--- title: "Ecuador: financial institutions, SWIFT/BIC codes and licences | Elucidate" description: "287 institutions in Ecuador (as at 23 September 2026): 287 hold a SWIFT/BIC code and 0 do not." url: https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ec --- 1. [Directory](https://elucidate.co/directory) 2. [Countries](https://elucidate.co/directory/country) 3. Ecuador Country · Latin America & Caribbean # Ecuador Check who the institutions in Ecuador are: whether each holds a BIC, which register lists it and whether an LEI is mapped. No tracked register covers Ecuador, so every institution listed here holds a BIC. 287 Institutions Active · inactive not published 287 Hold a BIC 100% of institutions — On a tracked register Not covered by a tracked register 10 LEI mapped 3.5% of institutions 416 BIC codes Head offices and 129 branch codes ### Ecuador at a glance Every row is the same 287 institutions, split by one attribute Type - Financial institution 286 · 100% - Credit institution 1 · 0.3% Identification - [BIC only](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?source=bic,noregister&cc=EC) 287 · 100% Regulation level - [Prudential licence](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?reg=prudential&cc=EC) 1 · 0.3% - [Not on a tracked register](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?reg=none&cc=EC) 286 · 100% LEI - LEI mapped 10 · 3.5% - No LEI mapped 277 · 97% View as table | Attribute | Institutions | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Type | | Financial institution | 286 | 100% | | Credit institution | 1 | 0.3% | | Identification | | BIC only | 287 | 100% | | Regulation level | | Prudential licence | 1 | 0.3% | | Not on a tracked register | 286 | 100% | | LEI | | LEI mapped | 10 | 3.5% | | No LEI mapped | 277 | 97% | 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/ec#institutions) [Regulation](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ec#registers) [Groups](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ec#groups) [Payments](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ec#payments) [BIC codes](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ec#bics) ## Institutions in Ecuador The first 25 of 287 institutions in Ecuador, with or without a BIC: prudentially supervised and larger institutions first. No OFAC or EU listing cites an institution in Ecuador. - [Citibank N.A. BIC CITIECE1 Credit institution Prudential licence Ecuador · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI E57ODZWZ7FF32TWEFA76](https://elucidate.co/directory/citibank-n-a-citiece1) - [Banco Pichincha C.A. BIC PICHECEQ Financial institution Not on a tracked register Ecuador · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300CO09CR3FNOZ392](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-pichincha-c-a-picheceq) - [Banco del Pacifico BIC PACIECEG Financial institution Not on a tracked register Ecuador · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900B3KMPSZ5LDBR56](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-del-pacifico-pacieceg) - [Banco de Machala S.A. BIC BMACECEG Financial institution Not on a tracked register Ecuador · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-de-machala-s-a-bmaceceg) - [Cooperativa de Ahorro y Credito '29 de Octubre' BIC COOCECE1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Ecuador · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/cooperativa-de-ahorro-y-credito-29-de-octubre-coocece1) - [Banco Cofiec S.A. BIC COFBECE1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Ecuador · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-cofiec-s-a-cofbece1) - [Banco General Ruminahui S.A. BIC BGRMECEQ Financial institution Not on a tracked register Ecuador · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-general-ruminahui-s-a-bgrmeceq) - [Banco Central del Ecuador BIC BCENECEQ Financial institution Not on a tracked register Ecuador · Not on a tracked register · LEI 984500D2D55A5DAZ8A48](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-central-del-ecuador-bceneceq) - [Banco Bolivariano C.A. BIC BBOLECEG Financial institution Not on a tracked register Ecuador · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900WSPPR3LTYF4B40](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-bolivariano-c-a-bboleceg) - [Banco de la Produccion S.A. Produbanco BIC PRODECEQ Financial institution Not on a tracked register Ecuador · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900ICAWY9ANMSRD19](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-de-la-produccion-s-a-produbanco-prodeceq) - [Banco del Azuay BIC BAAZECE1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Ecuador · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-del-azuay-baazece1) - [Banco Desarrollo de Los Pueblos S.A Codesarrollo BIC CODSECEQ Financial institution Not on a tracked register Ecuador · Not on a tracked register · LEI 9845003978B4FA0Z8839](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-desarrollo-de-los-pueblos-s-a-codesarrollo-codseceq) - [Banco Guayaquil S.A. BIC GUAYECEG Financial institution Not on a tracked register Ecuador · Not on a tracked register · LEI 5493009PK9GPDCGTV888](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-guayaquil-s-a-guayeceg) - [Banco Internacional SA BIC BINTECEQ Financial institution Not on a tracked register Ecuador · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300XHJYFMEFOFGN31](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-internacional-sa-binteceq) - [Alternativas Financieras S.A. Alter Finsa BIC ALFLECE1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Ecuador · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/alternativas-financieras-s-a-alter-finsa-alflece1) - [Asociacion de Bancos Privados del e Cuador BIC ABPCECE1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Ecuador · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/asociacion-de-bancos-privados-del-e-cuador-abpcece1) - [Asociacion Mutualista Ambato BIC MUATECE1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Ecuador · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/asociacion-mutualista-ambato-muatece1) - [Asociacion Mutualista de Ahorro y Credito Para la Vivienda Pichincha BIC MUPIECEQ Financial institution Not on a tracked register Ecuador · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/asociacion-mutualista-de-ahorro-y-credito-para-la-vivienda-pichincha-mupieceq) - [Banco Amazonas BIC BACZECE1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Ecuador · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-amazonas-baczece1) - [Banco Amazonas S.A. BIC BASAECEG Financial institution Not on a tracked register Ecuador · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-amazonas-s-a-basaeceg) - [Banco Capital S.A BIC BCAPECQ1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Ecuador · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-capital-s-a-bcapecq1) - [Banco Cofiec S.A. BIC COFBECU1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Ecuador · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-cofiec-s-a-cofbecu1) - [Banco Comercial de Manabi S.A. BIC CBMIECE1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Ecuador · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-comercial-de-manabi-s-a-cbmiece1) - [Banco Comercial de Manabi S.A. BIC CBMIECE3 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Ecuador · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-comercial-de-manabi-s-a-cbmiece3) - [Banco Coopnacional S.A. BIC CPOCECE1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Ecuador · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-coopnacional-s-a-cpocece1) [See all 287 institutions in Ecuador →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=EC) ## Regulation and supervision None of the 22 tracked registers covers Ecuador. All 287 institutions listed here hold a BIC; firms licensed only by Ecuador’s national authorities are not listed. By regulation level: 1 prudentially supervised, 286 not on a tracked register. ## Groups and systemic importance Institutions in Ecuador belong to 1 group 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 | | --- | --- | --- | | [Citigroup](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/6SHGI4ZSSLCXXQSBB395) | 3 | 1 | [See 1 institution in a G-SIB group →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=EC&flag=gsib) ### Largest other groups GLEIF consolidation groups, by legal entities (LEIs) in this country | Group | LEIs here | LEIs in the group | | --- | --- | --- | | [ProCredit Holding AG](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/529900LIN8L1K9MLTR09) | 1 | 12 | | [Banco Pichincha C.A.](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/549300CO09CR3FNOZ392) | 1 | 2 | ### Groups headquartered here Largest of 1, by legal entities in the directory | Group | LEIs in the directory | | --- | --- | | [Banco Pichincha C.A.](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/549300CO09CR3FNOZ392) | 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) - [Germany1](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/de "Germany: 1") - [United States1](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/us "United States: 1") GLEIF parents are accounting-consolidation relationships. They do not show ownership shares or control. ## Payments and connectivity Of the 287 institutions in Ecuador that hold a BIC, 7% are connected to Swift and 4 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 Swift20 · 7% - Reverse billing0 · 0% - Passive participant (no connection)267 · 93% 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:** 4 institutions - **Swift GPI members, live:** 3 institutions [See all 4 Swift GPI members →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=EC&flag=gpi) ### Trading venues 1 live market identifier code (ISO 10383) operated by institutions here, by category - Systematic internaliser SINT 1 ## All BIC codes in Ecuador Look up any of the 416 BIC codes registered in Ecuador: the head offices and branch codes of the 287 institutions here that hold a BIC, with their LEIs and flags. [Download the list (JSON)](https://elucidate.co/data/banks/countries/EC.json) ### Where branch codes cluster Branch codes by city, top 8 - Quito51 - Guayaquil32 - Cuenca10 - Ambato4 - Ibarra3 - Machala3 - Manta3 - Portoviejo2 ## 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) [Bahamas](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bs) [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) [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 - **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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