--- title: "Paraguay: financial institutions, SWIFT/BIC codes and licences | Elucidate" description: "31 institutions in Paraguay (as at 23 September 2026): 31 hold a SWIFT/BIC code and 0 do not." url: https://elucidate.co/directory/country/py --- 1. [Directory](https://elucidate.co/directory) 2. [Countries](https://elucidate.co/directory/country) 3. Paraguay Country · Latin America & Caribbean # Paraguay Check who the institutions in Paraguay are: whether each holds a BIC, which register lists it and whether an LEI is mapped. No tracked register covers Paraguay, so every institution listed here holds a BIC. 31 Institutions Active · inactive not published 31 Hold a BIC 100% of institutions — On a tracked register Not covered by a tracked register 14 LEI mapped 45% of institutions 38 BIC codes Head offices and 7 branch codes ### Paraguay at a glance Every row is the same 31 institutions, split by one attribute Type - Financial institution 30 · 97% - Credit institution 1 · 3.2% Identification - [BIC only](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?source=bic,noregister&cc=PY) 31 · 100% Regulation level - [Prudential licence](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?reg=prudential&cc=PY) 1 · 3.2% - [Not on a tracked register](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?reg=none&cc=PY) 30 · 97% LEI - LEI mapped 14 · 45% - No LEI mapped 17 · 55% View as table | Attribute | Institutions | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Type | | Financial institution | 30 | 97% | | Credit institution | 1 | 3.2% | | Identification | | BIC only | 31 | 100% | | Regulation level | | Prudential licence | 1 | 3.2% | | Not on a tracked register | 30 | 97% | | LEI | | LEI mapped | 14 | 45% | | No LEI mapped | 17 | 55% | 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/py#institutions) [Regulation](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/py#registers) [Headquartered here](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/py#hq-firms) [Groups](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/py#groups) [Payments](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/py#payments) [BIC codes](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/py#bics) ## Institutions in Paraguay The first 25 of 31 institutions in Paraguay, with or without a BIC: prudentially supervised and larger institutions first. No OFAC or EU listing cites an institution in Paraguay. - [Citibank N.A. BIC CITIPYP1 Credit institution Prudential licence Paraguay · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI E57ODZWZ7FF32TWEFA76](https://elucidate.co/directory/citibank-n-a-citipyp1) - [Banco de la Nacion Argentina BIC NACNPYPA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Paraguay · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300CN35YG4W2KM746](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-de-la-nacion-argentina-nacnpypa) - [Banco Central del Paraguay BIC BCPAPYPX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Paraguay · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900SH39YZTZPSDH68](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-central-del-paraguay-bcpapypx) - [Banco Itau Paraguay S.A. BIC UBBRPYPX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Paraguay · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900KAP5SULBKUWF77](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-itau-paraguay-s-a-ubbrpypx) - [Banco Atlas S.A. BIC BNITPYPA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Paraguay · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300EXVD8D65PY5W81](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-atlas-s-a-bnitpypa) - [Banco Basa S.A. BIC AMAMPYPA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Paraguay · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-basa-s-a-amampypa) - [Banco Central del Paraguay BIC BCPAPYPB Financial institution Not on a tracked register Paraguay · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-central-del-paraguay-bcpapypb) - [Banco Central del Paraguay BIC BCPAPYPD Financial institution Not on a tracked register Paraguay · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-central-del-paraguay-bcpapypd) - [Banco Central del Paraguay BIC BCPAPYPR Financial institution Not on a tracked register Paraguay · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-central-del-paraguay-bcpapypr) - [Banco Comercial Paraguayo SA BIC PCOMPYP1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Paraguay · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-comercial-paraguayo-sa-pcompyp1) - [Banco Continental Saeca BIC BCNAPYPA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Paraguay · Not on a tracked register · LEI 8945005Q0D60A6FCEM55](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-continental-saeca-bcnapypa) - [Banco do Brasil SA Asuncion BIC BRASPYPX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Paraguay · Not on a tracked register · LEI QE0Q0253K88YAGNPE356](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-do-brasil-sa-asuncion-braspypx) - [Banco Familiar S.A.E.C.A. BIC FAMIPYPA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Paraguay · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900X3FUA1EK64CI64](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-familiar-s-a-e-c-a-famipypa) - [Banco Finamerica Saeca. BIC BAFAPYP1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Paraguay · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-finamerica-saeca-bafapyp1) - [Banco Gnb Paraguay S.A.E.C.A. BIC BGNBPYPX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Paraguay · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900WQGYVGGS3DTR30](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-gnb-paraguay-s-a-e-c-a-bgnbpypx) - [Banco Nacional de Fomento BIC BNFAPYPA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Paraguay · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-nacional-de-fomento-bnfapypa) - [Banco Nacional de Trabajadores BIC BNTRPYP1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Paraguay · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-nacional-de-trabajadores-bntrpyp1) - [Banco Para la Comercializacion y la Produccion Sociedad Anonima BIC BCOPPYPA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Paraguay · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900EDNBCD85A3SY83](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-para-la-comercializacion-y-la-produccion-sociedad-anonima-bcoppypa) - [Bolpar SA BIC BOSNPYP1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Paraguay · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/bolpar-sa-bosnpyp1) - [Bolsa de Valores y Productos de Asuncion SA (Bvpasa) BIC XVPAPYP1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Paraguay · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/bolsa-de-valores-y-productos-de-asuncion-sa-bvpasa-xvpapyp1) - [British American Tobacco Productora de Cigarillos S.A. BIC BATSPYP1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Paraguay · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/british-american-tobacco-productora-de-cigarillos-s-a-batspyp1) - [Caja de Valores del Paraguay S.A. BIC CJVPPYP2 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Paraguay · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/caja-de-valores-del-paraguay-s-a-cjvppyp2) - [Financiera Paraguayo Japonesa Saeca BIC FIPJPYPA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Paraguay · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/financiera-paraguayo-japonesa-saeca-fipjpypa) - [Fonplata - Fondo Financiero Para El Desarollo de la Cuenca del Plata BIC FOPLPYPA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Paraguay · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/fonplata-fondo-financiero-para-el-desarollo-de-la-cuenca-del-plata-foplpypa) - [Interfisa Banco S.A.E.C.A BIC IIFAPYPA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Paraguay · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/interfisa-banco-s-a-e-c-a-iifapypa) [See all 31 institutions in Paraguay →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=PY) ## Regulation and supervision None of the 22 tracked registers covers Paraguay. All 31 institutions listed here hold a BIC; firms licensed only by Paraguay’s national authorities are not listed. By regulation level: 1 prudentially supervised, 30 not on a tracked register. ## Institutions headquartered here, registered elsewhere Three institutions registered in other countries give Paraguay as their head office. Each counts in the country of its register. - [Bonanza Cambios S.A. No BIC Money service business AML registration only United States · Registered with FinCEN (FINCEN-MSB) · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/bonanza-cambios-s-a-667be6f720fd) - [Dcredito S.a.e.c.a. · trading as AVALX No BIC Money service business AML registration only United States · Registered with FinCEN (FINCEN-MSB) · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/dcredito-s-a-e-c-a-73eebb59706b) - [Maxicambios S.A. · trading as MAXICAMBIOS No BIC Money service business AML registration only United States · Registered with FinCEN (FINCEN-MSB) · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/maxicambios-s-a-33567adef9ba) [Search by head office: Paraguay →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?hq=PY) ## Groups and systemic importance Institutions in Paraguay belong to 1 group on the FSB’s 2025 list of global systemically important banks (G-SIBs). For 2 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 | | --- | --- | --- | | [Citigroup](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/6SHGI4ZSSLCXXQSBB395) | 3 | 1 | [See 1 institution in a G-SIB group →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=PY&flag=gsib) ### Largest other groups GLEIF consolidation groups, by legal entities (LEIs) in this country | Group | LEIs here | LEIs in the group | | --- | --- | --- | | [Itaú Unibanco Holding S.A.](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/5493002W2IVG62O3ZJ94) | 1 | 8 | | [Banco de la Nacion Argentina](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/549300CN35YG4W2KM746) | 1 | 2 | | [Banco do Brasil SA](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/QE0Q0253K88YAGNPE356) | 1 | 4 | ### Parents abroad Institutions here by the country of their GLEIF ultimate parent (else direct parent) - [Brazil1](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/br "Brazil: 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 31 institutions in Paraguay that hold a BIC, 71% are connected to Swift and 2 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 Swift22 · 71% - Reverse billing2 · 6.5% - Passive participant (no connection)7 · 22.6% 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:** 2 institutions - **Swift GPI members, live:** 2 institutions [See all 2 Swift GPI members →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=PY&flag=gpi) ### Trading venues 1 live market identifier code (ISO 10383) operated by institutions here, by category - Systematic internaliser SINT 1 ## All BIC codes in Paraguay Look up any of the 38 BIC codes registered in Paraguay: the head offices and branch codes of the 31 institutions here that hold a BIC, with their LEIs and flags. [Download the list (JSON)](https://elucidate.co/data/banks/countries/PY.json) ### Where branch codes cluster Branch codes by city, top 5 - Asuncion3 - Ciudad Del Este1 - Concepcion1 - Encarnacion1 - Villarrica1 ## 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) [Panama](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/pa) [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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