--- title: "Nigeria: financial institutions, SWIFT/BIC codes and licences | Elucidate" description: "87 institutions in Nigeria (as at 23 September 2026): 87 hold a SWIFT/BIC code and 0 do not." url: https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ng --- 1. [Directory](https://elucidate.co/directory) 2. [Countries](https://elucidate.co/directory/country) 3. Nigeria Country · Sub-Saharan Africa # Nigeria Check who the institutions in Nigeria are: whether each holds a BIC, which register lists it and whether an LEI is mapped. No tracked register covers Nigeria, so every institution listed here holds a BIC. 87 Institutions Active · inactive not published 87 Hold a BIC 100% of institutions — On a tracked register Not covered by a tracked register 53 LEI mapped 61% of institutions 216 BIC codes Head offices and 129 branch codes ### Nigeria at a glance Every row is the same 87 institutions, split by one attribute Type - Financial institution 80 · 92% - Non-financial corporate 7 · 8% Identification - [BIC only](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?source=bic,noregister&cc=NG) 87 · 100% Regulation level - [Not on a tracked register](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?reg=none&cc=NG) 87 · 100% LEI - LEI mapped 53 · 61% - No LEI mapped 34 · 39% View as table | Attribute | Institutions | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Type | | Financial institution | 80 | 92% | | Non-financial corporate | 7 | 8% | | Identification | | BIC only | 87 | 100% | | Regulation level | | Not on a tracked register | 87 | 100% | | LEI | | LEI mapped | 53 | 61% | | No LEI mapped | 34 | 39% | 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/ng#institutions) [Regulation](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ng#registers) [Headquartered here](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ng#hq-firms) [Groups](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ng#groups) [Payments](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ng#payments) [BIC codes](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ng#bics) ## Institutions in Nigeria The first 25 of 87 institutions in Nigeria, with or without a BIC: prudentially supervised and larger institutions first. No OFAC or EU listing cites an institution in Nigeria. - [United Bank For Africa PLC BIC UNAFNGLA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Nigeria · Not on a tracked register · LEI 0292002067E3RH4D8768](https://elucidate.co/directory/united-bank-for-africa-plc-unafngla) - [Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria LTD BIC SCBLNGLA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Nigeria · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300P08UORMR8IFS20](https://elucidate.co/directory/standard-chartered-bank-nigeria-ltd-scblngla) - [First Bank of Nigeria LTD BIC FBNINGLA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Nigeria · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900O2M53JMNF7U320](https://elucidate.co/directory/first-bank-of-nigeria-ltd-fbningla) - [Wema Bank PLC BIC WEMANGLA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Nigeria · Not on a tracked register · LEI 029200494H3E7D4H3E24](https://elucidate.co/directory/wema-bank-plc-wemangla) - [Zenith Bank PLC BIC ZEIBNGLA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Nigeria · Not on a tracked register · LEI 029200268F8M5YI5I629](https://elucidate.co/directory/zenith-bank-plc-zeibngla) - [Central Bank of Nigeria,abuja BIC CBNINGLA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Nigeria · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300G1JG004Y3K8S97](https://elucidate.co/directory/central-bank-of-nigeria-abuja-cbningla) - [Citibank Nigeria Limited BIC CITINGLA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Nigeria · Not on a tracked register · LEI 029200343C4N7D2E6H83](https://elucidate.co/directory/citibank-nigeria-limited-citingla) - [First City Monument Bank Limited BIC FCMBNGLA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Nigeria · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900KVOZA3L72NJT75](https://elucidate.co/directory/first-city-monument-bank-limited-fcmbngla) - [First City Monument Bank LTD BIC KNUBNGL1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Nigeria · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/first-city-monument-bank-ltd-knubngl1) - [Guaranty Trust Bank Limited BIC GTBINGLA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Nigeria · Not on a tracked register · LEI 0292001868F6N5VI5G15](https://elucidate.co/directory/guaranty-trust-bank-limited-gtbingla) - [Rand Merchant Bank Nigeria Limited BIC FIRNNGLA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Nigeria · Not on a tracked register · LEI 029200364B8N6X9F1I18](https://elucidate.co/directory/rand-merchant-bank-nigeria-limited-firnngla) - [Samsung Electronics West Africa Limited BIC SECTNGL1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Nigeria · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/samsung-electronics-west-africa-limited-sectngl1) - [Sterling Bank PLC BIC NAMENGLA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Nigeria · Not on a tracked register · LEI 029200807D9MH3J67D65](https://elucidate.co/directory/sterling-bank-plc-namengla) - [11 PLC BIC MOOGNGL1 Non-financial corporate Not on a tracked register Nigeria · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/11-plc-moogngl1) - [Abbey Bank PLC BIC AEBYNGLL Financial institution Not on a tracked register Nigeria · Not on a tracked register · LEI 029200458H6K8XI7G528](https://elucidate.co/directory/abbey-bank-plc-aebyngll) - [Absa Securities Nigeria Limited BIC ASNINGL2 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Nigeria · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900H26OW5Y5MKNA22](https://elucidate.co/directory/absa-securities-nigeria-limited-asningl2) - [Access Bank PLC BIC ABNGNGLA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Nigeria · Not on a tracked register · LEI 029200328C3N9YI2D660](https://elucidate.co/directory/access-bank-plc-abngngla) - [African Export-Import Bank BIC PASSNGLA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Nigeria · Not on a tracked register · LEI 21380068LJCDYA42GJ76](https://elucidate.co/directory/african-export-import-bank-passngla) - [Alpha Morgan Bank Limited BIC AMRGNGLA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Nigeria · Not on a tracked register · LEI 0292005972C1P8X9C221](https://elucidate.co/directory/alpha-morgan-bank-limited-amrgngla) - [Alternative Bank Limited BIC ATTNNGLA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Nigeria · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/alternative-bank-limited-attnngla) - [Bank of Industry BIC BOIYNGLA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Nigeria · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-industry-boiyngla) - [Bank of Industry Limited BIC NIDBNGL1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Nigeria · Not on a tracked register · LEI 5493006N5JD4B34R6G14](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-industry-limited-nidbngl1) - [British American Tobacco (Nigeria) LTD BIC BATSNG21 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Nigeria · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/british-american-tobacco-nigeria-ltd-batsng21) - [British American Tobacco Marketing Nigeria LTD BIC BATSNGL1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Nigeria · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/british-american-tobacco-marketing-nigeria-ltd-batsngl1) - [Central Bank of Nigeria,abuja BIC CBNINGBG Financial institution Not on a tracked register Nigeria · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/central-bank-of-nigeria-abuja-cbningbg) [See all 87 institutions in Nigeria →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=NG) ## Regulation and supervision None of the 22 tracked registers covers Nigeria. All 87 institutions listed here hold a BIC; firms licensed only by Nigeria’s national authorities are not listed. ## Institutions headquartered here, registered elsewhere 18 institutions registered in other countries give Nigeria as their head office. Each counts in the country of its register. - [Arctangent Solutions Limited No BIC Crypto Money service business AML registration only Canada · Registered with FINTRAC · C100000116 (FINTRAC-MSB) · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/arctangent-solutions-limited-9a83a2e5b8ca) - [Airpero LTD No BIC Money service business AML registration only Canada · Registered with FINTRAC · N300000362 (FINTRAC-MSB) · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/airpero-ltd-d0adc3aad758) - [Campteller Limited · trading as Campteller No BIC Money service business AML registration only Canada · Registered with FINTRAC · C100000101 (FINTRAC-MSB) · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/campteller-limited-9626cc88c0f5) - [Cashwise Technologies LTD. No BIC Money service business AML registration only Canada · Registered with FINTRAC · M23548865 (FINTRAC-MSB) · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/cashwise-technologies-ltd-3b015d6937e4) - [davies/olusegun/justus · trading as segun No BIC Money service business AML registration only United States · Registered with FinCEN (FINCEN-MSB) · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/davies-olusegun-justus-d469a046ae87) - [Gredoex Limited No BIC Crypto Money service business AML registration only Canada · Registered with FINTRAC · N300001232 (FINTRAC-MSB) · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/gredoex-limited-d6f770d4e90f) - [Green Wallet Technologies LTD · trading as MY GREENWALLET No BIC Crypto Money service business AML registration only Canada · Registered with FINTRAC · N300000160 (FINTRAC-MSB) · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/green-wallet-technologies-ltd-08bba6fe3f26) - [Intelligent Software International Limited No BIC Money service business AML registration only United States · Registered with FinCEN (FINCEN-MSB) · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/intelligent-software-international-limited-4350f2361454) - [KnoxPAEE Technologies Limited No BIC Money service business AML registration only United States · Registered with FinCEN (FINCEN-MSB) · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/knoxpaee-technologies-limited-d781e7ad3ab8) - [Kwik Pik Limited · trading as KWIKPIK No BIC Crypto Money service business AML registration only Canada · Registered with FINTRAC · C10001540 (FINTRAC-MSB) · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/kwik-pik-limited-d4b761fa9395) - [Monibag Financial LTD. No BIC Crypto Money service business AML registration only Canada · Registered with FINTRAC · C100000434 (FINTRAC-MSB) · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/monibag-financial-ltd-1da52021754a) - [Palm Africa Technology Limited No BIC Money service business AML registration only United States · Registered with FinCEN (FINCEN-MSB) · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/palm-africa-technology-limited-54e02087547f) [Search by head office: Nigeria →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?hq=NG) ## Groups and systemic importance Institutions in Nigeria belong to 4 groups on the FSB’s 2025 list of global systemically important banks (G-SIBs). GLEIF records the head office of 7 corporate groups in the directory here. For 9 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 | | [Deutsche Bank](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/7LTWFZYICNSX8D621K86) | 1 | 1 | | [Goldman Sachs](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/784F5XWPLTWKTBV3E584) | 2 | 1 | | [Standard Chartered](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/U4LOSYZ7YG4W3S5F2G91) | 1 | 1 | [See all 4 institutions in G-SIB groups →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=NG&flag=gsib) ### Largest other groups GLEIF consolidation groups, by legal entities (LEIs) in this country | Group | LEIs here | LEIs in the group | | --- | --- | --- | | [Fbn Holdings PLC](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/029200370B2O2ZA1C754) | 2 | 3 | | [Standard Bank Group Limited](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/2549003PEZXUT7MDBU41) | 2 | 23 | | [Guaranty Trust Bank PLC](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/0292001868F6N5VI5G15) | 1 | 3 | | [United Bank For Africa PLC](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/0292002067E3RH4D8768) | 1 | 2 | | [Zenith Bank PLC](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/029200268F8M5YI5I629) | 1 | 2 | ### Groups headquartered here Largest of 7, by legal entities in the directory | Group | LEIs in the directory | | --- | --- | | [Access Holdings PLC](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/0292005048H3P6V8I753) | 4 | | [Fbn Holdings PLC](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/029200370B2O2ZA1C754) | 3 | | [Guaranty Trust Bank PLC](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/0292001868F6N5VI5G15) | 3 | | [Fcmb Group PLC](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/0292003818A1T1X5I052) | 2 | | [Fidelity Bank PLC](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/029200298A5K5WI0F567) | 2 | [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 Africa4](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/za "South Africa: 4") - [United States2](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/us "United States: 2") - [Germany1](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/de "Germany: 1") - [United Kingdom1](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/gb "United Kingdom: 1") - [Togo1](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/tg "Togo: 1") GLEIF parents are accounting-consolidation relationships. They do not show ownership shares or control. ## Payments and connectivity Of the 87 institutions in Nigeria that hold a BIC, 63.2% are connected to Swift and 13 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 Swift55 · 63.2% - Reverse billing5 · 5.7% - Passive participant (no connection)27 · 31% 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:** 13 institutions - **Swift GPI members, live:** 5 institutions [See all 13 Swift GPI members →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=NG&flag=gpi) ## All BIC codes in Nigeria Look up any of the 216 BIC codes registered in Nigeria: the head offices and branch codes of the 87 institutions here that hold a BIC, with their LEIs and flags. [Download the list (JSON)](https://elucidate.co/data/banks/countries/NG.json) ### Where branch codes cluster Branch codes by city, top 8 - Lagos51 - Kano7 - Abuja4 - Port Harcourt4 - Aba3 - Enugu3 - Ibadan3 - Kaduna3 ## 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) [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) [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. 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.