Country · South Asia
Sri Lanka
Check who the institutions in Sri Lanka are: whether each holds a BIC, which register lists it and whether an LEI is mapped. No tracked register covers Sri Lanka, so every institution listed here holds a BIC.
Sri Lanka at a glance
Every row is the same 56 institutions, split by one attribute
Type
- Financial institution 50 · 89%
- Credit institution 5 · 8.9%
- Non-financial corporate 1 · 1.8%
Identification
- BIC only 56 · 100%
Regulation level
- Prudential licence 5 · 8.9%
- Not on a tracked register 51 · 91%
LEI
- LEI mapped 41 · 73%
- No LEI mapped 15 · 27%
View as table
| Attribute | Institutions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Type | ||
| Financial institution | 50 | 89% |
| Credit institution | 5 | 8.9% |
| Non-financial corporate | 1 | 1.8% |
| Identification | ||
| BIC only | 56 | 100% |
| Regulation level | ||
| Prudential licence | 5 | 8.9% |
| Not on a tracked register | 51 | 91% |
| LEI | ||
| LEI mapped | 41 | 73% |
| No LEI mapped | 15 | 27% |
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 Sri Lanka
The first 25 of 56 institutions in Sri Lanka, with or without a BIC: prudentially supervised and larger institutions first. No OFAC or EU listing cites an institution in Sri Lanka.
- Deutsche Bank AG, Colombo Branch BIC DEUTLKLX Credit institutionPrudential licence
- Standard Chartered Bank BIC SCBLLKLX Credit institutionPrudential licence
- The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited BIC HSBCLKLX Credit institutionPrudential licence
- Bank of China Limited Colombo Branch BIC BKCHLKLX Credit institutionPrudential licence
- Citibank N.A BIC CITILKLX Credit institutionPrudential licence
- Bank of Ceylon BIC BCEYLKLX Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- State Bank of India BIC SBINLKLX Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- People S Bank BIC PSBKLKLX Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Central Bank of Sri Lanka BIC CBCELKLX Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Hatton National Bank PLC BIC HBLILKLX Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Seylan Bank PLC BIC SEYBLKLX Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Allied Phillip Securities Ltd. BIC ALSBLKL1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Amana Bank PLC BIC AMNALKLX Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Asia Securities (Private) Limited BIC ASSPLKL1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Bartleet Religare Securities (Private) Limited BIC BMSVLKL1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Capital Alliance PLC BIC CALDLKLX Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Cargills Bank PLC BIC CGRBLKLX Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Central Bank of Sri Lanka BIC CBCELKLS Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Central Depository Systems (Pvt) LTD BIC CDSPLKLC Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Ceylon Tobacco Company PLC BIC BATSLKA1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Citizens Development Business Finance PLC BIC CDBNLKLC Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Colombo Stock Exchange BIC XCOLLKL1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC BIC CCEYLKLX Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Commercial Bank Primary Dealer Ltd. BIC CBPDLKL1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Ct Smith Stockbrokrs (Pvt) LTD BIC SMSPLKL1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
Regulation and supervision
None of the 22 tracked registers covers Sri Lanka. All 56 institutions listed here hold a BIC; firms licensed only by Sri Lanka’s national authorities are not listed. By regulation level: 5 prudentially supervised, 51 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 →Institutions headquartered here, registered elsewhere
Two institutions registered in other countries give Sri Lanka as their head office. Each counts in the country of its register.
- Foreign Wealth Advisors (Pvt) LTD No BIC Money service businessAML registration only
- Top Line Digital Marketing (Pvt) LTD No BIC Money service businessAML registration only
Groups and systemic importance
Institutions in Sri Lanka belong to 5 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 4 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 | 2 | 1 |
| Citigroup | 3 | 1 |
| Deutsche Bank | 1 | 1 |
| HSBC | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| British American Tobacco P.L.C. | 1 | 22 |
| Bank of Ceylon | 1 | 2 |
| State Bank of India | 1 | 8 |
| Public Bank Berhad | 1 | 3 |
| Habib Bank Limited | 1 | 2 |
Groups headquartered here
Largest of 1, by legal entities in the directory
| Group | LEIs in the directory |
|---|---|
| Bank of Ceylon | 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 56 institutions in Sri Lanka that hold a BIC, 66.1% are connected to Swift and 5 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
- 5 institutions
- Swift GPI members, live
- 5 institutions
Trading venues
5 live market identifier codes (ISO 10383) operated by institutions here, by category
All BIC codes in Sri Lanka
Look up any of the 76 BIC codes registered in Sri Lanka: the head offices and branch codes of the 56 institutions here that hold a BIC, with their LEIs and flags.
Where branch codes cluster
Branch codes by city, top 4
Other countries in South Asia
The directory has pages for 7 other countries and territories in South Asia.
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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