--- title: "Sri Lanka: financial institutions, SWIFT/BIC codes and licences | Elucidate" description: "56 institutions in Sri Lanka (as at 23 September 2026): 56 hold a SWIFT/BIC code and 0 do not." url: https://elucidate.co/directory/country/lk --- 1. [Directory](https://elucidate.co/directory) 2. [Countries](https://elucidate.co/directory/country) 3. Sri Lanka 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. 56 Institutions Active · inactive not published 56 Hold a BIC 100% of institutions — On a tracked register Not covered by a tracked register 41 LEI mapped 73% of institutions 1 ECB-supervised 1 significant, 0 less significant ### 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](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?source=bic,noregister&cc=LK) 56 · 100% Regulation level - [Prudential licence](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?reg=prudential&cc=LK) 5 · 8.9% - [Not on a tracked register](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?reg=none&cc=LK) 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](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/lk#institutions) [Regulation](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/lk#registers) [Headquartered here](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/lk#hq-firms) [Groups](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/lk#groups) [Payments](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/lk#payments) [BIC codes](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/lk#bics) ## 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 institution Prudential licence Sri Lanka · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI 7LTWFZYICNSX8D621K86](https://elucidate.co/directory/deutsche-bank-ag-colombo-branch-deutlklx) - [Standard Chartered Bank BIC SCBLLKLX Credit institution Prudential licence Sri Lanka · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI RILFO74KP1CM8P6PCT96](https://elucidate.co/directory/standard-chartered-bank-scbllklx) - [The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited BIC HSBCLKLX Credit institution Prudential licence Sri Lanka · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI 2HI3YI5320L3RW6NJ957](https://elucidate.co/directory/the-hongkong-and-shanghai-banking-corporation-limited-hsbclklx) - [Bank of China Limited Colombo Branch BIC BKCHLKLX Credit institution Prudential licence Sri Lanka · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI 54930053HGCFWVHYZX42](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-china-limited-colombo-branch-bkchlklx) - [Citibank N.A BIC CITILKLX Credit institution Prudential licence Sri Lanka · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI E57ODZWZ7FF32TWEFA76](https://elucidate.co/directory/citibank-n-a-citilklx) - [Bank of Ceylon BIC BCEYLKLX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Sri Lanka · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900QP6R03LS83RQ52](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-ceylon-bceylklx) - [State Bank of India BIC SBINLKLX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Sri Lanka · Not on a tracked register · LEI 5493001JZ37UBBZF6L49](https://elucidate.co/directory/state-bank-of-india-sbinlklx) - [People S Bank BIC PSBKLKLX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Sri Lanka · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900J768NZYO950M41](https://elucidate.co/directory/people-s-bank-psbklklx) - [Central Bank of Sri Lanka BIC CBCELKLX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Sri Lanka · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/central-bank-of-sri-lanka-cbcelklx) - [Hatton National Bank PLC BIC HBLILKLX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Sri Lanka · Not on a tracked register · LEI 2549005Q9UPJZP9QN894](https://elucidate.co/directory/hatton-national-bank-plc-hblilklx) - [Seylan Bank PLC BIC SEYBLKLX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Sri Lanka · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900O7DOLZ5CJ31S96](https://elucidate.co/directory/seylan-bank-plc-seyblklx) - [Allied Phillip Securities Ltd. BIC ALSBLKL1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Sri Lanka · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/allied-phillip-securities-ltd-alsblkl1) - [Amana Bank PLC BIC AMNALKLX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Sri Lanka · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900JQZ022JIDBDT06](https://elucidate.co/directory/amana-bank-plc-amnalklx) - [Asia Securities (Private) Limited BIC ASSPLKL1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Sri Lanka · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900HQ486DQUHO7A59](https://elucidate.co/directory/asia-securities-private-limited-assplkl1) - [Bartleet Religare Securities (Private) Limited BIC BMSVLKL1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Sri Lanka · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900HM0XJ5SO4I8R71](https://elucidate.co/directory/bartleet-religare-securities-private-limited-bmsvlkl1) - [Capital Alliance PLC BIC CALDLKLX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Sri Lanka · Not on a tracked register · LEI 2549000TD638BHKAAW68](https://elucidate.co/directory/capital-alliance-plc-caldlklx) - [Cargills Bank PLC BIC CGRBLKLX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Sri Lanka · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900CX7873VX3ROK86](https://elucidate.co/directory/cargills-bank-plc-cgrblklx) - [Central Bank of Sri Lanka BIC CBCELKLS Financial institution Not on a tracked register Sri Lanka · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/central-bank-of-sri-lanka-cbcelkls) - [Central Depository Systems (Pvt) LTD BIC CDSPLKLC Financial institution Not on a tracked register Sri Lanka · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900LLQB8DWXTZIK06](https://elucidate.co/directory/central-depository-systems-pvt-ltd-cdsplklc) - [Ceylon Tobacco Company PLC BIC BATSLKA1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Sri Lanka · Not on a tracked register · LEI 213800US7R2ZZM3KKD52](https://elucidate.co/directory/ceylon-tobacco-company-plc-batslka1) - [Citizens Development Business Finance PLC BIC CDBNLKLC Financial institution Not on a tracked register Sri Lanka · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/citizens-development-business-finance-plc-cdbnlklc) - [Colombo Stock Exchange BIC XCOLLKL1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Sri Lanka · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900204BE8ADEL0R94](https://elucidate.co/directory/colombo-stock-exchange-xcollkl1) - [Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC BIC CCEYLKLX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Sri Lanka · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900XV5B725ZG6RS07](https://elucidate.co/directory/commercial-bank-of-ceylon-plc-cceylklx) - [Commercial Bank Primary Dealer Ltd. BIC CBPDLKL1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Sri Lanka · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/commercial-bank-primary-dealer-ltd-cbpdlkl1) - [Ct Smith Stockbrokrs (Pvt) LTD BIC SMSPLKL1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Sri Lanka · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/ct-smith-stockbrokrs-pvt-ltd-smsplkl1) [See all 56 institutions in Sri Lanka →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=LK) ## 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. - [Deutsche Bank AG, Colombo Branch BIC DEUTLKLX Credit institution Prudential licence Sri Lanka · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI 7LTWFZYICNSX8D621K86](https://elucidate.co/directory/deutsche-bank-ag-colombo-branch-deutlklx) [See 1 ECB-supervised institution →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=LK&flag=ssm) ## 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 business AML registration only United States · Registered with FinCEN (FINCEN-MSB) · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/foreign-wealth-advisors-pvt-ltd-15605c2189d3) - [Top Line Digital Marketing (Pvt) LTD No BIC Money service business AML registration only United States · Registered with FinCEN (FINCEN-MSB) · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/top-line-digital-marketing-pvt-ltd-605e9ca9c899) [Search by head office: Sri Lanka →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?hq=LK) ## 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](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/54930053HGCFWVHYZX42) | 2 | 1 | | [Citigroup](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/6SHGI4ZSSLCXXQSBB395) | 3 | 1 | | [Deutsche Bank](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/7LTWFZYICNSX8D621K86) | 1 | 1 | | [HSBC](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/MLU0ZO3ML4LN2LL2TL39) | 3 | 1 | | [Standard Chartered](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/U4LOSYZ7YG4W3S5F2G91) | 1 | 1 | [See all 5 institutions in G-SIB groups →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=LK&flag=gsib) ### 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.](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/213800FKA5MF17RJKT63) | 1 | 22 | | [Bank of Ceylon](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/254900QP6R03LS83RQ52) | 1 | 2 | | [State Bank of India](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/5493001JZ37UBBZF6L49) | 1 | 8 | | [Public Bank Berhad](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/549300L2RSQCVMOHGM20) | 1 | 3 | | [Habib Bank Limited](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/549300N63RJKPUYAY631) | 1 | 2 | ### Groups headquartered here Largest of 1, by legal entities in the directory | Group | LEIs in the directory | | --- | --- | | [Bank of Ceylon](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/254900QP6R03LS83RQ52) | 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 Kingdom3](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/gb "United Kingdom: 3") - [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 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 - Connected to Swift37 · 66.1% - Reverse billing1 · 1.8% - Passive participant (no connection)18 · 32.1% 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 [See all 5 Swift GPI members →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=LK&flag=gpi) ### Trading venues 5 live market identifier codes (ISO 10383) operated by institutions here, by category - OtherOTHR2 - Systematic internaliserSINT2 - Not specifiedNSPD1 ## 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. [Download the list (JSON)](https://elucidate.co/data/banks/countries/LK.json) ### Where branch codes cluster Branch codes by city, top 4 - Colombo15 - Kandy2 - Pettah1 - Trincomalee1 ## Other countries in South Asia The directory has pages for 7 other countries and territories in South Asia. [Afghanistan](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/af) [Bangladesh](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bd) [Bhutan](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bt) [India](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/in) [Maldives](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/mv) [Nepal](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/np) [Pakistan](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/pk) 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 - **ECB list of supervised entities** · [ECB ↗](https://www.bankingsupervision.europa.eu/banking/list/html/index.en.html) published 20 August 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. Directory and gpi data are drawn from SWIFT's public sources. SWIFT, Swift gpi and UETR are trademarks of S.W.I.F.T. SC, Avenue Adèle 1, 1310 La Hulpe, Belgium. Elucidate is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by SWIFT or any regulator named here. Elucidate does not provide payment or other financial services.