--- title: "Nicaragua: financial institutions, SWIFT/BIC codes and licences | Elucidate" description: "14 institutions in Nicaragua (as at 23 September 2026): 14 hold a SWIFT/BIC code and 0 do not. Country sanctions: targeted listings only." url: https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ni --- 1. [Directory](https://elucidate.co/directory) 2. [Countries](https://elucidate.co/directory/country) 3. Nicaragua Country · Latin America & Caribbean # Nicaragua Check who the institutions in Nicaragua are: whether each holds a BIC, which register lists it and whether an LEI is mapped. No tracked register covers Nicaragua, so every institution listed here holds a BIC. 14 Institutions Active · inactive not published 14 Hold a BIC 100% of institutions — On a tracked register Not covered by a tracked register 4 LEI mapped 29% of institutions Targeted Country sanctions Targeted listings only ### Nicaragua at a glance Every row is the same 14 institutions, split by one attribute Type - Financial institution 14 · 100% Identification - [BIC only](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?source=bic,noregister&cc=NI) 14 · 100% Regulation level - [Not on a tracked register](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?reg=none&cc=NI) 14 · 100% LEI - LEI mapped 4 · 29% - No LEI mapped 10 · 71% View as table | Attribute | Institutions | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Type | | Financial institution | 14 | 100% | | Identification | | BIC only | 14 | 100% | | Regulation level | | Not on a tracked register | 14 | 100% | | LEI | | LEI mapped | 4 | 29% | | No LEI mapped | 10 | 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 [Country programmes: targeted listings only](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ni#sanctions) [Institutions](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ni#institutions) [Sanctions](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ni#sanctions) [Regulation](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ni#registers) [Groups](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ni#groups) [Payments](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ni#payments) [BIC codes](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ni#bics) ## Institutions in Nicaragua All 14 institutions in Nicaragua, with or without a BIC: prudentially supervised and larger institutions first. - [Banco Atlantida Nicaragua, Sociedad Anonima BIC ATTDNIMA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Nicaragua · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-atlantida-nicaragua-sociedad-anonima-attdnima) - [Banco Avanz S.A. BIC PRCBNIMA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Nicaragua · Not on a tracked register · LEI 529900PZZEGMY5Q19119](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-avanz-s-a-prcbnima) - [Banco Central de Nicaragua BIC BCNINIMA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Nicaragua · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-central-de-nicaragua-bcninima) - [Banco Centroamericano de Integracio N Economica BIC BCIENIM1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Nicaragua · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300OLDAMXBPSHIC05](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-centroamericano-de-integracio-n-economica-bcienim1) - [Banco de America Central, S.A. BIC BAMCNIMA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Nicaragua · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-de-america-central-s-a-bamcnima) - [Banco de America Central, SA BIC BCEANIM1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Nicaragua · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-de-america-central-sa-bceanim1) - [Banco de Finanzas, S.A. (Bdf) BIC BBDFNIMA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Nicaragua · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-de-finanzas-s-a-bdf-bbdfnima) - [Banco de Fomento A la Produccion BIC BFLPNIM2 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Nicaragua · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-de-fomento-a-la-produccion-bflpnim2) - [Banco de la Produccion Sociedad Anonima BIC BAPRNIMA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Nicaragua · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900YY4H6ZAAKG3X82](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-de-la-produccion-sociedad-anonima-baprnima) - [Banco de la Vivienda de Nicaragua BIC BVISNIM1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Nicaragua · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-de-la-vivienda-de-nicaragua-bvisnim1) - [Banco Europeo de Centro America, SA BIC BEUCNIM1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Nicaragua · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-europeo-de-centro-america-sa-beucnim1) - [Banco Ficohsa Nicaragua S.A. BIC BUNONIMA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Nicaragua · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300V1W1Z43VU1Q688](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-ficohsa-nicaragua-s-a-bunonima) - [Banco Lafise Bancentro, S.A. BIC BCCENIMA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Nicaragua · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-lafise-bancentro-s-a-bccenima) - [Central Nicaraguense de Valores S.A. BIC CNVCNIM1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Nicaragua · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/central-nicaraguense-de-valores-s-a-cnvcnim1) [Filter this list →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=NI) ## Sanctions No OFAC or EU listing cites an institution in Nicaragua. Listings are matched on the BIC and its LEI, so they cover the 14 institutions here that hold a BIC. Country programmes name Nicaragua; Elucidate grades them as targeted listings only. ### OFAC programmes naming Nicaragua Entries on the OFAC lists under each programme, all entry types, published 23 September 2026 - NicaraguaNICARAGUA80 - Nicaraguan Human Rights and Anticorruption ActNICARAGUA-NHRAA8 Level: Targeted listings only (graded by Elucidate). A programme lists individuals, entities, vessels and aircraft; its count is not a count of institutions. ### EU regimes naming Nicaragua Entries on the EU consolidated list under each regime, generated 22 September 2026 - Nicaragua NIC 24 Level: Targeted listings only (graded by Elucidate). ## Regulation and supervision None of the 22 tracked registers covers Nicaragua. All 14 institutions listed here hold a BIC; firms licensed only by Nicaragua’s national authorities are not listed. ## Groups and systemic importance For 1 institution here, GLEIF records a parent in another country. ### Parents abroad Institutions here by the country of their GLEIF ultimate parent (else direct parent) - [Panama](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/pa) 1 GLEIF parents are accounting-consolidation relationships. They do not show ownership shares or control. ## Payments and connectivity Of the 14 institutions in Nicaragua that hold a BIC, 57.1% are connected to Swift and 1 is a Swift GPI member, as at 23 September 2026. ### Connection to Swift Institutions that hold a BIC, by connection type in Swift’s directory - Connected to Swift8 · 57.1% - Reverse billing1 · 7.1% - Passive participant (no connection)5 · 35.7% 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:** 1 institution - **Swift GPI members, live:** 1 institution [See 1 Swift GPI member →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=NI&flag=gpi) ## All BIC codes in Nicaragua Look up any of the 14 BIC codes registered in Nicaragua: the head offices and branch codes of the 14 institutions here that hold a BIC, with their LEIs and flags. [Download the list (JSON)](https://elucidate.co/data/banks/countries/NI.json) ## Other countries in Latin America & Caribbean The directory has pages for 47 other countries and territories in Latin America & Caribbean. [Anguilla](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ai) [Antigua & Barbuda](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ag) [Argentina](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ar) [Aruba](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/aw) [Bahamas](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bs) [Barbados](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bb) [Belize](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bz) [Bolivia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bo) [Brazil](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/br) [British Virgin Islands](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/vg) [Caribbean Netherlands](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bq) [Cayman Islands](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ky) [Chile](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/cl) [Colombia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/co) [Costa Rica](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/cr) [Cuba](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/cu) [Curaçao](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/cw) [Dominica](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/dm) [Dominican Republic](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/do) [Ecuador](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ec) [El Salvador](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/sv) [Falkland Islands](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/fk) [French Guiana](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/gf) [Grenada](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/gd) [Guadeloupe](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/gp) [Guatemala](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/gt) [Guyana](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/gy) [Haiti](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ht) [Honduras](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/hn) [Jamaica](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/jm) [Martinique](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/mq) [Mexico](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/mx) [Montserrat](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ms) [Panama](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/pa) [Paraguay](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/py) [Peru](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/pe) [Puerto Rico](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/pr) [Sint Maarten](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/sx) [St. Kitts & Nevis](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/kn) [St. Lucia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/lc) [St. Vincent & Grenadines](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/vc) [Suriname](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/sr) [Trinidad & Tobago](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/tt) [Turks & Caicos Islands](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/tc) [U.S. Virgin Islands](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/vi) [Uruguay](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/uy) [Venezuela](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ve) 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 - **OFAC SDN and consolidated lists**—US Treasury · [source ↗](https://ofac.treasury.gov/sanctions-list-service) published 23 September 2026 - **EU consolidated financial sanctions list**—European Commission generated 22 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.