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Italy

Check who the institutions in Italy are: whether each holds a BIC, which register lists it and whether an LEI is mapped. Two tracked registers cover Italy, so institutions without a BIC appear where they list them.

3,260
Institutions
Active · plus 27 inactive
3,215
Hold a BIC
99% of institutions
60
On a tracked register
1.8% of institutions
1,699
LEI mapped
52% of institutions
157
ECB-supervised
57 significant, 100 less significant

Italy at a glance

Every row is the same 3,260 institutions, split by one attribute

Type

  • Financial institution 2,410 · 74%
  • Non-financial corporate 629 · 19%
  • Credit institution 161 · 4.9%
  • Other 60 · 1.8%

Identification

Regulation level

LEI

  • LEI mapped 1,699 · 52%
  • No LEI mapped 1,561 · 48%
View as table
AttributeInstitutionsShare
Type
Financial institution2,41074%
Non-financial corporate62919%
Credit institution1614.9%
Payments & e-money531.6%
Crypto70.2%
Identification
BIC only3,20098%
BIC and a register licence150.5%
Register only, no BIC451.4%
Regulation level
Prudential licence2186.7%
Small-firm registration30.1%
Not on a tracked register3,03993%
LEI
LEI mapped1,69952%
No LEI mapped1,56148%

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 · Registers retrieved 25 September 2026

Institutions in Italy

The first 25 of 3,260 institutions in Italy, with or without a BIC: prudentially supervised and larger institutions first.

See all 3,260 institutions in Italy →

See the 27 institutions marked inactive →

Sanctions

The OFAC or EU lists cite 2 institutions in Italy by BIC or LEI, as at 23 September 2026. Listings are matched on the BIC and its LEI, so they cover the 3,215 institutions here that hold a BIC.

Regulation and supervision

Two tracked registers cover Italy, retrieved 25 September 2026. Of the 3,260 institutions here, 60 are on one of them. By regulation level: 218 prudentially supervised, 3 with a small-firm registration, 3,039 not on a tracked register.

Registers covering Italy

Institutions in Italy holding an active licence or registration on each register

RegisterPublisherInstitutions hereOf which hold a BICInactiveAs at
EBA PSD2 RegisterEBA-PSD2European Banking Authority (EBA)53152725 September 2026
ESMA interim MiCA register of crypto-asset service providersESMA-CASPEuropean Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)80025 September 2026

Supervisors

Authorities named on the ECB list and on the active licences of institutions here

AuthorityBasisInstitutions
Banca d’ItaliaECB list: less significant institutions82
Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution / Banque de FranceECB list: less significant institutions5
Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht / Deutsche BundesbankECB list: less significant institutions5
Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier / Banque centrale du LuxembourgECB list: less significant institutions3
Finanzmarktaufsicht / Oesterreichische NationalbankECB list: less significant institutions2
Banco de EspañaECB list: less significant institutions1
Bank of GreeceECB list: less significant institutions1
De Nederlandsche BankECB list: less significant institutions1
Bank of ItalyLicences on the tracked registers53
Commissione Nazionale per le Societa e la Borsa (CONSOB)Licences on the tracked registers8

ECB banking supervision

Significant institutions

The ECB list of supervised entities covers 157 institutions here that hold a BIC: 57 significant, supervised directly by the ECB, and 100 less significant.

See all 157 ECB-supervised institutions →

Groups and systemic importance

Institutions in Italy belong to 22 groups on the FSB’s 2025 list of global systemically important banks (G-SIBs). GLEIF records the head office of 73 corporate groups in the directory here. For 116 institutions here, GLEIF records a parent in another country.

Largest other groups

GLEIF consolidation groups, by legal entities (LEIs) in this country

Groups headquartered here

Largest of 73, by legal entities in the directory

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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 3,215 institutions in Italy that hold a BIC, 7.3% are connected to Swift and 18 are Swift GPI members, as at 23 September 2026. Network data does not exist for the 45 that do not hold a BIC.

Connection to Swift

Institutions that hold a BIC, by connection type in Swift’s directory

  • Connected to Swift235 · 7.3%
  • Reverse billing300 · 9.3%
  • Passive participant (no connection)2,680 · 83.4%

A BIC does not imply a connection to the Swift network.

Payment schemes

Institutions that hold a BIC, reachable in each scheme

Reachable in a SEPA scheme
224 institutions
SEPA Instant Credit Transfer
129 institutions
T2 participants
58 institutions
Swift GPI members
18 institutions
Swift GPI members, live
8 institutions
See all 18 Swift GPI members →

National bank codes

The national directory matched to BICs on institution pages

Scheme
Codice ABI IT-ABI
Published
23 September 2026

Trading venues

90 live market identifier codes (ISO 10383) operated by institutions here, by category

  • Systematic internaliserSINT52
  • Not specifiedNSPD20
  • Multilateral trading facilityMLTF11
  • Regulated marketRMKT6
  • OtherOTHR1

All BIC codes in Italy

Look up any of the 20,509 BIC codes registered in Italy: the head offices and branch codes of the 3,215 institutions here that hold a BIC, with their LEIs and flags.

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Where branch codes cluster

Branch codes by city, top 8

  • Milano1,511
  • Roma905
  • Torino249
  • Asti234
  • Napoli191
  • Firenze169
  • Bologna158
  • Padova141

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
  • EBA PSD2 Register—European Banking Authority (EBA) · register ↗ retrieved 25 September 2026
  • ESMA interim MiCA register of crypto-asset service providers—European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) · register ↗ retrieved 25 September 2026
  • OFAC SDN and consolidated lists—US Treasury · source ↗ published 23 September 2026
  • EU consolidated financial sanctions list—European Commission generated 22 September 2026
  • ECB list of supervised entities · ECB ↗ published 20 August 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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