--- title: "Laos: financial institutions, SWIFT/BIC codes and licences | Elucidate" description: "34 institutions in Laos (as at 23 September 2026): 34 hold a SWIFT/BIC code and 0 do not." url: https://elucidate.co/directory/country/la --- 1. [Directory](https://elucidate.co/directory) 2. [Countries](https://elucidate.co/directory/country) 3. Laos Country · East Asia & Pacific # Laos Check who the institutions in Laos are: whether each holds a BIC, which register lists it and whether an LEI is mapped. No tracked register covers Laos, so every institution listed here holds a BIC. 34 Institutions Active · inactive not published 34 Hold a BIC 100% of institutions — On a tracked register Not covered by a tracked register 13 LEI mapped 38% of institutions 42 BIC codes Head offices and 8 branch codes ### Laos at a glance Every row is the same 34 institutions, split by one attribute Type - Financial institution 31 · 91% - Credit institution 2 · 5.9% - Non-financial corporate 1 · 2.9% Identification - [BIC only](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?source=bic,noregister&cc=LA) 34 · 100% Regulation level - [Prudential licence](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?reg=prudential&cc=LA) 2 · 5.9% - [Not on a tracked register](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?reg=none&cc=LA) 32 · 94% LEI - LEI mapped 13 · 38% - No LEI mapped 21 · 62% View as table | Attribute | Institutions | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Type | | Financial institution | 31 | 91% | | Credit institution | 2 | 5.9% | | Non-financial corporate | 1 | 2.9% | | Identification | | BIC only | 34 | 100% | | Regulation level | | Prudential licence | 2 | 5.9% | | Not on a tracked register | 32 | 94% | | LEI | | LEI mapped | 13 | 38% | | No LEI mapped | 21 | 62% | 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/la#institutions) [Regulation](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/la#registers) [Headquartered here](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/la#hq-firms) [Groups](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/la#groups) [Payments](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/la#payments) [BIC codes](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/la#bics) ## Institutions in Laos The first 25 of 34 institutions in Laos, with or without a BIC: prudentially supervised and larger institutions first. No OFAC or EU listing cites an institution in Laos. - [Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited Vientiane Branch BIC ICBKLALA Credit institution Prudential licence Laos · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI 5493002ERZU2K9PZDL40](https://elucidate.co/directory/industrial-and-commercial-bank-of-china-limited-vientiane-branch-icbklala) - [Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited Vientiane Branch BIC BKCHLALA Credit institution Prudential licence Laos · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI 54930053HGCFWVHYZX42](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-china-hong-kong-limited-vientiane-branch-bkchlala) - [Banque Pour le Commerce Exterieur Lao Public BIC COEBLALA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Laos · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banque-pour-le-commerce-exterieur-lao-public-coeblala) - [Lao-Viet Bank Co,ltd BIC LAOVLALA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Laos · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/lao-viet-bank-co-ltd-laovlala) - [Acleda Bank Lao LTD BIC ACLBLALA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Laos · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/acleda-bank-lao-ltd-aclblala) - [Agricultural Promotion Bank Co.,ltd BIC AGPBLALA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Laos · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/agricultural-promotion-bank-co-ltd-agpblala) - [Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited,lao Branch BIC ANZBLALA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Laos · Not on a tracked register · LEI JHE42UYNWWTJB8YTTU19](https://elucidate.co/directory/australia-and-new-zealand-banking-group-limited-lao-branch-anzblala) - [Bangkok Bank Public CO. LTD, Vientiane Branch BIC BKKBLALA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Laos · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300CCL2BKJGMYXV60](https://elucidate.co/directory/bangkok-bank-public-co-ltd-vientiane-branch-bkkblala) - [Bank of Ayudhya Pcl Vientiane Branch BIC AYUDLALA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Laos · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300I1B1U1HB4HRH77](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-ayudhya-pcl-vientiane-branch-ayudlala) - [Bank of the Lao P.D.R. BIC LPDRLALA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Laos · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300AC3RD9IDVLRC39](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-the-lao-p-d-r-lpdrlala) - [Banque Franco-Lao LTD BIC BFLLLALA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Laos · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banque-franco-lao-ltd-bflllala) - [BIC Bank Lao Co.,ltd BIC LICBLALA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Laos · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/bic-bank-lao-co-ltd-licblala) - [Canadia Bank Lao Co Ltd. BIC CADILALA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Laos · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/canadia-bank-lao-co-ltd-cadilala) - [First Commercial Bank LTD, Vientiane Branch BIC FCBKLALA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Laos · Not on a tracked register · LEI 5493003NOCSC6LUWUF03](https://elucidate.co/directory/first-commercial-bank-ltd-vientiane-branch-fcbklala) - [Indochina Bank LTD BIC IDCBLALA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Laos · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/indochina-bank-ltd-idcblala) - [Joint Development Bank BIC JDBKLALA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Laos · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/joint-development-bank-jdbklala) - [Kasikornthai Bank Sole Limited BIC KASILALA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Laos · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/kasikornthai-bank-sole-limited-kasilala) - [Lao Bullion Bank CO., LTD BIC LAOBLALA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Laos · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900B30WSY6C7NY138](https://elucidate.co/directory/lao-bullion-bank-co-ltd-laoblala) - [Lao China Bank CO., Ltd. BIC LCNBLALA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Laos · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/lao-china-bank-co-ltd-lcnblala) - [Lao Construction Bank Limited BIC LCBVLALA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Laos · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/lao-construction-bank-limited-lcbvlala) - [Lao Construction Bank Limited BIC LCONLAL1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Laos · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/lao-construction-bank-limited-lconlal1) - [Lao Development Bank Co.,ltd BIC LDBBLALA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Laos · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/lao-development-bank-co-ltd-ldbblala) - [Lao Samsung Electronics Sole CO., Ltd. BIC SECTLA21 Non-financial corporate Not on a tracked register Laos · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/lao-samsung-electronics-sole-co-ltd-sectla21) - [Maruhan Japan Bank Lao CO., LTD BIC MJBLLALA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Laos · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/maruhan-japan-bank-lao-co-ltd-mjbllala) - [Maybank Lao Branch BIC MBBELALA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Laos · Not on a tracked register · LEI 5493004OT3TOY404V310](https://elucidate.co/directory/maybank-lao-branch-mbbelala) [See all 34 institutions in Laos →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=LA) ## Regulation and supervision None of the 22 tracked registers covers Laos. All 34 institutions listed here hold a BIC; firms licensed only by Laos’s national authorities are not listed. By regulation level: 2 prudentially supervised, 32 not on a tracked register. ## Institutions headquartered here, registered elsewhere One institution registered in another country gives Laos as its head office. Each counts in the country of its register. - [Villar/Jesus Franco/Calimlim · trading as VILLAR FINCEN VIETNAM, VILLAR FINCEN LAO No BIC Money service business AML registration only United States · Registered with FinCEN (FINCEN-MSB) · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/villar-jesus-franco-calimlim-d856d578eefe) [Search by head office: Laos →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?hq=LA) ## Groups and systemic importance Institutions in Laos belong to 3 groups on the FSB’s 2025 list of global systemically important banks (G-SIBs). 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 | | --- | --- | --- | | [Bank of China](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/54930053HGCFWVHYZX42) | 2 | 1 | | [Industrial and Commercial Bank of China](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/5493002ERZU2K9PZDL40) | 3 | 1 | | [Mitsubishi UFJ FG](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/353800V2V8PUY9TK3E06) | 2 | 1 | [See all 3 institutions in G-SIB groups →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=LA&flag=gsib) ### Largest other groups GLEIF consolidation groups, by legal entities (LEIs) in this country | Group | LEIs here | LEIs in the group | | --- | --- | --- | | [Scb X Public Company Limited](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/254900TG41KIWX7VDO42) | 1 | 2 | | [First Financial Holding Co. Ltd.](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/529900BC1U046Q2GUZ64) | 1 | 3 | | [Malayan Banking Berhad](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/5493004OT3TOY404V310) | 1 | 10 | | [Bangkok Bank Public Company Limited](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/549300CCL2BKJGMYXV60) | 1 | 3 | | [Public Bank Berhad](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/549300L2RSQCVMOHGM20) | 1 | 3 | ### Parents abroad Institutions here by the country of their GLEIF ultimate parent (else direct parent) - [Japan1](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/jp "Japan: 1") - [Thailand1](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/th "Thailand: 1") - [Taiwan1](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/tw "Taiwan: 1") GLEIF parents are accounting-consolidation relationships. They do not show ownership shares or control. ## Payments and connectivity Of the 34 institutions in Laos that hold a BIC, 94.1% 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 - Connected to Swift32 · 94.1% - Reverse billing0 · 0% - Passive participant (no connection)2 · 5.9% 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:** 5 institutions [See all 6 Swift GPI members →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=LA&flag=gpi) ### Trading venues 3 live market identifier codes (ISO 10383) operated by institutions here, by category - Systematic internaliserSINT2 - Not specifiedNSPD1 ## All BIC codes in Laos Look up any of the 42 BIC codes registered in Laos: the head offices and branch codes of the 34 institutions here that hold a BIC, with their LEIs and flags. [Download the list (JSON)](https://elucidate.co/data/banks/countries/LA.json) ### Where branch codes cluster Branch codes by city, top 8 - Champasak1 - Khammouane1 - Luangnamtha1 - Luangprabang1 - Oudomxay1 - Pakse1 - Savannakhet1 - Vientiane1 ## Other countries in East Asia & Pacific The directory has pages for 38 other countries and territories in East Asia & Pacific. [American Samoa](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/as) [Australia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/au) [Brunei](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bn) [Cambodia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/kh) [China](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/cn) [Cook Islands](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ck) [Fiji](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/fj) [French Polynesia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/pf) [Guam](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/gu) [Hong Kong SAR China](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/hk) [Indonesia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/id) [Japan](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/jp) [Kiribati](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ki) [Macao SAR China](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/mo) [Malaysia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/my) [Marshall Islands](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/mh) [Micronesia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/fm) [Mongolia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/mn) [Myanmar (Burma)](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/mm) [New Caledonia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/nc) [New Zealand](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/nz) [North Korea](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/kp) [Northern Mariana Islands](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/mp) [Palau](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/pw) [Papua New Guinea](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/pg) [Philippines](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ph) [Samoa](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ws) [Singapore](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/sg) [Solomon Islands](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/sb) [South Korea](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/kr) [Taiwan](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/tw) [Thailand](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/th) [Timor-Leste](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/tl) [Tonga](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/to) [Tuvalu](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/tv) [Vanuatu](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/vu) [Vietnam](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/vn) [Wallis & Futuna](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/wf) 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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