--- title: "Philippines: financial institutions, SWIFT/BIC codes and licences | Elucidate" description: "457 institutions in Philippines (as at 23 September 2026): 457 hold a SWIFT/BIC code and 0 do not." url: https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ph --- 1. [Directory](https://elucidate.co/directory) 2. [Countries](https://elucidate.co/directory/country) 3. Philippines Country · East Asia & Pacific # Philippines Check who the institutions in the Philippines are: whether each holds a BIC, which register lists it and whether an LEI is mapped. No tracked register covers the Philippines, so every institution listed here holds a BIC. 457 Institutions Active · inactive not published 457 Hold a BIC 100% of institutions 1 On a tracked register 0.2% of institutions 135 LEI mapped 30% of institutions 2 ECB-supervised 2 significant, 0 less significant ### Philippines at a glance Every row is the same 457 institutions, split by one attribute Type - Financial institution 436 · 95% - Credit institution 12 · 2.6% - Other 9 · 2% Identification - [BIC only](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?source=bic,noregister&cc=PH) 456 · 100% - [BIC and a register licence](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?source=bic,register&cc=PH) 1 · 0.2% Regulation level - [Prudential licence](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?reg=prudential&cc=PH) 12 · 2.6% - [AML registration only](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?reg=aml&cc=PH) 1 · 0.2% - [Not on a tracked register](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?reg=none&cc=PH) 444 · 97% LEI - LEI mapped 135 · 30% - No LEI mapped 322 · 71% View as table | Attribute | Institutions | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Type | | Financial institution | 436 | 95% | | Credit institution | 12 | 2.6% | | Non-financial corporate | 8 | 1.8% | | Money service business | 1 | 0.2% | | Identification | | BIC only | 456 | 100% | | BIC and a register licence | 1 | 0.2% | | Regulation level | | Prudential licence | 12 | 2.6% | | AML registration only | 1 | 0.2% | | Not on a tracked register | 444 | 97% | | LEI | | LEI mapped | 135 | 30% | | No LEI mapped | 322 | 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 [Institutions](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ph#institutions) [Regulation](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ph#registers) [Headquartered here](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ph#hq-firms) [Groups](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ph#groups) [Payments](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ph#payments) [BIC codes](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ph#bics) ## Institutions in the Philippines The first 25 of 457 institutions in the Philippines, with or without a BIC: prudentially supervised and larger institutions first. No OFAC or EU listing cites an institution in the Philippines. - [Citibank N.A (Manila Branch) BIC CITIPHMX Credit institution Prudential licence Philippines · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI E57ODZWZ7FF32TWEFA76](https://elucidate.co/directory/citibank-n-a-manila-branch-citiphmx) - [The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation LTD - Philippine Branch BIC HSBCPHMM Credit institution Prudential licence Philippines · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI 2HI3YI5320L3RW6NJ957](https://elucidate.co/directory/the-hongkong-and-shanghai-banking-corporation-ltd-philippine-branch-hsbcphmm) - [Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited- Manila Branch BIC BKCHPHMM Credit institution Prudential licence Philippines · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI 54930053HGCFWVHYZX42](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-china-hong-kong-limited-manila-branch-bkchphmm) - [Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A. - Manila Branch BIC CHASPHMM Credit institution Prudential licence Philippines · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI 7H6GLXDRUGQFU57RNE97](https://elucidate.co/directory/jpmorgan-chase-bank-n-a-manila-branch-chasphmm) - [Deutsche Bank AG BIC DEUTPHMM Credit institution Prudential licence Philippines · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI 7LTWFZYICNSX8D621K86](https://elucidate.co/directory/deutsche-bank-ag-deutphmm) - [Standard Chartered Bank BIC SCBLPHMM Credit institution Prudential licence Philippines · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI RILFO74KP1CM8P6PCT96](https://elucidate.co/directory/standard-chartered-bank-scblphmm) - [Bank of America, N.A. Manila BIC BOFAPH2X Credit institution Prudential licence Philippines · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI B4TYDEB6GKMZO031MB27](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-america-n-a-manila-bofaph2x) - [Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited, Manila Branch BIC ICBKPHMM Credit institution Prudential licence Philippines · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI 254900BHW0XWR18ITJ45](https://elucidate.co/directory/industrial-and-commercial-bank-of-china-limited-manila-branch-icbkphmm) - [ING Bank N.V. BIC INGBPHMM Credit institution Prudential licence Philippines · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI 3TK20IVIUJ8J3ZU0QE75](https://elucidate.co/directory/ing-bank-n-v-ingbphmm) - [Mizuho Bank, Ltd. Manila Branch BIC MHCBPHMM Credit institution Prudential licence Philippines · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI RB0PEZSDGCO3JS6CEU02](https://elucidate.co/directory/mizuho-bank-ltd-manila-branch-mhcbphmm) - [MUFG Bank, Ltd., Manila Branch BIC BOTKPHMM Credit institution Prudential licence Philippines · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI C3GTMMZIHMY46P4OIX74](https://elucidate.co/directory/mufg-bank-ltd-manila-branch-botkphmm) - [Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Manila Branch BIC SMBCPHMM Credit institution Prudential licence Philippines · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI 5U0XI89JRFVHWIBS4F54](https://elucidate.co/directory/sumitomo-mitsui-banking-corporation-manila-branch-smbcphmm) - [I-Remit, Inc. BIC IREMPHM2 Money service business AML registration only Philippines · Registered with AUSTRAC (AUSTRAC-RSR) · LEI 254900QLMW32I9UC0U43](https://elucidate.co/directory/i-remit-inc-iremphm2) - [Asiatrust Bank BIC ATDBPHM1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Philippines · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/asiatrust-bank-atdbphm1) - [Global Business Holdings Inc. BIC PCBAPHM1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Philippines · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/global-business-holdings-inc-pcbaphm1) - [Land Bank of the Philippines BIC TLBPPHM1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Philippines · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/land-bank-of-the-philippines-tlbpphm1) - [Samsung Electronics Philippines Corp. BIC SECTPHM1 Non-financial corporate Not on a tracked register Philippines · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900PDDLNNMSYV1217](https://elucidate.co/directory/samsung-electronics-philippines-corp-sectphm1) - [Aia Philippines Life and General Insurance Company BIC AIACPHM1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Philippines · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/aia-philippines-life-and-general-insurance-company-aiacphm1) - [Bank of the Philippine Islands BIC BOPIPHMM Financial institution Not on a tracked register Philippines · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300UW4UH6XT2X8C50](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-the-philippine-islands-bopiphmm) - [Campos, Lanuza and CO. Inc. BIC CALAPHM1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Philippines · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/campos-lanuza-and-co-inc-calaphm1) - [Globe Telecom, Inc. BIC GLTEPHMT Non-financial corporate Not on a tracked register Philippines · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900GPWI1816YIM923](https://elucidate.co/directory/globe-telecom-inc-gltephmt) - [Philippine National Bank BIC PNBMPHMM Financial institution Not on a tracked register Philippines · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300AFS0UU6SDK2K95](https://elucidate.co/directory/philippine-national-bank-pnbmphmm) - [1st Macro Bank, Inc. (A Rural Bank) BIC MCRUPHM1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Philippines · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/1st-macro-bank-inc-a-rural-bank-mcruphm1) - [1st Valley Bank Inc., A Development Bank BIC VADVPHM1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Philippines · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/1st-valley-bank-inc-a-development-bank-vadvphm1) - [A and A Securities Inc. BIC SEUUPHM1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Philippines · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/a-and-a-securities-inc-seuuphm1) [See all 457 institutions in Philippines →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=PH) ## Regulation and supervision None of the 22 tracked registers covers the Philippines. All 457 institutions listed here hold a BIC; firms licensed only by the Philippines’s national authorities are not listed. By regulation level: 12 prudentially supervised, 1 registered for AML only, 444 not on a tracked register. ### ECB banking supervision Significant institutions The ECB list of supervised entities covers 2 institutions here that hold a BIC: 2 significant, supervised directly by the ECB, and 0 less significant. - [Deutsche Bank AG BIC DEUTPHMM Credit institution Prudential licence Philippines · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI 7LTWFZYICNSX8D621K86](https://elucidate.co/directory/deutsche-bank-ag-deutphmm) - [ING Bank N.V. BIC INGBPHMM Credit institution Prudential licence Philippines · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI 3TK20IVIUJ8J3ZU0QE75](https://elucidate.co/directory/ing-bank-n-v-ingbphmm) [See all 2 ECB-supervised institutions →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=PH&flag=ssm) ## Institutions headquartered here, registered elsewhere Two institutions registered in other countries give the Philippines as their head office. Each counts in the country of its register. One institution in the Philippines also holds licences registered in other countries; it counts here only. - [I-Remit, Inc. BIC IREMPHM2 Money service business AML registration only Philippines · Registered with AUSTRAC (AUSTRAC-RSR) · LEI 254900QLMW32I9UC0U43](https://elucidate.co/directory/i-remit-inc-iremphm2) - [Altpaynet Corp. No BIC Money service business AML registration only Canada · Registered with FINTRAC · C100000827 (FINTRAC-MSB) · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/altpaynet-corp-00ea405e5e1c) [Search by head office: Philippines →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?hq=PH) ## Groups and systemic importance Institutions in the Philippines belong to 13 groups on the FSB’s 2025 list of global systemically important banks (G-SIBs). GLEIF records the head office of 6 corporate groups in the directory here. For 20 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 America](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/9DJT3UXIJIZJI4WXO774) | 3 | 1 | | [Bank of China](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/54930053HGCFWVHYZX42) | 2 | 1 | | [Citigroup](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/6SHGI4ZSSLCXXQSBB395) | 3 | 1 | | [Deutsche Bank](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/7LTWFZYICNSX8D621K86) | 1 | 1 | | [HSBC](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/MLU0ZO3ML4LN2LL2TL39) | 3 | 1 | | [Industrial and Commercial Bank of China](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/5493002ERZU2K9PZDL40) | 3 | 1 | | [ING](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/549300NYKK9MWM7GGW15) | 1 | 1 | | [JP Morgan Chase](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/8I5DZWZKVSZI1NUHU748) | 4 | 1 | | [Mitsubishi UFJ FG](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/353800V2V8PUY9TK3E06) | 2 | 1 | | [Mizuho FG](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/353800CI5L6DDAN5XZ33) | 1 | 1 | | [Standard Chartered](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/U4LOSYZ7YG4W3S5F2G91) | 1 | 1 | | [Sumitomo Mitsui FG](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/35380028MYWPB6AUO129) | 1 | 1 | | [UBS](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/549300SZJ9VS8SGXAN81) | 2 | 1 | [See all 13 institutions in G-SIB groups →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=PH&flag=gsib) ### Largest other groups GLEIF consolidation groups, by legal entities (LEIs) in this country | Group | LEIs here | LEIs in the group | | --- | --- | --- | | [Bdo Unibank, Inc.](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/3FGIIBS1PEI1FYQBGN97) | 3 | 5 | | [Asia United Bank Corp.](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/54930025V41YSY0QJS74) | 2 | 2 | | [Union Bank of the Philippines](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/549300J97JXR3URQK322) | 2 | 2 | | [Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/549300SQYI82RVWFN715) | 2 | 3 | | [Citic Limited](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/2549006I3Q3M98KHOT11) | 1 | 20 | ### Groups headquartered here Largest of 6, by legal entities in the directory | Group | LEIs in the directory | | --- | --- | | [Bdo Unibank, Inc.](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/3FGIIBS1PEI1FYQBGN97) | 5 | | [Philippine National Bank](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/549300AFS0UU6SDK2K95) | 4 | | [Bank of the Phil. Islands](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/549300UW4UH6XT2X8C50) | 4 | | [Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/549300SQYI82RVWFN715) | 3 | | [Asia United Bank Corp.](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/54930025V41YSY0QJS74) | 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) - [Japan4](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/jp "Japan: 4") - [United States3](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/us "United States: 3") - [United Kingdom2](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/gb "United Kingdom: 2") - [Hong Kong SAR China2](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/hk "Hong Kong SAR China: 2") - [Taiwan2](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/tw "Taiwan: 2") - [United Arab Emirates1](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ae "United Arab Emirates: 1") - [Australia1](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/au "Australia: 1") - [Switzerland1](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ch "Switzerland: 1") - [South Korea1](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/kr "South Korea: 1") - [Cayman Islands1](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ky "Cayman Islands: 1") GLEIF parents are accounting-consolidation relationships. They do not show ownership shares or control. ## Payments and connectivity Of the 457 institutions in the Philippines that hold a BIC, 12.9% are connected to Swift and 7 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 Swift59 · 12.9% - Reverse billing82 · 17.9% - Passive participant (no connection)316 · 69.1% 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:** 7 institutions - **Swift GPI members, live:** 5 institutions [See all 7 Swift GPI members →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=PH&flag=gpi) ### Trading venues 24 live market identifier codes (ISO 10383) operated by institutions here, by category - Systematic internaliserSINT16 - Not specifiedNSPD6 - OtherOTHR2 ## All BIC codes in the Philippines Look up any of the 500 BIC codes registered in the Philippines: the head offices and branch codes of the 457 institutions here that hold a BIC, with their LEIs and flags. [Download the list (JSON)](https://elucidate.co/data/banks/countries/PH.json) ### Where branch codes cluster Branch codes by city, top 8 - Manila12 - Taguig6 - Quezon5 - Cebu4 - Antipolo2 - Davao2 - San Juan2 - Bacoor1 ## Other countries in East Asia & Pacific The directory has pages for 38 other countries and territories in East Asia & Pacific. [American Samoa](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/as) [Australia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/au) [Brunei](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bn) [Cambodia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/kh) [China](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/cn) [Cook Islands](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ck) [Fiji](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/fj) [French Polynesia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/pf) [Guam](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/gu) [Hong Kong SAR China](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/hk) [Indonesia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/id) [Japan](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/jp) [Kiribati](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ki) [Laos](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/la) [Macao SAR China](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/mo) [Malaysia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/my) [Marshall Islands](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/mh) [Micronesia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/fm) [Mongolia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/mn) [Myanmar (Burma)](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/mm) [New Caledonia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/nc) [New Zealand](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/nz) [North Korea](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/kp) [Northern Mariana Islands](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/mp) [Palau](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/pw) [Papua New Guinea](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/pg) [Samoa](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ws) [Singapore](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/sg) [Solomon Islands](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/sb) [South Korea](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/kr) [Taiwan](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/tw) [Thailand](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/th) [Timor-Leste](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/tl) [Tonga](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/to) [Tuvalu](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/tv) [Vanuatu](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/vu) [Vietnam](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/vn) [Wallis & Futuna](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/wf) 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 - **ECB list of supervised entities** · [ECB ↗](https://www.bankingsupervision.europa.eu/banking/list/html/index.en.html) published 20 August 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.