Country · Sub-Saharan Africa
Lesotho
Check who the institutions in Lesotho are: whether each holds a BIC, which register lists it and whether an LEI is mapped. No tracked register covers Lesotho, so every institution listed here holds a BIC.
Lesotho at a glance
Every row is the same 7 institutions, split by one attribute
Type
- Financial institution 7 · 100%
Identification
- BIC only 7 · 100%
Regulation level
- Not on a tracked register 7 · 100%
LEI
- LEI mapped 2 · 29%
- No LEI mapped 5 · 71%
View as table
| Attribute | Institutions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Type | ||
| Financial institution | 7 | 100% |
| Identification | ||
| BIC only | 7 | 100% |
| Regulation level | ||
| Not on a tracked register | 7 | 100% |
| LEI | ||
| LEI mapped | 2 | 29% |
| No LEI mapped | 5 | 71% |
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 Lesotho
All 7 institutions in Lesotho, with or without a BIC: prudentially supervised and larger institutions first. No OFAC or EU listing cites an institution in Lesotho.
- Central Bank of Lesotho BIC CBLELSMA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Central Bank of Lesotho BIC CBLELSMX Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- First National Bank of Lesotho BIC FIRNLSMX Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Lesotho Postbank LTD BIC LESHLSMM Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Maluti Mountain Brewery Limited BIC SABMLSM1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Nedbank (Lesotho) Limited BIC NEDLLSMX Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Standard Lesotho Bank Ltd. BIC SBICLSMX Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
Regulation and supervision
None of the 22 tracked registers covers Lesotho. All 7 institutions listed here hold a BIC; firms licensed only by Lesotho’s national authorities are not listed.
Groups and systemic importance
For 1 institution here, GLEIF records a parent in another country.
Largest other groups
GLEIF consolidation groups, by legal entities (LEIs) in this country
| Group | LEIs here | LEIs in the group |
|---|---|---|
| Standard Bank Group Limited | 1 | 23 |
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 7 institutions in Lesotho 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
A BIC does not imply a connection to the Swift network.
All BIC codes in Lesotho
Look up any of the 7 BIC codes registered in Lesotho: the head offices and branch codes of the 7 institutions here that hold a BIC, with their LEIs and flags.
Other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
The directory has pages for 50 other countries and territories in Sub-Saharan Africa.
AngolaBeninBotswanaBurkina FasoBurundiCameroonCape VerdeCentral African RepublicChadComorosCongo - BrazzavilleCongo - KinshasaCôte d’IvoireEquatorial GuineaEritreaEswatiniEthiopiaGabonGambiaGhanaGuineaGuinea-BissauKenyaLiberiaMadagascarMalawiMaliMauritaniaMauritiusMayotteMozambiqueNamibiaNigerNigeriaRéunionRwandaSão Tomé & PríncipeSenegalSeychellesSierra LeoneSomaliaSouth AfricaSouth SudanSt. HelenaSudanTanzaniaTogoUgandaZambiaZimbabwe
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
- GLEIF relationship records (Level 2)—accounting consolidation as reported to GLEIF · about Level 2 data ↗ as at 25 September 2026
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