Country · Sub-Saharan Africa
Malawi
Check who the institutions in Malawi are: whether each holds a BIC, which register lists it and whether an LEI is mapped. No tracked register covers Malawi, so every institution listed here holds a BIC.
Malawi at a glance
Every row is the same 18 institutions, split by one attribute
Type
- Financial institution 18 · 100%
Identification
- BIC only 18 · 100%
Regulation level
- Not on a tracked register 18 · 100%
LEI
- LEI mapped 4 · 22%
- No LEI mapped 14 · 78%
View as table
| Attribute | Institutions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Type | ||
| Financial institution | 18 | 100% |
| Identification | ||
| BIC only | 18 | 100% |
| Regulation level | ||
| Not on a tracked register | 18 | 100% |
| LEI | ||
| LEI mapped | 4 | 22% |
| No LEI mapped | 14 | 78% |
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 Malawi
All 18 institutions in Malawi, with or without a BIC: prudentially supervised and larger institutions first. No OFAC or EU listing cites an institution in Malawi.
- Reserve Bank of Malawi BIC RBMAMWMW Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- National Bank of Malawi BIC NBMAMWMW Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- British American Tobacco (Malawi) LTD BIC BATSMWM1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Cdh Investment Bank (Cdhib) BIC CDHIMWMW Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Centenary Bank Limited BIC MBBCMWMW Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Centenary Bank Limited BIC NFBMMWMW Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Continental Discount House Limited BIC CODHMWM1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Ecobank Malawi Limited BIC ECOCMWMW Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Fdh Bank PLC BIC FDHFMWMW Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Fincom Bank of Malawi Limited (Fincom) BIC FIMWMWM1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- First Capital Bank Plc., Malawi BIC FRCGMWMW Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- First Discount House Limited BIC FDHDMWMW Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Malawi Stock Exchange BIC XMSWMWM1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Nbs Bank PLC BIC NBSTMWMW Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Reserve Bank of Malawi BIC RBMAMWMB Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Reserve Bank of Malawi BIC RBMAMWMR Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Standard Bank PLC BIC SBICMWMX Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Stockbrokers Malawi LTD Malawi BIC SBMWMWM1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
Regulation and supervision
None of the 22 tracked registers covers Malawi. All 18 institutions listed here hold a BIC; firms licensed only by Malawi’s national authorities are not listed.
Groups and systemic importance
GLEIF records the head office of 1 corporate group in the directory here. 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 |
| Fmbcapital Group | 1 | 3 |
Groups headquartered here
Largest of 1, by legal entities in the directory
| Group | LEIs in the directory |
|---|---|
| Fmbcapital Group | 3 |
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 18 institutions in Malawi that hold a BIC, 72.2% are connected to Swift and 2 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
- 2 institutions
- Swift GPI members, live
- 1 institution
All BIC codes in Malawi
Look up any of the 38 BIC codes registered in Malawi: the head offices and branch codes of the 18 institutions here that hold a BIC, with their LEIs and flags.
Where branch codes cluster
Branch codes by city, top 4
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-BissauKenyaLesothoLiberiaMadagascarMaliMauritaniaMauritiusMayotteMozambiqueNamibiaNigerNigeriaRéunionRwandaSão 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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