabank Benin BIC ORBKBJBJ Financial institution Not on a tracked register Benin · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/orabank-benin-orbkbjbj)
-   [Societe Generale Benin BIC SOGEBJBJ Financial institution Not on a tracked register Benin · Not on a tracked register · LEI 5493005XZNYY159PNZ09](https://elucidate.co/directory/societe-generale-benin-sogebjbj)
-   [Societe Nigerienne de Bank (Sonibank), Succursale du Benin BIC SOCNBJBJ Financial institution Not on a tracked register Benin · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/societe-nigerienne-de-bank-sonibank-succursale-du-benin-socnbjbj)
-   [United Bank For Africa Benin BIC COBBBJBJ Financial institution Not on a tracked register Benin · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/united-bank-for-africa-benin-cobbbjbj)

[Filter this list →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=BJ)

## 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](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/O2RNE8IBXP4R0TD8PU41) | 1 | 1 |

[See 1 institution in a G-SIB group →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=BJ&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 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

-   Connected to Swift17 · 89.5%
-   Reverse billing0 · 0%
-   Passive participant (no connection)2 · 10.5%

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.

[Download the list (JSON)](https://elucidate.co/data/banks/countries/BJ.json)

### Where branch codes cluster

Branch codes by city, top 2

-   Cotonou3
-   Parakou1

## 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) [Botswana](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bw) [Burkina Faso](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bf) [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

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