--- title: "Pakistan: financial institutions, SWIFT/BIC codes and licences | Elucidate" description: "69 institutions in Pakistan (as at 23 September 2026): 69 hold a SWIFT/BIC code and 0 do not." url: https://elucidate.co/directory/country/pk --- 1. [Directory](https://elucidate.co/directory) 2. [Countries](https://elucidate.co/directory/country) 3. Pakistan Country · South Asia # Pakistan Check who the institutions in Pakistan are: whether each holds a BIC, which register lists it and whether an LEI is mapped. No tracked register covers Pakistan, so every institution listed here holds a BIC. 69 Institutions Active · inactive not published 69 Hold a BIC 100% of institutions — On a tracked register Not covered by a tracked register 40 LEI mapped 58% of institutions 1 ECB-supervised 1 significant, 0 less significant ### Pakistan at a glance Every row is the same 69 institutions, split by one attribute Type - Financial institution 64 · 93% - Credit institution 5 · 7.2% Identification - [BIC only](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?source=bic,noregister&cc=PK) 69 · 100% Regulation level - [Prudential licence](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?reg=prudential&cc=PK) 5 · 7.2% - [Not on a tracked register](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?reg=none&cc=PK) 64 · 93% LEI - LEI mapped 40 · 58% - No LEI mapped 29 · 42% View as table | Attribute | Institutions | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Type | | Financial institution | 64 | 93% | | Credit institution | 5 | 7.2% | | Identification | | BIC only | 69 | 100% | | Regulation level | | Prudential licence | 5 | 7.2% | | Not on a tracked register | 64 | 93% | | LEI | | LEI mapped | 40 | 58% | | No LEI mapped | 29 | 42% | 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/pk#institutions) [Regulation](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/pk#registers) [Headquartered here](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/pk#hq-firms) [Groups](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/pk#groups) [Payments](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/pk#payments) [BIC codes](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/pk#bics) ## Institutions in Pakistan The first 25 of 69 institutions in Pakistan, with or without a BIC: prudentially supervised and larger institutions first. No OFAC or EU listing cites an institution in Pakistan. - [Citibank N. A., Pakistan BIC CITIPKKX Credit institution Prudential licence Pakistan · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI E57ODZWZ7FF32TWEFA76](https://elucidate.co/directory/citibank-n-a-pakistan-citipkkx) - [Deutsche Bank AG, Karachi Branch BIC DEUTPKKA Credit institution Prudential licence Pakistan · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI 7LTWFZYICNSX8D621K86](https://elucidate.co/directory/deutsche-bank-ag-karachi-branch-deutpkka) - [HSBC Bank Oman S.A.O.G. (Formerly Oman International Bank) BIC OIBAPKK1 Credit institution Prudential licence Pakistan · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI MP6I5ZYZBEU3UXPYFY54](https://elucidate.co/directory/hsbc-bank-oman-s-a-o-g-formerly-oman-international-bank-oibapkk1) - [Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Karachi Branch BIC ICBKPKKA Credit institution Prudential licence Pakistan · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI 5493002ERZU2K9PZDL40](https://elucidate.co/directory/industrial-and-commercial-bank-of-china-karachi-branch-icbkpkka) - [Bank of China Limited Karachi Branch BIC BKCHPKKA Credit institution Prudential licence Pakistan · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI 54930053HGCFWVHYZX42](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-china-limited-karachi-branch-bkchpkka) - [Habib Metropolitan Bank Limited BIC MPBLPKKA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Pakistan · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900NDHHY8HLQP0U64](https://elucidate.co/directory/habib-metropolitan-bank-limited-mpblpkka) - [Habib Bank Limited Head Office BIC HABBPKKA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Pakistan · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300N63RJKPUYAY631](https://elucidate.co/directory/habib-bank-limited-head-office-habbpkka) - [Soneri Bank Limited BIC SONEPKKA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Pakistan · Not on a tracked register · LEI 984500903F95XF12CC40](https://elucidate.co/directory/soneri-bank-limited-sonepkka) - [Askari Bank Ltd. BIC ASCMPKKA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Pakistan · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900NIUB1LTWMDVR47](https://elucidate.co/directory/askari-bank-ltd-ascmpkka) - [National Bank of Pakistan BIC NBPAPKKA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Pakistan · Not on a tracked register · LEI 391200B8N7KWZADUJM27](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-bank-of-pakistan-nbpapkka) - [Meezan Bank Limited BIC MEZNPKKA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Pakistan · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900Y8S03SVOEXXP61](https://elucidate.co/directory/meezan-bank-limited-meznpkka) - [Mcb Bank Limited BIC MUCBPKKA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Pakistan · Not on a tracked register · LEI 2549002SIFOER1TFOK04](https://elucidate.co/directory/mcb-bank-limited-mucbpkka) - [Faysal Bank Limited BIC FAYSPKKA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Pakistan · Not on a tracked register · LEI 984500A11BDF72FA9789](https://elucidate.co/directory/faysal-bank-limited-fayspkka) - [Bank Alfalah Limited BIC ALFHPKKA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Pakistan · Not on a tracked register · LEI 2549007VBBNOQL2IVZ08](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-alfalah-limited-alfhpkka) - [United Bank Limited BIC UNILPKKA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Pakistan · Not on a tracked register · LEI 25490030EXC4CQV3JH29](https://elucidate.co/directory/united-bank-limited-unilpkka) - [The Bank of Punjab BIC BPUNPKKA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Pakistan · Not on a tracked register · LEI 391200VEAKJE1YXTYP65](https://elucidate.co/directory/the-bank-of-punjab-bpunpkka) - [Bank Al Habib Limited BIC BAHLPKKA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Pakistan · Not on a tracked register · LEI 213800OL96O67MO6RY80](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-al-habib-limited-bahlpkka) - [Allied Bank Limited BIC ABPAPKKA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Pakistan · Not on a tracked register · LEI 529900X6XIDYH83WGV81](https://elucidate.co/directory/allied-bank-limited-abpapkka) - [Bank Makramah Limited BIC SUMBPKKA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Pakistan · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-makramah-limited-sumbpkka) - [Standard Chartered Bank (Pakistan) Limited BIC SCBLPKKX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Pakistan · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300YTOMKUNPUTB551](https://elucidate.co/directory/standard-chartered-bank-pakistan-limited-scblpkkx) - [American Express Bank Limited BIC AEIBPKK1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Pakistan · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/american-express-bank-limited-aeibpkk1) - [Bank of Khyber, the BIC KHYBPKKA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Pakistan · Not on a tracked register · LEI 25490085YEKHP961Y751](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-khyber-the-khybpkka) - [Deutsche Bank AG, Karachi Branch BIC DEUTPKK1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Pakistan · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/deutsche-bank-ag-karachi-branch-deutpkk1) - [Js Bank Limited BIC JSBLPKKA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Pakistan · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300KKIZ6TSRIP5898](https://elucidate.co/directory/js-bank-limited-jsblpkka) - [Royal International Exchange Company (Pvt) LTD BIC ROEXPKK1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Pakistan · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/royal-international-exchange-company-pvt-ltd-roexpkk1) [See all 69 institutions in Pakistan →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=PK) ## Regulation and supervision None of the 22 tracked registers covers Pakistan. All 69 institutions listed here hold a BIC; firms licensed only by Pakistan’s national authorities are not listed. By regulation level: 5 prudentially supervised, 64 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. - [Deutsche Bank AG, Karachi Branch BIC DEUTPKKA Credit institution Prudential licence Pakistan · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI 7LTWFZYICNSX8D621K86](https://elucidate.co/directory/deutsche-bank-ag-karachi-branch-deutpkka) [See 1 ECB-supervised institution →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=PK&flag=ssm) ## Institutions headquartered here, registered elsewhere Three institutions registered in other countries give Pakistan as their head office. Each counts in the country of its register. - [Khan/Bilal No BIC Money service business AML registration only United States · Registered with FinCEN (FINCEN-MSB) · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/khan-bilal-695aabd4bf2c) - [Linkin international limited No BIC Money service business AML registration only United States · Registered with FinCEN (FINCEN-MSB) · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/linkin-international-limited-c286252bcc1a) - [Aquarius International · trading as MAPLE UNION No BIC Crypto Money service business AML registration only Inactive since 28 April 2025 Canada · Registered with FINTRAC · M21489450 (FINTRAC-MSB) · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/aquarius-international-7dd76362d0ff) [Search by head office: Pakistan →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?hq=PK) ## Groups and systemic importance Institutions in Pakistan belong to 6 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 5 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 | | [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 | | [Standard Chartered](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/U4LOSYZ7YG4W3S5F2G91) | 1 | 1 | [See all 6 institutions in G-SIB groups →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=PK&flag=gsib) ### Largest other groups GLEIF consolidation groups, by legal entities (LEIs) in this country | Group | LEIs here | LEIs in the group | | --- | --- | --- | | [Bank Alfalah Limited](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/2549007VBBNOQL2IVZ08) | 2 | 6 | | [Js Bank Limited](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/549300KKIZ6TSRIP5898) | 2 | 3 | | [Habib Bank AG Zürich](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/2138004YBSJVUUIRA750) | 1 | 5 | | [United Bank Limited](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/25490030EXC4CQV3JH29) | 1 | 2 | | [Askari Bank Limited](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/254900NIUB1LTWMDVR47) | 1 | 2 | ### Groups headquartered here Largest of 6, by legal entities in the directory | Group | LEIs in the directory | | --- | --- | | [Bank Alfalah Limited](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/2549007VBBNOQL2IVZ08) | 6 | | [Js Bank Limited](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/549300KKIZ6TSRIP5898) | 3 | | [Askari Bank Limited](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/254900NIUB1LTWMDVR47) | 2 | | [Habib Bank Limited](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/549300N63RJKPUYAY631) | 2 | | [National Bank of Pakistan](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/391200B8N7KWZADUJM27) | 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) - [United Kingdom2](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/gb "United Kingdom: 2") - [United Arab Emirates1](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ae "United Arab Emirates: 1") - [Switzerland1](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ch "Switzerland: 1") - [United States1](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/us "United States: 1") GLEIF parents are accounting-consolidation relationships. They do not show ownership shares or control. ## Payments and connectivity Of the 69 institutions in Pakistan that hold a BIC, 46.4% 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 Swift32 · 46.4% - Reverse billing3 · 4.3% - Passive participant (no connection)34 · 49.3% 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 [See 1 Swift GPI member →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=PK&flag=gpi) ### Trading venues 4 live market identifier codes (ISO 10383) operated by institutions here, by category - OtherOTHR2 - Systematic internaliserSINT2 ## All BIC codes in Pakistan Look up any of the 472 BIC codes registered in Pakistan: the head offices and branch codes of the 69 institutions here that hold a BIC, with their LEIs and flags. [Download the list (JSON)](https://elucidate.co/data/banks/countries/PK.json) ### Where branch codes cluster Branch codes by city, top 8 - Karachi172 - Lahore76 - Faisalabad22 - Islamabad21 - Sialkot18 - Multan16 - Peshawar16 - Rawalpindi16 ## Other countries in South Asia The directory has pages for 7 other countries and territories in South Asia. [Afghanistan](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/af) [Bangladesh](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bd) [Bhutan](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bt) [India](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/in) [Maldives](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/mv) [Nepal](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/np) [Sri Lanka](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/lk) 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.