Country · Sub-Saharan Africa
Ghana
Check who the institutions in Ghana are: whether each holds a BIC, which register lists it and whether an LEI is mapped. No tracked register covers Ghana, so every institution listed here holds a BIC.
Ghana at a glance
Every row is the same 52 institutions, split by one attribute
Type
- Financial institution 47 · 90%
- Non-financial corporate 5 · 9.6%
Identification
- BIC only 52 · 100%
Regulation level
- Not on a tracked register 52 · 100%
LEI
- LEI mapped 26 · 50%
- No LEI mapped 26 · 50%
View as table
| Attribute | Institutions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Type | ||
| Financial institution | 47 | 90% |
| Non-financial corporate | 5 | 9.6% |
| Identification | ||
| BIC only | 52 | 100% |
| Regulation level | ||
| Not on a tracked register | 52 | 100% |
| LEI | ||
| LEI mapped | 26 | 50% |
| No LEI mapped | 26 | 50% |
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 Ghana
The first 25 of 52 institutions in Ghana, with or without a BIC: prudentially supervised and larger institutions first. No OFAC or EU listing cites an institution in Ghana.
- Ecobank Ghana PLC BIC ECOCGHAC Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Agricultural Development Bank Public Limited Company BIC ADNTGHA1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Standard Chartered Bank Ghana PLC BIC SCBLGHAC Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Gcb Bank PLC BIC GHCBGHAC Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Universal Merchant Bank LTD BIC MBGHGHAC Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Absa Bank of Ghana Limited BIC BARCGHAC Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Societe Generale Ghana PLC BIC SSEBGHAC Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Calbank PLC BIC ACCCGHAC Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- First National Bank Ghana Limited BIC FIRNGHAC Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Republic Bank (Ghana) PLC BIC HFCAGHAC Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Access Bank (Ghana) PLC BIC ABNGGHAC Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- African Alliance Securities LTD BIC AFASGHA1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Agricultural Development Bank Public Limited Company BIC ADNTGHAC Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Arb Apex Bank Limited BIC AREXGHAC Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Bank of Africa Ghana LTD BIC AMMAGHAC Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Bank of Ghana BIC BAGHGHA2 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Bank of Ghana BIC BAGHGHA3 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Bank of Ghana BIC BAGHGHA4 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Bank of Ghana BIC BAGHGHA5 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Bank of Ghana BIC BAGHGHAC Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- British American Tobacco Ghana LTD BIC BATSGHA1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Cal Brokers Limited BIC CABRGHA1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Cdh Securities LTD BIC CDHSGHA1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Central Securities Depository (Gh) LTD BIC CSDRGHAC Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Chapel Hill Denham Securities (Gh) Limited BIC CHNCGHA1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
Regulation and supervision
None of the 22 tracked registers covers Ghana. All 52 institutions listed here hold a BIC; firms licensed only by Ghana’s national authorities are not listed.
Institutions headquartered here, registered elsewhere
Two institutions registered in other countries give Ghana as their head office. Each counts in the country of its register.
- Cleva Technologies LTD · trading as CLEVA No BIC Money service businessAML registration only
- Eganow Technology Canada Inc. · trading as EGANOW No BIC CryptoMoney service businessAML registration only
Groups and systemic importance
Institutions in Ghana belong to 1 group 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 7 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Standard Chartered | 1 | 1 |
Largest other groups
GLEIF consolidation groups, by legal entities (LEIs) in this country
| Group | LEIs here | LEIs in the group |
|---|---|---|
| Guaranty Trust Bank PLC | 1 | 3 |
| Access Holdings PLC | 1 | 4 |
| Ecobank Transnational Incorporated | 1 | 29 |
| Standard Bank Group Limited | 1 | 23 |
| Fidelity Bank Ghana Limited | 1 | 2 |
Groups headquartered here
Largest of 2, by legal entities in the directory
| Group | LEIs in the directory |
|---|---|
| Bank of Ghana | 2 |
| Fidelity Bank Ghana Limited | 2 |
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 52 institutions in Ghana that hold a BIC, 65.4% are connected to Swift and 6 are Swift GPI members, 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.
Payment schemes
Institutions that hold a BIC, reachable in each scheme
- Swift GPI members
- 6 institutions
- Swift GPI members, live
- 2 institutions
All BIC codes in Ghana
Look up any of the 88 BIC codes registered in Ghana: the head offices and branch codes of the 52 institutions here that hold a BIC, with their LEIs and flags.
Where branch codes cluster
Branch codes by city, top 8
Other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
The directory has pages for 50 other countries and territories in Sub-Saharan Africa.
AngolaBeninBotswanaBurkina FasoBurundiCameroonCape VerdeCentral African RepublicChadComorosCongo - BrazzavilleCongo - KinshasaCôte d’IvoireEquatorial GuineaEritreaEswatiniEthiopiaGabonGambiaGuineaGuinea-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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