--- title: "Brunei: financial institutions, SWIFT/BIC codes and licences | Elucidate" description: "12 institutions in Brunei (as at 23 September 2026): 12 hold a SWIFT/BIC code and 0 do not." url: https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bn --- 1. [Directory](https://elucidate.co/directory) 2. [Countries](https://elucidate.co/directory/country) 3. Brunei Country · East Asia & Pacific # Brunei Check who the institutions in Brunei are: whether each holds a BIC, which register lists it and whether an LEI is mapped. No tracked register covers Brunei, so every institution listed here holds a BIC. 12 Institutions Active · inactive not published 12 Hold a BIC 100% of institutions — On a tracked register Not covered by a tracked register 10 LEI mapped 83% of institutions 13 BIC codes Head offices and 1 branch code ### Brunei at a glance Every row is the same 12 institutions, split by one attribute Type - Financial institution 11 · 92% - Credit institution 1 · 8.3% Identification - [BIC only](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?source=bic,noregister&cc=BN) 12 · 100% Regulation level - [Prudential licence](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?reg=prudential&cc=BN) 1 · 8.3% - [Not on a tracked register](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?reg=none&cc=BN) 11 · 92% LEI - LEI mapped 10 · 83% - No LEI mapped 2 · 17% View as table | Attribute | Institutions | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Type | | Financial institution | 11 | 92% | | Credit institution | 1 | 8.3% | | Identification | | BIC only | 12 | 100% | | Regulation level | | Prudential licence | 1 | 8.3% | | Not on a tracked register | 11 | 92% | | LEI | | LEI mapped | 10 | 83% | | No LEI mapped | 2 | 17% | 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/bn#institutions) [Regulation](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bn#registers) [Groups](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bn#groups) [Payments](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bn#payments) [BIC codes](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bn#bics) ## Institutions in Brunei All 12 institutions in Brunei, with or without a BIC: prudentially supervised and larger institutions first. No OFAC or EU listing cites an institution in Brunei. - [Standard Chartered Bank BIC SCBLBNBB Credit institution Prudential licence Brunei · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI RILFO74KP1CM8P6PCT96](https://elucidate.co/directory/standard-chartered-bank-scblbnbb) - [United Overseas Bank LTD BIC UOVBBNBB Financial institution Not on a tracked register Brunei · Not on a tracked register · LEI IO66REGK3RCBAMA8HR66](https://elucidate.co/directory/united-overseas-bank-ltd-uovbbnbb) - [Baiduri Bank Sendirian Berhad BIC BAIDBNBB Financial institution Not on a tracked register Brunei · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300UX2Z5WLYRV7O02](https://elucidate.co/directory/baiduri-bank-sendirian-berhad-baidbnbb) - [Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam Berhad BIC BIBDBNB2 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Brunei · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-islam-brunei-darussalam-berhad-bibdbnb2) - [Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam Berhad BIC BIBDBNBB Financial institution Not on a tracked register Brunei · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900M3VM80WB4R1V15](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-islam-brunei-darussalam-berhad-bibdbnbb) - [Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited Brunei Branch BIC BKCHBNBB Financial institution Not on a tracked register Brunei · Not on a tracked register · LEI KNPC1X7GHDZW8U2ZSF89](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-china-hong-kong-limited-brunei-branch-bkchbnbb) - [Brunei Darussalam Central Bank BIC BDCBBNBB Financial institution Not on a tracked register Brunei · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300TIOP6QYGNUVL12](https://elucidate.co/directory/brunei-darussalam-central-bank-bdcbbnbb) - [Brunei Investment Agency BIC BIAGBNB1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Brunei · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/brunei-investment-agency-biagbnb1) - [Brunei Investment Agency BIC BIAGBNBS Financial institution Not on a tracked register Brunei · Not on a tracked register · LEI 5493009WCP2M6GLMND26](https://elucidate.co/directory/brunei-investment-agency-biagbnbs) - [Malayan Banking Berhad BIC MBBEBNBB Financial institution Not on a tracked register Brunei · Not on a tracked register · LEI 5493004OT3TOY404V310](https://elucidate.co/directory/malayan-banking-berhad-mbbebnbb) - [Perbadanan Tabung Amanah Islam Brunei BIC PTAIBNBB Financial institution Not on a tracked register Brunei · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300B0HF260P2JRS30](https://elucidate.co/directory/perbadanan-tabung-amanah-islam-brunei-ptaibnbb) - [Rhb Bank Berhad, Brunei BIC RHBBBNBB Financial institution Not on a tracked register Brunei · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300ZHRPSV7QIUJT80](https://elucidate.co/directory/rhb-bank-berhad-brunei-rhbbbnbb) [Filter this list →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=BN) ## Regulation and supervision None of the 22 tracked registers covers Brunei. All 12 institutions listed here hold a BIC; firms licensed only by Brunei’s national authorities are not listed. By regulation level: 1 prudentially supervised, 11 not on a tracked register. ## Groups and systemic importance Institutions in Brunei belong to 2 groups on the FSB’s 2025 list of global systemically important banks (G-SIBs). GLEIF records the head office of 1 corporate group in the directory here. 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 | | --- | --- | --- | | [Bank of China](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/54930053HGCFWVHYZX42) | 2 | 1 | | [Standard Chartered](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/U4LOSYZ7YG4W3S5F2G91) | 1 | 1 | [See all 2 institutions in G-SIB groups →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=BN&flag=gsib) ### Largest other groups GLEIF consolidation groups, by legal entities (LEIs) in this country | Group | LEIs here | LEIs in the group | | --- | --- | --- | | [Malayan Banking Berhad](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/5493004OT3TOY404V310) | 1 | 10 | | [Brunei Investment Agency](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/5493009WCP2M6GLMND26) | 1 | 2 | | [Rhb Bank Berhad](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/549300ZHRPSV7QIUJT80) | 1 | 7 | | [United Overseas Bank Limited](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/IO66REGK3RCBAMA8HR66) | 1 | 6 | ### Groups headquartered here Largest of 1, by legal entities in the directory | Group | LEIs in the directory | | --- | --- | | [Brunei Investment Agency](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/5493009WCP2M6GLMND26) | 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) - [China1](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/cn "China: 1") - [United Kingdom1](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/gb "United Kingdom: 1") GLEIF parents are accounting-consolidation relationships. They do not show ownership shares or control. ## Payments and connectivity Of the 12 institutions in Brunei that hold a BIC, 83.3% are connected to Swift and 2 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 Swift10 · 83.3% - Reverse billing1 · 8.3% - Passive participant (no connection)1 · 8.3% 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:** 2 institutions - **Swift GPI members, live:** 2 institutions [See all 2 Swift GPI members →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=BN&flag=gpi) ## All BIC codes in Brunei Look up any of the 13 BIC codes registered in Brunei: the head offices and branch codes of the 12 institutions here that hold a BIC, with their LEIs and flags. [Download the list (JSON)](https://elucidate.co/data/banks/countries/BN.json) ## Other countries in East Asia & Pacific The directory has pages for 38 other countries and territories in East Asia & Pacific. [American Samoa](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/as) [Australia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/au) [Cambodia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/kh) [China](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/cn) [Cook Islands](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ck) [Fiji](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/fj) [French Polynesia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/pf) [Guam](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/gu) [Hong Kong SAR China](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/hk) [Indonesia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/id) [Japan](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/jp) [Kiribati](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ki) [Laos](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/la) [Macao SAR China](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/mo) [Malaysia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/my) [Marshall Islands](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/mh) [Micronesia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/fm) [Mongolia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/mn) [Myanmar (Burma)](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/mm) [New Caledonia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/nc) [New Zealand](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/nz) [North Korea](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/kp) [Northern Mariana Islands](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/mp) [Palau](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/pw) [Papua New Guinea](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/pg) [Philippines](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ph) [Samoa](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ws) [Singapore](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/sg) [Solomon Islands](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/sb) [South Korea](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/kr) [Taiwan](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/tw) [Thailand](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/th) [Timor-Leste](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/tl) [Tonga](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/to) [Tuvalu](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/tv) [Vanuatu](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/vu) [Vietnam](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/vn) [Wallis & Futuna](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/wf) 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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