--- title: "Kenya: financial institutions, SWIFT/BIC codes and licences | Elucidate" description: "82 institutions in Kenya (as at 23 September 2026): 82 hold a SWIFT/BIC code and 0 do not." url: https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ke --- 1. [Directory](https://elucidate.co/directory) 2. [Countries](https://elucidate.co/directory/country) 3. Kenya 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. 82 Institutions Active · inactive not published 82 Hold a BIC 100% of institutions — On a tracked register Not covered by a tracked register 48 LEI mapped 59% of institutions 161 BIC codes Head offices and 82 branch codes ### 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](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?source=bic,noregister&cc=KE) 82 · 100% Regulation level - [Prudential licence](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?reg=prudential&cc=KE) 1 · 1.2% - [Not on a tracked register](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?reg=none&cc=KE) 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](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ke#institutions) [Regulation](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ke#registers) [Headquartered here](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ke#hq-firms) [Groups](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ke#groups) [Payments](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ke#payments) [BIC codes](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ke#bics) ## 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 institution Prudential licence Kenya · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI E57ODZWZ7FF32TWEFA76](https://elucidate.co/directory/citibank-n-a-citikena) - [National Bank of Kenya BIC NBKEKENX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Kenya · Not on a tracked register · LEI 98450017E0010D4B7E04](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-bank-of-kenya-nbkekenx) - [Bank of Baroda (Kenya) LTD BIC BARBKENA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Kenya · Not on a tracked register · LEI 2549003ZJNX6MDMSX187](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-baroda-kenya-ltd-barbkena) - [Absa Bank Kenya PLC BIC BARCKENX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Kenya · Not on a tracked register · LEI 2138006PDDMTP3WDX242](https://elucidate.co/directory/absa-bank-kenya-plc-barckenx) - [Kcb Bank Kenya Limited BIC KCBLKENX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Kenya · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900R1865V3E1ESD47](https://elucidate.co/directory/kcb-bank-kenya-limited-kcblkenx) - [Bank of India BIC BKIDKENA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Kenya · Not on a tracked register · LEI 21380058KMSRJIL8C294](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-india-bkidkena) - [Central Bank of Kenya BIC CBKEKEN1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Kenya · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/central-bank-of-kenya-cbkeken1) - [Central Bank of Kenya BIC CBKEKENX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Kenya · Not on a tracked register · LEI 25490039BSO2ZF8JZ448](https://elucidate.co/directory/central-bank-of-kenya-cbkekenx) - [I and M Bank LTD BIC IMBLKENA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Kenya · Not on a tracked register · LEI 213800BIHR6TUQE4PB80](https://elucidate.co/directory/i-and-m-bank-ltd-imblkena) - [Standard Chartered Bank Kenya Limited BIC SCBLKENX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Kenya · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300RBHWW5EJIRG629](https://elucidate.co/directory/standard-chartered-bank-kenya-limited-scblkenx) - [Bank of Africa Kenya LTD BIC AFRIKENX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Kenya · Not on a tracked register · LEI 6354006KNDDHIBAIZQ52](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-africa-kenya-ltd-afrikenx) - [Bank of India BIC BKIDKEM1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Kenya · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-india-bkidkem1) - [Habib Bank AG Zurich BIC HBZUKEN1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Kenya · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/habib-bank-ag-zurich-hbzuken1) - [I and M Bank Limited BIC BIBKKEN1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Kenya · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/i-and-m-bank-limited-bibkken1) - [Prime Bank Ltd. BIC PRIEKENX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Kenya · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300Z7QC1FFRWQJR77](https://elucidate.co/directory/prime-bank-ltd-priekenx) - [Stanbic Bank Kenya Limited BIC SBICKEN1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Kenya · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/stanbic-bank-kenya-limited-sbicken1) - [Access Bank (Kenya) PLC BIC ABNGKENA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Kenya · Not on a tracked register · LEI 98450000361LA95C3A31](https://elucidate.co/directory/access-bank-kenya-plc-abngkena) - [African Banking Corporation LTD BIC ABCLKENA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Kenya · Not on a tracked register · LEI 213800LMZUA4SYKUZ262](https://elucidate.co/directory/african-banking-corporation-ltd-abclkena) - [African Development Bank BIC AFDBKEN1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Kenya · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300LNCLMO3ITVCU07](https://elucidate.co/directory/african-development-bank-afdbken1) - [Aib Capital Limited BIC ASHSKEN1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Kenya · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/aib-capital-limited-ashsken1) - [British American Tobacco Area LTD BIC BATSKE31 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Kenya · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/british-american-tobacco-area-ltd-batske31) - [British American Tobacco Kenya PLC BIC BATSKEN1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Kenya · Not on a tracked register · LEI 213800KAK8V384P1G580](https://elucidate.co/directory/british-american-tobacco-kenya-plc-batsken1) - [Caritas Microfinance Bank Limited BIC CRMFKENA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Kenya · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/caritas-microfinance-bank-limited-crmfkena) - [Central Bank of Kenya BIC CBKEKENA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Kenya · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/central-bank-of-kenya-cbkekena) - [Central Bank of Kenya BIC CBKEKENB Financial institution Not on a tracked register Kenya · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/central-bank-of-kenya-cbkekenb) [See all 82 institutions in Kenya →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=KE) ## 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 business AML registration only Canada · Registered with FINTRAC · C100000158 (FINTRAC-MSB) · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/niobi-canada-limited-61aa85abd1e5) - [Onlink Technology, Inc. · trading as ONLINK No BIC Money service business AML registration only Canada · Registered with FINTRAC · N300001275 (FINTRAC-MSB) · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/onlink-technology-inc-37d2bf346158) [Search by head office: Kenya →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?hq=KE) ## 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](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/6SHGI4ZSSLCXXQSBB395) | 3 | 1 | | [Standard Chartered](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/U4LOSYZ7YG4W3S5F2G91) | 1 | 1 | [See all 2 institutions in G-SIB groups →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=KE&flag=gsib) ### Largest other groups GLEIF consolidation groups, by legal entities (LEIs) in this country | Group | LEIs here | LEIs in the group | | --- | --- | --- | | [Guaranty Trust Bank PLC](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/0292001868F6N5VI5G15) | 1 | 3 | | [Habib Bank AG Zürich](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/2138004YBSJVUUIRA750) | 1 | 5 | | [Bank of India Limited](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/21380058KMSRJIL8C294) | 1 | 3 | | [British American Tobacco P.L.C.](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/213800FKA5MF17RJKT63) | 1 | 22 | | [Ecobank Transnational Incorporated](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/213800USCE9Y111R4656) | 1 | 29 | ### Groups headquartered here Largest of 1, by legal entities in the directory | Group | LEIs in the directory | | --- | --- | | [Diamond Trust Bank Kenya Limited](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/254900X8NL84X4ONBP19) | 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) - [United Kingdom2](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/gb "United Kingdom: 2") - [South Africa2](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/za "South Africa: 2") - [Egypt1](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/eg "Egypt: 1") - [Nigeria1](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ng "Nigeria: 1") - [Togo1](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/tg "Togo: 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 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 - Connected to Swift52 · 63.4% - Reverse billing1 · 1.2% - Passive participant (no connection)29 · 35.4% 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 [See all 7 Swift GPI members →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=KE&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 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. [Download the list (JSON)](https://elucidate.co/data/banks/countries/KE.json) ### Where branch codes cluster Branch codes by city, top 8 - Nairobi60 - Mombasa12 - Eldoret3 - Kisumu2 - Kakamega1 - Meru1 - Nakuru1 - Ruiru1 ## Other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa The directory has pages for 50 other countries and territories in Sub-Saharan Africa. [Angola](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ao) [Benin](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bj) [Botswana](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bw) [Burkina Faso](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bf) [Burundi](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bi) [Cameroon](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/cm) [Cape Verde](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/cv) [Central African Republic](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/cf) [Chad](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/td) [Comoros](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/km) [Congo - Brazzaville](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/cg) [Congo - Kinshasa](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/cd) [Côte d’Ivoire](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ci) [Equatorial Guinea](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/gq) [Eritrea](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/er) [Eswatini](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/sz) [Ethiopia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/et) [Gabon](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ga) [Gambia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/gm) [Ghana](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/gh) [Guinea](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/gn) [Guinea-Bissau](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/gw) [Lesotho](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ls) [Liberia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/lr) [Madagascar](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/mg) [Malawi](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/mw) [Mali](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ml) [Mauritania](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/mr) [Mauritius](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/mu) [Mayotte](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/yt) [Mozambique](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/mz) [Namibia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/na) [Niger](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ne) [Nigeria](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ng) [Réunion](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/re) [Rwanda](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/rw) [São Tomé & Príncipe](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/st) [Senegal](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/sn) [Seychelles](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/sc) [Sierra Leone](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/sl) [Somalia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/so) [South Africa](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/za) [South Sudan](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ss) [St. Helena](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/sh) [Sudan](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/sd) [Tanzania](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/tz) [Togo](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/tg) [Uganda](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ug) [Zambia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/zm) [Zimbabwe](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/zw) 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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