--- title: "Bahamas: financial institutions, SWIFT/BIC codes and licences | Elucidate" description: "73 institutions in Bahamas (as at 23 September 2026): 73 hold a SWIFT/BIC code and 0 do not." url: https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bs --- 1. [Directory](https://elucidate.co/directory) 2. [Countries](https://elucidate.co/directory/country) 3. Bahamas Country · Latin America & Caribbean # Bahamas Check who the institutions in the Bahamas are: whether each holds a BIC, which register lists it and whether an LEI is mapped. No tracked register covers the Bahamas, so every institution listed here holds a BIC. 73 Institutions Active · inactive not published 73 Hold a BIC 100% of institutions — On a tracked register Not covered by a tracked register 38 LEI mapped 52% of institutions 1 ECB-supervised 1 significant, 0 less significant ### Bahamas at a glance Every row is the same 73 institutions, split by one attribute Type - Financial institution 69 · 95% - Credit institution 2 · 2.7% - Non-financial corporate 2 · 2.7% Identification - [BIC only](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?source=bic,noregister&cc=BS) 73 · 100% Regulation level - [Prudential licence](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?reg=prudential&cc=BS) 2 · 2.7% - [Not on a tracked register](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?reg=none&cc=BS) 71 · 97% LEI - LEI mapped 38 · 52% - No LEI mapped 35 · 48% View as table | Attribute | Institutions | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Type | | Financial institution | 69 | 95% | | Credit institution | 2 | 2.7% | | Non-financial corporate | 2 | 2.7% | | Identification | | BIC only | 73 | 100% | | Regulation level | | Prudential licence | 2 | 2.7% | | Not on a tracked register | 71 | 97% | | LEI | | LEI mapped | 38 | 52% | | No LEI mapped | 35 | 48% | 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/bs#institutions) [Regulation](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bs#registers) [Groups](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bs#groups) [Payments](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bs#payments) [BIC codes](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bs#bics) ## Institutions in the Bahamas The first 25 of 73 institutions in the Bahamas, with or without a BIC: prudentially supervised and larger institutions first. No OFAC or EU listing cites an institution in the Bahamas. - [Citibank N.A. BIC CITIBSNA Credit institution Prudential licence Bahamas · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI E57ODZWZ7FF32TWEFA76](https://elucidate.co/directory/citibank-n-a-citibsna) - [Banco Bilbao Vizcaya, New York Br. BIC BBVIBSN1 Credit institution Prudential licence Bahamas · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI K8MS7FD7N5Z2WQ51AZ71](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-bilbao-vizcaya-new-york-br-bbvibsn1) - [RBC Royal Bank (Bahamas) Limited (Fka Royal Bank of Canada Nassau) BIC ROYCBSNS Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bahamas · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300MCZ2H4EGT04V44](https://elucidate.co/directory/rbc-royal-bank-bahamas-limited-fka-royal-bank-of-canada-nassau-roycbsns) - [Bank of the Bahamas Limited BIC BOTBBSNS Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bahamas · Not on a tracked register · LEI 9845008A0C9E6B704461](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-the-bahamas-limited-botbbsns) - [Finance Corporation of Bahamas Ltd. BIC FICBBSN1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bahamas · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/finance-corporation-of-bahamas-ltd-ficbbsn1) - [Itau Unibanco S.A. - Nassau Branch BIC CBBABSNS Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bahamas · Not on a tracked register · LEI BZO2P8KHO2O10H5QQ663](https://elucidate.co/directory/itau-unibanco-s-a-nassau-branch-cbbabsns) - [Scotiabank (Bahamas) Ltd. BIC NOSCBSNS Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bahamas · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300H8VV043UPPN494](https://elucidate.co/directory/scotiabank-bahamas-ltd-noscbsns) - [Deltec Bank and Trust Limited BIC DBTLBSNS Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bahamas · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300XODLMRWA0FPI29](https://elucidate.co/directory/deltec-bank-and-trust-limited-dbtlbsns) - [Lombard Odier and Cie (Bahamas) Limited BIC LOCYBSNS Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bahamas · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300EMB5H4RAJLUJ17](https://elucidate.co/directory/lombard-odier-and-cie-bahamas-limited-locybsns) - [Pictet Bank and Trust Limited BIC PICTBSNX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bahamas · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300K4BLURJJ58VL85](https://elucidate.co/directory/pictet-bank-and-trust-limited-pictbsnx) - [RBC Royal Bank (Bahamas) Limited (Fka Royal Bank of Canada Nassau) BIC ROYCBSN1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bahamas · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/rbc-royal-bank-bahamas-limited-fka-royal-bank-of-canada-nassau-roycbsn1) - [UBS AG, Nassau Branch BIC CRESBSNS Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bahamas · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/ubs-ag-nassau-branch-cresbsns) - [UBS Brazil (Bahamas) Limited BIC BIGABSNS Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bahamas · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300YV2LNLS7BBHF64](https://elucidate.co/directory/ubs-brazil-bahamas-limited-bigabsns) - [Union Bancaire Privee, Ubp SA BIC NFZBBSNS Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bahamas · Not on a tracked register · LEI IPLPO8C7P68Q5FFRI280](https://elucidate.co/directory/union-bancaire-privee-ubp-sa-nfzbbsns) - [Adanac Investment Co Ltd. BIC ADAIBSF1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bahamas · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/adanac-investment-co-ltd-adaibsf1) - [Allied Bank and Trust Company (Baha Mas) Limited BIC ALBTBSN1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bahamas · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/allied-bank-and-trust-company-baha-mas-limited-albtbsn1) - [Arner Bank and Trust (Bahamas) Ltd. BIC ARNEBSN1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bahamas · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/arner-bank-and-trust-bahamas-ltd-arnebsn1) - [Bac Bahamas Bank Ltd. BIC BBHMBSNS Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bahamas · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/bac-bahamas-bank-ltd-bbhmbsns) - [Bahamas Development Bank BIC BAHDBSN1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bahamas · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/bahamas-development-bank-bahdbsn1) - [Banca del Sempione (Overseas) LTD BIC BASEBSNS Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bahamas · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300CFUF38XUGZJO47](https://elucidate.co/directory/banca-del-sempione-overseas-ltd-basebsns) - [Banco Bocom Bbm S.A. BIC BBINBSNS Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bahamas · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300V834DLWPYKXZ81](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-bocom-bbm-s-a-bbinbsns) - [Banco Popular International Ltd. BIC BPOIBSN1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bahamas · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-popular-international-ltd-bpoibsn1) - [Banco Santander Bahamas Intl LTD BIC BSCHBSN1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bahamas · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-santander-bahamas-intl-ltd-bschbsn1) - [Banco Santander International SA Bahamas Branch BIC SCHTBSNS Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bahamas · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-santander-international-sa-bahamas-branch-schtbsns) - [Banco Votorantim S/A, Nassau Branch BIC BAVOBSNS Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bahamas · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300B4NIZY3YQIWT67](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-votorantim-s-a-nassau-branch-bavobsns) [See all 73 institutions in Bahamas →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=BS) ## Regulation and supervision None of the 22 tracked registers covers the Bahamas. All 73 institutions listed here hold a BIC; firms licensed only by the Bahamas’s national authorities are not listed. By regulation level: 2 prudentially supervised, 71 not on a tracked register. ### ECB banking supervision Significant institutions The ECB list of supervised entities covers 1 institution here that hold a BIC: 1 significant, supervised directly by the ECB, and 0 less significant. - [Banco Bilbao Vizcaya, New York Br. BIC BBVIBSN1 Credit institution Prudential licence Bahamas · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI K8MS7FD7N5Z2WQ51AZ71](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-bilbao-vizcaya-new-york-br-bbvibsn1) [See 1 ECB-supervised institution →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=BS&flag=ssm) ## Groups and systemic importance Institutions in the Bahamas belong to 3 groups on the FSB’s 2025 list of global systemically important banks (G-SIBs). GLEIF records the head office of 2 corporate groups in the directory here. For 11 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 | | --- | --- | --- | | [Citigroup](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/6SHGI4ZSSLCXXQSBB395) | 3 | 2 | | [Bank of Communications (BoCom)](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/549300AX1UM10U30HK09) | 1 | 1 | | [HSBC](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/MLU0ZO3ML4LN2LL2TL39) | 3 | 1 | [See all 4 institutions in G-SIB groups →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=BS&flag=gsib) ### Largest other groups GLEIF consolidation groups, by legal entities (LEIs) in this country | Group | LEIs here | LEIs in the group | | --- | --- | --- | | [The Bank of Nova Scotia](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/L3I9ZG2KFGXZ61BMYR72) | 2 | 20 | | [Cbh Compagnie Bancaire Helvétique SA](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/529900E1UM2KL94K1071) | 1 | 4 | | [Itaú Unibanco Holding S.A.](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/5493002W2IVG62O3ZJ94) | 1 | 8 | | [Banca del Sempione SA](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/549300DGSSI1ZTZUMT16) | 1 | 3 | | [Banco Cmf Sociedad Anonima](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/579100GKDCGJFJBHE043) | 1 | 2 | ### Groups headquartered here Largest of 2, by legal entities in the directory | Group | LEIs in the directory | | --- | --- | | [Js International Holdings Limited](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/5493008AXCJY073UO051) | 4 | | [Mmg Capital Holdings, Inc.](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/254900ITCCJ3QMBYG216) | 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) - [Switzerland3](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ch "Switzerland: 3") - [Canada2](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ca "Canada: 2") - [United States2](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/us "United States: 2") - [Argentina1](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ar "Argentina: 1") - [Bahrain1](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bh "Bahrain: 1") - [Brazil1](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/br "Brazil: 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 73 institutions in the Bahamas that hold a BIC, 58.9% are connected to Swift and 1 is a Swift GPI member, as at 23 September 2026. ### Connection to Swift Institutions that hold a BIC, by connection type in Swift’s directory - Connected to Swift43 · 58.9% - Reverse billing3 · 4.1% - Passive participant (no connection)27 · 37% 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:** 1 institution - **Swift GPI members, live:** 1 institution [See 1 Swift GPI member →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=BS&flag=gpi) ### Trading venues 2 live market identifier codes (ISO 10383) operated by institutions here, by category - Systematic internaliser SINT 2 ## All BIC codes in the Bahamas Look up any of the 95 BIC codes registered in the Bahamas: the head offices and branch codes of the 73 institutions here that hold a BIC, with their LEIs and flags. [Download the list (JSON)](https://elucidate.co/data/banks/countries/BS.json) ### Where branch codes cluster Branch codes by city, top 3 - Nassau17 - Freeport5 - Inagua1 ## Other countries in Latin America & Caribbean The directory has pages for 47 other countries and territories in Latin America & Caribbean. [Anguilla](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ai) [Antigua & Barbuda](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ag) [Argentina](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ar) [Aruba](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/aw) [Barbados](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bb) [Belize](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bz) [Bolivia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bo) [Brazil](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/br) [British Virgin Islands](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/vg) [Caribbean Netherlands](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bq) [Cayman Islands](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ky) [Chile](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/cl) [Colombia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/co) [Costa Rica](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/cr) [Cuba](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/cu) [Curaçao](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/cw) [Dominica](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/dm) [Dominican Republic](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/do) [Ecuador](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ec) [El Salvador](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/sv) [Falkland Islands](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/fk) [French Guiana](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/gf) [Grenada](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/gd) [Guadeloupe](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/gp) [Guatemala](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/gt) [Guyana](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/gy) [Haiti](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ht) [Honduras](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/hn) [Jamaica](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/jm) [Martinique](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/mq) [Mexico](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/mx) [Montserrat](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ms) [Nicaragua](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ni) [Panama](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/pa) [Paraguay](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/py) [Peru](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/pe) [Puerto Rico](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/pr) [Sint Maarten](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/sx) [St. Kitts & Nevis](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/kn) [St. Lucia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/lc) [St. Vincent & Grenadines](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/vc) [Suriname](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/sr) [Trinidad & Tobago](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/tt) [Turks & Caicos Islands](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/tc) [U.S. Virgin Islands](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/vi) [Uruguay](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/uy) [Venezuela](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ve) 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 - **ECB list of supervised entities** · [ECB ↗](https://www.bankingsupervision.europa.eu/banking/list/html/index.en.html) published 20 August 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. 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.