--- title: "Lesotho: financial institutions, SWIFT/BIC codes and licences | Elucidate" description: "7 institutions in Lesotho (as at 23 September 2026): 7 hold a SWIFT/BIC code and 0 do not." url: https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ls --- 1. [Directory](https://elucidate.co/directory) 2. [Countries](https://elucidate.co/directory/country) 3. Lesotho 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. 7 Institutions Active · inactive not published 7 Hold a BIC 100% of institutions — On a tracked register Not covered by a tracked register 2 LEI mapped 29% of institutions 7 BIC codes Head offices and 0 branch codes ### Lesotho at a glance Every row is the same 7 institutions, split by one attribute Type - Financial institution 7 · 100% Identification - [BIC only](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?source=bic,noregister&cc=LS) 7 · 100% Regulation level - [Not on a tracked register](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?reg=none&cc=LS) 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](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ls#institutions) [Regulation](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ls#registers) [Groups](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ls#groups) [Payments](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ls#payments) [BIC codes](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ls#bics) ## 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 institution Not on a tracked register Lesotho · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/central-bank-of-lesotho-cblelsma) - [Central Bank of Lesotho BIC CBLELSMX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Lesotho · Not on a tracked register · LEI 2549000TI4IJJKZA8M91](https://elucidate.co/directory/central-bank-of-lesotho-cblelsmx) - [First National Bank of Lesotho BIC FIRNLSMX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Lesotho · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/first-national-bank-of-lesotho-firnlsmx) - [Lesotho Postbank LTD BIC LESHLSMM Financial institution Not on a tracked register Lesotho · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/lesotho-postbank-ltd-leshlsmm) - [Maluti Mountain Brewery Limited BIC SABMLSM1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Lesotho · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/maluti-mountain-brewery-limited-sabmlsm1) - [Nedbank (Lesotho) Limited BIC NEDLLSMX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Lesotho · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/nedbank-lesotho-limited-nedllsmx) - [Standard Lesotho Bank Ltd. BIC SBICLSMX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Lesotho · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900ZY2R9BTDHOAR90](https://elucidate.co/directory/standard-lesotho-bank-ltd-sbiclsmx) [Filter this list →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=LS) ## 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](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/2549003PEZXUT7MDBU41) | 1 | 23 | ### Parents abroad Institutions here by the country of their GLEIF ultimate parent (else direct parent) - [South Africa](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/za) 1 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 - Connected to Swift6 · 85.7% - Reverse billing0 · 0% - Passive participant (no connection)1 · 14.3% 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. [Download the list (JSON)](https://elucidate.co/data/banks/countries/LS.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) [Liberia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/lr) [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 - **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.