Country · Sub-Saharan Africa
Kenya
Check who the institutions in Kenya are: whether each holds a BIC, which register lists it and whether an LEI is mapped. No tracked register covers Kenya, so every institution listed here holds a BIC.
Kenya at a glance
Every row is the same 82 institutions, split by one attribute
Type
- Financial institution 80 · 98%
- Other 2 · 2.4%
Identification
- BIC only 82 · 100%
Regulation level
- Prudential licence 1 · 1.2%
- Not on a tracked register 81 · 99%
LEI
- LEI mapped 48 · 59%
- No LEI mapped 34 · 42%
View as table
| Attribute | Institutions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Type | ||
| Financial institution | 80 | 98% |
| Credit institution | 1 | 1.2% |
| Non-financial corporate | 1 | 1.2% |
| Identification | ||
| BIC only | 82 | 100% |
| Regulation level | ||
| Prudential licence | 1 | 1.2% |
| Not on a tracked register | 81 | 99% |
| LEI | ||
| LEI mapped | 48 | 59% |
| No LEI mapped | 34 | 42% |
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 Kenya
The first 25 of 82 institutions in Kenya, with or without a BIC: prudentially supervised and larger institutions first. No OFAC or EU listing cites an institution in Kenya.
- Citibank N.A. BIC CITIKENA Credit institutionPrudential licence
- National Bank of Kenya BIC NBKEKENX Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Bank of Baroda (Kenya) LTD BIC BARBKENA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Absa Bank Kenya PLC BIC BARCKENX Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Kcb Bank Kenya Limited BIC KCBLKENX Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Bank of India BIC BKIDKENA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Central Bank of Kenya BIC CBKEKEN1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Central Bank of Kenya BIC CBKEKENX Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- I and M Bank LTD BIC IMBLKENA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Standard Chartered Bank Kenya Limited BIC SCBLKENX Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Bank of Africa Kenya LTD BIC AFRIKENX Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Bank of India BIC BKIDKEM1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Habib Bank AG Zurich BIC HBZUKEN1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- I and M Bank Limited BIC BIBKKEN1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Prime Bank Ltd. BIC PRIEKENX Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Stanbic Bank Kenya Limited BIC SBICKEN1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Access Bank (Kenya) PLC BIC ABNGKENA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- African Banking Corporation LTD BIC ABCLKENA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- African Development Bank BIC AFDBKEN1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Aib Capital Limited BIC ASHSKEN1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- British American Tobacco Area LTD BIC BATSKE31 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- British American Tobacco Kenya PLC BIC BATSKEN1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Caritas Microfinance Bank Limited BIC CRMFKENA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Central Bank of Kenya BIC CBKEKENA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Central Bank of Kenya BIC CBKEKENB Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
Regulation and supervision
None of the 22 tracked registers covers Kenya. All 82 institutions listed here hold a BIC; firms licensed only by Kenya’s national authorities are not listed. By regulation level: 1 prudentially supervised, 81 not on a tracked register.
Institutions headquartered here, registered elsewhere
Two institutions registered in other countries give Kenya as their head office. Each counts in the country of its register.
- Niobi Canada Limited No BIC Money service businessAML registration only
- Onlink Technology, Inc. · trading as ONLINK No BIC Money service businessAML registration only
Groups and systemic importance
Institutions in Kenya 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 8 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 | 3 | 1 |
| 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 |
| Habib Bank AG Zürich | 1 | 5 |
| Bank of India Limited | 1 | 3 |
| British American Tobacco P.L.C. | 1 | 22 |
| Ecobank Transnational Incorporated | 1 | 29 |
Groups headquartered here
Largest of 1, by legal entities in the directory
| Group | LEIs in the directory |
|---|---|
| Diamond Trust Bank Kenya 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 82 institutions in Kenya that hold a BIC, 63.4% are connected to Swift and 7 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
- 7 institutions
- Swift GPI members, live
- 5 institutions
Trading venues
1 live market identifier code (ISO 10383) operated by institutions here, by category
- Systematic internaliser SINT 1
All BIC codes in Kenya
Look up any of the 161 BIC codes registered in Kenya: the head offices and branch codes of the 82 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 GuineaEritreaEswatiniEthiopiaGabonGambiaGhanaGuineaGuinea-BissauLesothoLiberiaMadagascarMalawiMaliMauritaniaMauritiusMayotteMozambiqueNamibiaNigerNigeriaRéunionRwandaSão 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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