Country · East Asia & Pacific

New Zealand

Check who the institutions in New Zealand are: whether each holds a BIC, which register lists it and whether an LEI is mapped. No tracked register covers New Zealand, so every institution listed here holds a BIC.

124
Institutions
Active · inactive not published
124
Hold a BIC
100% of institutions
—
On a tracked register
Not covered by a tracked register
68
LEI mapped
55% of institutions
1
ECB-supervised
1 significant, 0 less significant

New Zealand at a glance

Every row is the same 124 institutions, split by one attribute

Type

  • Financial institution 101 · 82%
  • Non-financial corporate 16 · 13%
  • Credit institution 7 · 5.6%

Identification

Regulation level

LEI

  • LEI mapped 68 · 55%
  • No LEI mapped 56 · 45%
View as table
AttributeInstitutionsShare
Type
Financial institution10182%
Non-financial corporate1613%
Credit institution75.6%
Identification
BIC only124100%
Regulation level
Prudential licence75.6%
Not on a tracked register11794%
LEI
LEI mapped6855%
No LEI mapped5645%

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 New Zealand

The first 25 of 124 institutions in New Zealand, with or without a BIC: prudentially supervised and larger institutions first. No OFAC or EU listing cites an institution in New Zealand.

See all 124 institutions in New Zealand →

Regulation and supervision

None of the 22 tracked registers covers New Zealand. All 124 institutions listed here hold a BIC; firms licensed only by New Zealand’s national authorities are not listed. By regulation level: 7 prudentially supervised, 117 not on a tracked register.

ECB banking supervision

Significant institutions

The ECB list of supervised entities covers 1 institution here that hold a BIC: 1 significant, supervised directly by the ECB, and 0 less significant.

See 1 ECB-supervised institution →

Groups and systemic importance

Institutions in New Zealand belong to 9 groups on the FSB’s 2025 list of global systemically important banks (G-SIBs). For 16 institutions here, GLEIF records a parent in another country.

G-SIB groups

FSB 2025 list; institutions here that hold a BIC, by group

See all 12 institutions in G-SIB groups →

Largest other groups

GLEIF consolidation groups, by legal entities (LEIs) in this country

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 124 institutions in New Zealand that hold a BIC, 27.4% 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 Swift34 · 27.4%
  • Reverse billing38 · 30.6%
  • Passive participant (no connection)52 · 41.9%

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 →

Trading venues

10 live market identifier codes (ISO 10383) operated by institutions here, by category

  • Systematic internaliserSINT8
  • Not specifiedNSPD2

All BIC codes in New Zealand

Look up any of the 188 BIC codes registered in New Zealand: the head offices and branch codes of the 124 institutions here that hold a BIC, with their LEIs and flags.

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Where branch codes cluster

Branch codes by city, top 5

  • Auckland31
  • Wellington29
  • Christchurch3
  • Dunedin1
  • Hamilton1

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
  • ECB list of supervised entities · ECB ↗ published 20 August 2026
  • FSB 2025 list of global systemically important banks · FSB ↗ published 27 November 2025
  • GLEIF relationship records (Level 2)—accounting consolidation as reported to GLEIF · about Level 2 data ↗ as at 25 September 2026

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