--- title: "Panama: financial institutions, SWIFT/BIC codes and licences | Elucidate" description: "78 institutions in Panama (as at 23 September 2026): 78 hold a SWIFT/BIC code and 0 do not." url: https://elucidate.co/directory/country/pa --- 1. [Directory](https://elucidate.co/directory) 2. [Countries](https://elucidate.co/directory/country) 3. Panama Country · Latin America & Caribbean # Panama Check who the institutions in Panama are: whether each holds a BIC, which register lists it and whether an LEI is mapped. No tracked register covers Panama, so every institution listed here holds a BIC. 78 Institutions Active · inactive not published 78 Hold a BIC 100% of institutions — On a tracked register Not covered by a tracked register 55 LEI mapped 71% of institutions 86 BIC codes Head offices and 8 branch codes ### Panama at a glance Every row is the same 78 institutions, split by one attribute Type - Financial institution 72 · 92% - Credit institution 4 · 5.1% - Non-financial corporate 2 · 2.6% Identification - [BIC only](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?source=bic,noregister&cc=PA) 78 · 100% Regulation level - [Prudential licence](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?reg=prudential&cc=PA) 4 · 5.1% - [Not on a tracked register](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?reg=none&cc=PA) 74 · 95% LEI - LEI mapped 55 · 71% - No LEI mapped 23 · 30% View as table | Attribute | Institutions | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Type | | Financial institution | 72 | 92% | | Credit institution | 4 | 5.1% | | Non-financial corporate | 2 | 2.6% | | Identification | | BIC only | 78 | 100% | | Regulation level | | Prudential licence | 4 | 5.1% | | Not on a tracked register | 74 | 95% | | LEI | | LEI mapped | 55 | 71% | | No LEI mapped | 23 | 30% | 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/pa#institutions) [Regulation](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/pa#registers) [Headquartered here](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/pa#hq-firms) [Groups](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/pa#groups) [Payments](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/pa#payments) [BIC codes](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/pa#bics) ## Institutions in Panama The first 25 of 78 institutions in Panama, with or without a BIC: prudentially supervised and larger institutions first. No OFAC or EU listing cites an institution in Panama. - [Citibank N.A. Sucursal Panama BIC CITIPAPA Credit institution Prudential licence Panama · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI E57ODZWZ7FF32TWEFA76](https://elucidate.co/directory/citibank-n-a-sucursal-panama-citipapa) - [Bank of China BIC BKCHPAPA Credit institution Prudential licence Panama · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI 54930053HGCFWVHYZX42](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-china-bkchpapa) - [Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited BIC ICBKPAPA Credit institution Prudential licence Panama · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI 5493002ERZU2K9PZDL40](https://elucidate.co/directory/industrial-and-commercial-bank-of-china-limited-icbkpapa) - [The Chase Manhattan Bank N.A BIC CHASPAP1 Credit institution Prudential licence Panama · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI 7H6GLXDRUGQFU57RNE97](https://elucidate.co/directory/the-chase-manhattan-bank-n-a-chaspap1) - [Banistmo S.A BIC MIDLPAPA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Panama · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300E94AMW3HSSMU17](https://elucidate.co/directory/banistmo-s-a-midlpapa) - [Citibank N.A. BIC CITIPAP1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Panama · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/citibank-n-a-citipap1) - [Banco Davivienda (Panama), S.A. BIC CAFEPAPA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Panama · Not on a tracked register · LEI 5493009BEIPNNFLTGX12](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-davivienda-panama-s-a-cafepapa) - [Banesco (Panama) S.A. BIC BANSPAPA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Panama · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900VYP7KBQ9UQJ808](https://elucidate.co/directory/banesco-panama-s-a-banspapa) - [Samsung Electronics Latin America Panama (Zona Libre) S.A. BIC SECTPAP1 Non-financial corporate Not on a tracked register Panama · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/samsung-electronics-latin-america-panama-zona-libre-s-a-sectpap1) - [Asb Bank Corp. BIC ASBPPAPA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Panama · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300MBB18HDMBPJK33](https://elucidate.co/directory/asb-bank-corp-asbppapa) - [Asphaltos Trade S.A. BIC ATPFPAP1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Panama · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300JJ9X98J3496292](https://elucidate.co/directory/asphaltos-trade-s-a-atpfpap1) - [Atlantic Security Bank BIC ATSEPAP1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Panama · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/atlantic-security-bank-atsepap1) - [Austrobank (Overseas) Panama S.A. BIC AUBAPAPA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Panama · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/austrobank-overseas-panama-s-a-aubapapa) - [Bac International Bank, Inc. BIC BCINPAPA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Panama · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900H3N5ML9ZS3SP86](https://elucidate.co/directory/bac-international-bank-inc-bcinpapa) - [Bac International Bank, Inc. BIC MCTBPAPA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Panama · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300QXX3SGZZ4OEU72](https://elucidate.co/directory/bac-international-bank-inc-mctbpapa) - [Banaprest S.A BIC BNASPAP1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Panama · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banaprest-s-a-bnaspap1) - [Banca Privada D'andorra (Panama) SA BIC BPANPAP1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Panama · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banca-privada-d-andorra-panama-sa-bpanpap1) - [Banco Aliado, S.A. BIC BAALPAPA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Panama · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900UUDVY0A0K83R63](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-aliado-s-a-baalpapa) - [Banco Azteca (Panama), S.A. BIC AZTKPAPA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Panama · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-azteca-panama-s-a-aztkpapa) - [Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Colombia, S.A. - Panama Branch BIC GEROPAPA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Panama · Not on a tracked register · LEI 5493009W53901OCHI065](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-bilbao-vizcaya-argentaria-colombia-s-a-panama-branch-geropapa) - [Banco Citibank (Panama), S.A. BIC BAXBPAP1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Panama · Not on a tracked register · LEI U8K0SDHEW2A30M4SPI26](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-citibank-panama-s-a-baxbpap1) - [Banco Corficolombiana (Panama) S.A. BIC CRNMPAP1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Panama · Not on a tracked register · LEI 5493007RO22WFBB4U784](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-corficolombiana-panama-s-a-crnmpap1) - [Banco Credit Andorra (Panama) S.A. BIC CRDAPAPA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Panama · Not on a tracked register · LEI 98450052DF3M64CAD455](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-credit-andorra-panama-s-a-crdapapa) - [Banco Davivienda (Panama), S.A. BIC NOSCPAPA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Panama · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-davivienda-panama-s-a-noscpapa) - [Banco Davivienda Internacional (Panama), S.A. BIC DAVPPAPA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Panama · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-davivienda-internacional-panama-s-a-davppapa) [See all 78 institutions in Panama →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=PA) ## Regulation and supervision None of the 22 tracked registers covers Panama. All 78 institutions listed here hold a BIC; firms licensed only by Panama’s national authorities are not listed. By regulation level: 4 prudentially supervised, 74 not on a tracked register. ## Institutions headquartered here, registered elsewhere Six institutions registered in other countries give Panama as their head office. Each counts in the country of its register. - [1523915 B.c. LTD. No BIC Crypto Money service business AML registration only Canada · Registered with FINTRAC · C100000594 (FINTRAC-MSB) · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/1523915-b-c-ltd-f41ed4e9cd70) - [Antarctic Exchange Corporation No BIC Money service business AML registration only United States · Registered with FinCEN · 31000294120669 (FINCEN-MSB) · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/antarctic-exchange-corporation-f931ece2c139) - [Bitbase Global Inc. No BIC Money service business AML registration only United States · Registered with FinCEN (FINCEN-MSB) · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/bitbase-global-inc-e708a34c2e69) - [Dol Corporation Inc No BIC Money service business AML registration only United States · Registered with FinCEN (FINCEN-MSB) · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/dol-corporation-inc-dbe381247d47) - [Italtransfer Corp No BIC Money service business AML registration only United States · Registered with FinCEN (FINCEN-MSB) · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/italtransfer-corp-b10368dc887d) - [Localpayment Inc. · trading as LOCALPAYMENT No BIC Payments & e-money AML registration only Canada · Registered with FINTRAC · C10001645 (FINTRAC-MSB) · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/localpayment-inc-856c0c8d2763) [Search by head office: Panama →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?hq=PA) ## Groups and systemic importance Institutions in Panama belong to 4 groups on the FSB’s 2025 list of global systemically important banks (G-SIBs). 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 | | --- | --- | --- | | [Bank of China](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/54930053HGCFWVHYZX42) | 2 | 1 | | [Citigroup](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/6SHGI4ZSSLCXXQSBB395) | 3 | 1 | | [Industrial and Commercial Bank of China](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/5493002ERZU2K9PZDL40) | 3 | 1 | | [JP Morgan Chase](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/8I5DZWZKVSZI1NUHU748) | 4 | 1 | [See all 4 institutions in G-SIB groups →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=PA&flag=gsib) ### Largest other groups GLEIF consolidation groups, by legal entities (LEIs) in this country | Group | LEIs here | LEIs in the group | | --- | --- | --- | | [Mmg Capital Holdings, Inc.](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/254900ITCCJ3QMBYG216) | 1 | 2 | | [Credicorp Ltd.](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/529900UYAEYQCQ2BKB17) | 1 | 2 | | [Itaú Unibanco Holding S.A.](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/5493002W2IVG62O3ZJ94) | 1 | 8 | | [Bancolombia S.A.](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/54930052NWJRPNMP1W58) | 1 | 5 | | [Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S.A.](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/549300BBUKBHWLSUZM17) | 1 | 2 | ### Parents abroad Institutions here by the country of their GLEIF ultimate parent (else direct parent) - [Colombia2](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/co "Colombia: 2") - [United States2](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/us "United States: 2") - [Argentina1](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ar "Argentina: 1") - [Bermuda1](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bm "Bermuda: 1") - [Brazil1](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/br "Brazil: 1") - [Bahamas1](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bs "Bahamas: 1") - [Spain1](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/es "Spain: 1") GLEIF parents are accounting-consolidation relationships. They do not show ownership shares or control. ## Payments and connectivity Of the 78 institutions in Panama that hold a BIC, 70.5% are connected to Swift and 4 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 · 70.5% - Reverse billing1 · 1.3% - Passive participant (no connection)22 · 28.2% 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:** 4 institutions - **Swift GPI members, live:** 4 institutions [See all 4 Swift GPI members →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=PA&flag=gpi) ### Trading venues 4 live market identifier codes (ISO 10383) operated by institutions here, by category - Systematic internaliserSINT3 - Not specifiedNSPD1 ## All BIC codes in Panama Look up any of the 86 BIC codes registered in Panama: the head offices and branch codes of the 78 institutions here that hold a BIC, with their LEIs and flags. [Download the list (JSON)](https://elucidate.co/data/banks/countries/PA.json) ### Where branch codes cluster Branch codes by city, top 2 - Panama5 - Colon3 ## 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) [Nicaragua](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ni) [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 - **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. 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