--- title: "Liberia: financial institutions, SWIFT/BIC codes and licences | Elucidate" description: "14 institutions in Liberia (as at 23 September 2026): 14 hold a SWIFT/BIC code and 0 do not." url: https://elucidate.co/directory/country/lr --- 1. [Directory](https://elucidate.co/directory) 2. [Countries](https://elucidate.co/directory/country) 3. Liberia Country · Sub-Saharan Africa # Liberia Check who the institutions in Liberia are: whether each holds a BIC, which register lists it and whether an LEI is mapped. No tracked register covers Liberia, so every institution listed here holds a BIC. 14 Institutions Active · inactive not published 14 Hold a BIC 100% of institutions — On a tracked register Not covered by a tracked register 2 LEI mapped 14% of institutions 14 BIC codes Head offices and 0 branch codes ### Liberia at a glance Every row is the same 14 institutions, split by one attribute Type - Financial institution 13 · 93% - Credit institution 1 · 7.1% Identification - [BIC only](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?source=bic,noregister&cc=LR) 14 · 100% Regulation level - [Prudential licence](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?reg=prudential&cc=LR) 1 · 7.1% - [Not on a tracked register](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?reg=none&cc=LR) 13 · 93% LEI - LEI mapped 2 · 14% - No LEI mapped 12 · 86% View as table | Attribute | Institutions | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Type | | Financial institution | 13 | 93% | | Credit institution | 1 | 7.1% | | Identification | | BIC only | 14 | 100% | | Regulation level | | Prudential licence | 1 | 7.1% | | Not on a tracked register | 13 | 93% | | LEI | | LEI mapped | 2 | 14% | | No LEI mapped | 12 | 86% | 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/lr#institutions) [Regulation](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/lr#registers) [Groups](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/lr#groups) [Payments](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/lr#payments) [BIC codes](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/lr#bics) ## Institutions in Liberia All 14 institutions in Liberia, with or without a BIC: prudentially supervised and larger institutions first. No OFAC or EU listing cites an institution in Liberia. - [Citibank N.A. BIC CITILRL1 Credit institution Prudential licence Liberia · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI E57ODZWZ7FF32TWEFA76](https://elucidate.co/directory/citibank-n-a-citilrl1) - [Access Bank Liberia Limited BIC ACLILRLM Financial institution Not on a tracked register Liberia · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/access-bank-liberia-limited-aclilrlm) - [Afriland First Bank Liberia Limited BIC CCEILRLM Financial institution Not on a tracked register Liberia · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/afriland-first-bank-liberia-limited-cceilrlm) - [Bloom Bank Africa Liberia Limited BIC PHBXLRLM Financial institution Not on a tracked register Liberia · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/bloom-bank-africa-liberia-limited-phbxlrlm) - [Central Bank of Liberia BIC CBLRLRLA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Liberia · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/central-bank-of-liberia-cblrlrla) - [Central Bank of Liberia BIC CBLRLRLM Financial institution Not on a tracked register Liberia · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/central-bank-of-liberia-cblrlrlm) - [Cititrust Savings and Loans Limited (Liberia), Inc. BIC CTSLLRLM Financial institution Not on a tracked register Liberia · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/cititrust-savings-and-loans-limited-liberia-inc-ctsllrlm) - [Ecobank Liberia BIC ECOCLRLM Financial institution Not on a tracked register Liberia · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900ZNFT68JR9KGI39](https://elucidate.co/directory/ecobank-liberia-ecoclrlm) - [Guaranty Trust Bank (Liberia) Limited BIC GTBILRLM Financial institution Not on a tracked register Liberia · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/guaranty-trust-bank-liberia-limited-gtbilrlm) - [International Bank (Liberia) Limited BIC IBLRLRLM Financial institution Not on a tracked register Liberia · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/international-bank-liberia-limited-iblrlrlm) - [Liberian Bank For Development and Investment BIC LBDELRLM Financial institution Not on a tracked register Liberia · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/liberian-bank-for-development-and-investment-lbdelrlm) - [National Bank of Liberia BIC NBLILRL1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Liberia · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-bank-of-liberia-nblilrl1) - [Sapelle International Bank Liberia Limited (Sibll) BIC GNERLRLM Financial institution Not on a tracked register Liberia · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/sapelle-international-bank-liberia-limited-sibll-gnerlrlm) - [United Bank For Africa (Liberia) Limited BIC UNAFLRLM Financial institution Not on a tracked register Liberia · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/united-bank-for-africa-liberia-limited-unaflrlm) [Filter this list →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=LR) ## Regulation and supervision None of the 22 tracked registers covers Liberia. All 14 institutions listed here hold a BIC; firms licensed only by Liberia’s national authorities are not listed. By regulation level: 1 prudentially supervised, 13 not on a tracked register. ## Groups and systemic importance Institutions in Liberia belong to 1 group on the FSB’s 2025 list of global systemically important banks (G-SIBs). For 2 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 | [See 1 institution in a G-SIB group →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=LR&flag=gsib) ### Largest other groups GLEIF consolidation groups, by legal entities (LEIs) in this country | Group | LEIs here | LEIs in the group | | --- | --- | --- | | [Ecobank Transnational Incorporated](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/213800USCE9Y111R4656) | 1 | 29 | ### Parents abroad Institutions here by the country of their GLEIF ultimate parent (else direct parent) - [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 14 institutions in Liberia that hold a BIC, 85.7% are connected to Swift, as at 23 September 2026. ### Connection to Swift Institutions that hold a BIC, by connection type in Swift’s directory - Connected to Swift12 · 85.7% - Reverse billing0 · 0% - Passive participant (no connection)2 · 14.3% A BIC does not imply a connection to the Swift network. ### Trading venues 1 live market identifier code (ISO 10383) operated by institutions here, by category - Systematic internaliser SINT 1 ## All BIC codes in Liberia Look up any of the 14 BIC codes registered in Liberia: the head offices and branch codes of the 14 institutions here that hold a BIC, with their LEIs and flags. [Download the list (JSON)](https://elucidate.co/data/banks/countries/LR.json) ## 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) [Kenya](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ke) [Lesotho](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ls) [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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