--- title: "Malawi: financial institutions, SWIFT/BIC codes and licences | Elucidate" description: "18 institutions in Malawi (as at 23 September 2026): 18 hold a SWIFT/BIC code and 0 do not." url: https://elucidate.co/directory/country/mw --- 1. [Directory](https://elucidate.co/directory) 2. [Countries](https://elucidate.co/directory/country) 3. Malawi 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. 18 Institutions Active · inactive not published 18 Hold a BIC 100% of institutions — On a tracked register Not covered by a tracked register 4 LEI mapped 22% of institutions 38 BIC codes Head offices and 20 branch codes ### Malawi at a glance Every row is the same 18 institutions, split by one attribute Type - Financial institution 18 · 100% Identification - [BIC only](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?source=bic,noregister&cc=MW) 18 · 100% Regulation level - [Not on a tracked register](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?reg=none&cc=MW) 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](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/mw#institutions) [Regulation](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/mw#registers) [Groups](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/mw#groups) [Payments](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/mw#payments) [BIC codes](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/mw#bics) ## 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 institution Not on a tracked register Malawi · Not on a tracked register · LEI 21380037PNZOFQCZY486](https://elucidate.co/directory/reserve-bank-of-malawi-rbmamwmw) - [National Bank of Malawi BIC NBMAMWMW Financial institution Not on a tracked register Malawi · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-bank-of-malawi-nbmamwmw) - [British American Tobacco (Malawi) LTD BIC BATSMWM1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Malawi · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/british-american-tobacco-malawi-ltd-batsmwm1) - [Cdh Investment Bank (Cdhib) BIC CDHIMWMW Financial institution Not on a tracked register Malawi · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/cdh-investment-bank-cdhib-cdhimwmw) - [Centenary Bank Limited BIC MBBCMWMW Financial institution Not on a tracked register Malawi · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/centenary-bank-limited-mbbcmwmw) - [Centenary Bank Limited BIC NFBMMWMW Financial institution Not on a tracked register Malawi · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/centenary-bank-limited-nfbmmwmw) - [Continental Discount House Limited BIC CODHMWM1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Malawi · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/continental-discount-house-limited-codhmwm1) - [Ecobank Malawi Limited BIC ECOCMWMW Financial institution Not on a tracked register Malawi · Not on a tracked register · LEI 2549004QFK5ZBBM34V55](https://elucidate.co/directory/ecobank-malawi-limited-ecocmwmw) - [Fdh Bank PLC BIC FDHFMWMW Financial institution Not on a tracked register Malawi · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/fdh-bank-plc-fdhfmwmw) - [Fincom Bank of Malawi Limited (Fincom) BIC FIMWMWM1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Malawi · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/fincom-bank-of-malawi-limited-fincom-fimwmwm1) - [First Capital Bank Plc., Malawi BIC FRCGMWMW Financial institution Not on a tracked register Malawi · Not on a tracked register · LEI 5493007J1T78NWSULR22](https://elucidate.co/directory/first-capital-bank-plc-malawi-frcgmwmw) - [First Discount House Limited BIC FDHDMWMW Financial institution Not on a tracked register Malawi · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/first-discount-house-limited-fdhdmwmw) - [Malawi Stock Exchange BIC XMSWMWM1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Malawi · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/malawi-stock-exchange-xmswmwm1) - [Nbs Bank PLC BIC NBSTMWMW Financial institution Not on a tracked register Malawi · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/nbs-bank-plc-nbstmwmw) - [Reserve Bank of Malawi BIC RBMAMWMB Financial institution Not on a tracked register Malawi · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/reserve-bank-of-malawi-rbmamwmb) - [Reserve Bank of Malawi BIC RBMAMWMR Financial institution Not on a tracked register Malawi · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/reserve-bank-of-malawi-rbmamwmr) - [Standard Bank PLC BIC SBICMWMX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Malawi · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900QSNQ05XHAZ7R36](https://elucidate.co/directory/standard-bank-plc-sbicmwmx) - [Stockbrokers Malawi LTD Malawi BIC SBMWMWM1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Malawi · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/stockbrokers-malawi-ltd-malawi-sbmwmwm1) [Filter this list →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=MW) ## 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](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/2549003PEZXUT7MDBU41) | 1 | 23 | | [Fmbcapital Group](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/549300NX5OWMU6TLCP68) | 1 | 3 | ### Groups headquartered here Largest of 1, by legal entities in the directory | Group | LEIs in the directory | | --- | --- | | [Fmbcapital Group](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/549300NX5OWMU6TLCP68) | 3 | [See all corporate groups →](https://elucidate.co/directory/group) ### 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 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 - Connected to Swift13 · 72.2% - Reverse billing0 · 0% - Passive participant (no connection)5 · 27.8% 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 [See all 2 Swift GPI members →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=MW&flag=gpi) ## 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. [Download the list (JSON)](https://elucidate.co/data/banks/countries/MW.json) ### Where branch codes cluster Branch codes by city, top 4 - Lilongwe12 - Blantyre5 - Limbe2 - Chichiri1 ## 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) [Liberia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/lr) [Madagascar](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/mg) [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.