Country · Middle East & North Africa
Kuwait
Check who the institutions in Kuwait are: whether each holds a BIC, which register lists it and whether an LEI is mapped. No tracked register covers Kuwait, so every institution listed here holds a BIC.
Kuwait at a glance
Every row is the same 85 institutions, split by one attribute
Type
- Financial institution 64 · 75%
- Non-financial corporate 18 · 21%
- Credit institution 3 · 3.5%
Identification
- BIC only 85 · 100%
Regulation level
- Prudential licence 3 · 3.5%
- Not on a tracked register 82 · 97%
LEI
- LEI mapped 44 · 52%
- No LEI mapped 41 · 48%
View as table
| Attribute | Institutions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Type | ||
| Financial institution | 64 | 75% |
| Non-financial corporate | 18 | 21% |
| Credit institution | 3 | 3.5% |
| Identification | ||
| BIC only | 85 | 100% |
| Regulation level | ||
| Prudential licence | 3 | 3.5% |
| Not on a tracked register | 82 | 97% |
| LEI | ||
| LEI mapped | 44 | 52% |
| No LEI mapped | 41 | 48% |
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 Kuwait
The first 25 of 85 institutions in Kuwait, with or without a BIC: prudentially supervised and larger institutions first. No OFAC or EU listing cites an institution in Kuwait.
- Citibank N.A. BIC CITIKWKW Credit institutionPrudential licence
- BNP Paribas Kuwait BIC BNPAKWKW Credit institutionPrudential licence
- ICBC Kuwait Branch BIC ICBKKWKW Credit institutionPrudential licence
- Commercial Bank of Kuwait Kpsc BIC COMBKWKW Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Gulf Bank, K.S.C.P. BIC GULBKWKW Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Al Mulla International Exchange Co BIC AMIEKWKW Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait K.S.C.P BIC ABKKKWKW Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Central Bank of Kuwait BIC CBKUKWKW Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- First Abu Dhabi Bank BIC NBADKWKW Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Agility Public Warehousing Company K.S.C.P BIC APWAKWKW Non-financial corporateNot on a tracked register
- Al Mulla Group Holding CO. Kscc BIC MGHMKWKW Non-financial corporateNot on a tracked register
- Al Muzaini Exchange CO. Kscc BIC AAACKWKW Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Al Nada International Exchange Company Wll BIC NIENKWKW Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Al Rajhi Bank, Kuwait BIC RJHIKWKW Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Al Sharq Financial Brokerage Company K.S.C (Closed) BIC SFRBKWKW Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Al- Tijari Financial Brokerage Company K.S.C.C BIC TIJRKWKW Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Al- Waseet Financial Business Company (K.S.C.C) BIC AFBOKWK2 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Al-Ansari Exchange CO. Wll BIC OMANKWKW Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Al-Mal Kuwaiti Company BIC AMKCKWK1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Almowazi Capital Company K.S.C (Closed) BIC ACYLKWKW Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Aman Exchange CO. Wll BIC AXCWKWKW Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Americana Kuwait Company For Restaurants Wll BIC KFDCKWKW Non-financial corporateNot on a tracked register
- Arab Fund For Economic and Social Development BIC AFEDKWKW Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Ary Exchange Company W.L.L. BIC AECWKWKW Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Arzan Financial Group For Financing and Investments K.P.S.C BIC AFGPKWKW Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
Regulation and supervision
None of the 22 tracked registers covers Kuwait. All 85 institutions listed here hold a BIC; firms licensed only by Kuwait’s national authorities are not listed. By regulation level: 3 prudentially supervised, 82 not on a tracked register.
ECB banking supervision
Significant institutions
The ECB list of supervised entities covers 1 institution here that hold a BIC: 1 significant, supervised directly by the ECB, and 0 less significant.
See 1 ECB-supervised institution →Groups and systemic importance
Institutions in Kuwait belong to 3 groups on the FSB’s 2025 list of global systemically important banks (G-SIBs). GLEIF records the head office of 5 corporate groups in the directory here. For 3 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BNP Paribas | 2 | 1 |
| Citigroup | 3 | 1 |
| Industrial and Commercial Bank of China | 3 | 1 |
Largest other groups
GLEIF consolidation groups, by legal entities (LEIs) in this country
| Group | LEIs here | LEIs in the group |
|---|---|---|
| National Investments Company K.S.C. | 2 | 2 |
| National Bank of Kuwait Sakp | 2 | 9 |
| First Abu Dhabi Bank P.J.S.C. | 1 | 5 |
| Kuwait Finance House (K.S.C.P.) | 1 | 5 |
| Kuwait Projects Company (Holding) K.S.C.P. | 1 | 5 |
Groups headquartered here
Largest of 5, by legal entities in the directory
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 85 institutions in Kuwait that hold a BIC, 84.7% are connected to Swift and 10 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
- 10 institutions
- Swift GPI members, live
- 10 institutions
Trading venues
4 live market identifier codes (ISO 10383) operated by institutions here, by category
All BIC codes in Kuwait
Look up any of the 163 BIC codes registered in Kuwait: the head offices and branch codes of the 85 institutions here that hold a BIC, with their LEIs and flags.
Where branch codes cluster
Branch codes by city, top 8
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
- 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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