--- title: "Qatar: financial institutions, SWIFT/BIC codes and licences | Elucidate" description: "76 institutions in Qatar (as at 23 September 2026): 76 hold a SWIFT/BIC code and 0 do not." url: https://elucidate.co/directory/country/qa --- 1. [Directory](https://elucidate.co/directory) 2. [Countries](https://elucidate.co/directory/country) 3. Qatar Country · Middle East & North Africa # Qatar Check who the institutions in Qatar are: whether each holds a BIC, which register lists it and whether an LEI is mapped. No tracked register covers Qatar, so every institution listed here holds a BIC. 76 Institutions Active · inactive not published 76 Hold a BIC 100% of institutions — On a tracked register Not covered by a tracked register 46 LEI mapped 61% of institutions 1 ECB-supervised 1 significant, 0 less significant ### Qatar at a glance Every row is the same 76 institutions, split by one attribute Type - Financial institution 49 · 65% - Non-financial corporate 21 · 28% - Credit institution 6 · 7.9% Identification - [BIC only](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?source=bic,noregister&cc=QA) 76 · 100% Regulation level - [Prudential licence](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?reg=prudential&cc=QA) 6 · 7.9% - [Not on a tracked register](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?reg=none&cc=QA) 70 · 92% LEI - LEI mapped 46 · 61% - No LEI mapped 30 · 40% View as table | Attribute | Institutions | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Type | | Financial institution | 49 | 65% | | Non-financial corporate | 21 | 28% | | Credit institution | 6 | 7.9% | | Identification | | BIC only | 76 | 100% | | Regulation level | | Prudential licence | 6 | 7.9% | | Not on a tracked register | 70 | 92% | | LEI | | LEI mapped | 46 | 61% | | No LEI mapped | 30 | 40% | 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/qa#institutions) [Regulation](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/qa#registers) [Groups](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/qa#groups) [Payments](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/qa#payments) [BIC codes](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/qa#bics) ## Institutions in Qatar The first 25 of 76 institutions in Qatar, with or without a BIC: prudentially supervised and larger institutions first. No OFAC or EU listing cites an institution in Qatar. - [Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Limited BIC ICBKQAQA Credit institution Prudential licence Qatar · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI 5493002ERZU2K9PZDL40](https://elucidate.co/directory/industrial-and-commercial-bank-of-china-limited-icbkqaqa) - [Bank of China Limited Qatar Financial Centre Branch BIC BKCHQAQA Credit institution Prudential licence Qatar · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI 54930053HGCFWVHYZX42](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-china-limited-qatar-financial-centre-branch-bkchqaqa) - [BNP Paribas, Doha BIC BNPAQAQA Credit institution Prudential licence Qatar · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI 2763TSAJ0VP4CVMFM028](https://elucidate.co/directory/bnp-paribas-doha-bnpaqaqa) - [Citibank N.A, Qatar BIC CITIQAQA Credit institution Prudential licence Qatar · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI E57ODZWZ7FF32TWEFA76](https://elucidate.co/directory/citibank-n-a-qatar-citiqaqa) - [Intesa Sanpaolo S.P.A. - Qfc Branch BIC BCITQAQA Credit institution Prudential licence Qatar · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI 2W8N8UU78PMDQKZENC08](https://elucidate.co/directory/intesa-sanpaolo-s-p-a-qfc-branch-bcitqaqa) - [Standard Chartered Bank BIC SCBLQAQX Credit institution Prudential licence Qatar · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI 276345HYMX591FE8F735](https://elucidate.co/directory/standard-chartered-bank-scblqaqx) - [Qatar National Bank BIC QNBAQAQA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Qatar · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300FFSRVBS0SQXY75](https://elucidate.co/directory/qatar-national-bank-qnbaqaqa) - [Arab Bank PLC BIC ARABQAQA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Qatar · Not on a tracked register · LEI 2763XI5XJWWC6GNHAZ54](https://elucidate.co/directory/arab-bank-plc-arabqaqa) - [Doha Bank BIC DOHBQAQA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Qatar · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300O5KAG21BMZ8N83](https://elucidate.co/directory/doha-bank-dohbqaqa) - [Ahli Bank QPSC BIC ABQQQAQA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Qatar · Not on a tracked register · LEI 213800KXAR1MXC1DZ106](https://elucidate.co/directory/ahli-bank-qpsc-abqqqaqa) - [Qatar Central Bank BIC QMAGQAQA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Qatar · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900PMALKJRL1YGQ18](https://elucidate.co/directory/qatar-central-bank-qmagqaqa) - [Qatar Investment Authority BIC GQICQAQA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Qatar · Not on a tracked register · LEI 5493008JZL5CRK3VS565](https://elucidate.co/directory/qatar-investment-authority-gqicqaqa) - [The Commercial Bank (P.S.Q.C) BIC CBQAQAQA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Qatar · Not on a tracked register · LEI 2138004FUUD4I7X8H721](https://elucidate.co/directory/the-commercial-bank-p-s-q-c-cbqaqaqa) - [United Bank Limited, Doha BIC UNILQAQA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Qatar · Not on a tracked register · LEI 27632G6O0L6ZF8M2Y992](https://elucidate.co/directory/united-bank-limited-doha-unilqaqa) - [Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank BIC ABDIQAQA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Qatar · Not on a tracked register · LEI 5493006DOLY8O98XHD74](https://elucidate.co/directory/abu-dhabi-islamic-bank-abdiqaqa) - [Al Dar For Exchange Works BIC AFEWQAQA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Qatar · Not on a tracked register · LEI 2138002DFHCS6QER7P29](https://elucidate.co/directory/al-dar-for-exchange-works-afewqaqa) - [Al Jazeera Exchange Company BIC AEXCQAQA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Qatar · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/al-jazeera-exchange-company-aexcqaqa) - [Al Jazeera Exchange Company BIC AEXCQAQD Financial institution Not on a tracked register Qatar · Not on a tracked register · LEI 2138006REMIK9KHZ3424](https://elucidate.co/directory/al-jazeera-exchange-company-aexcqaqd) - [Al Zaman Exchange W.L.L BIC ALZAQAQA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Qatar · Not on a tracked register · LEI 875500PX9FY1XJG17697](https://elucidate.co/directory/al-zaman-exchange-w-l-l-alzaqaqa) - [Alfardan Exchange LLC BIC AFXQQAQA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Qatar · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/alfardan-exchange-llc-afxqqaqa) - [Alrayan Bank BIC MAFRQAQA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Qatar · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900KFL51VLXABR231](https://elucidate.co/directory/alrayan-bank-mafrqaqa) - [Arab Jordan Investment Bank(Qatar) LLC BIC AJIBQAQA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Qatar · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/arab-jordan-investment-bank-qatar-llc-ajibqaqa) - [Assets Real Estate Development W.L.L BIC AREDQAQA Non-financial corporate Not on a tracked register Qatar · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/assets-real-estate-development-w-l-l-aredqaqa) - [Aura Life Style W.L.L BIC ALYYQAQA Non-financial corporate Not on a tracked register Qatar · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/aura-life-style-w-l-l-alyyqaqa) - [Aventicum Capital Management (Qatar) LLC BIC ACGTQAQA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Qatar · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300RGUFR9ZF0W7X26](https://elucidate.co/directory/aventicum-capital-management-qatar-llc-acgtqaqa) [See all 76 institutions in Qatar →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=QA) ## Regulation and supervision None of the 22 tracked registers covers Qatar. All 76 institutions listed here hold a BIC; firms licensed only by Qatar’s national authorities are not listed. By regulation level: 6 prudentially supervised, 70 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. - [Intesa Sanpaolo S.P.A. - Qfc Branch BIC BCITQAQA Credit institution Prudential licence Qatar · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI 2W8N8UU78PMDQKZENC08](https://elucidate.co/directory/intesa-sanpaolo-s-p-a-qfc-branch-bcitqaqa) [See 1 ECB-supervised institution →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=QA&flag=ssm) ## Groups and systemic importance Institutions in Qatar 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 | | [BNP Paribas](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/R0MUWSFPU8MPRO8K5P83) | 2 | 1 | | [Citigroup](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/6SHGI4ZSSLCXXQSBB395) | 3 | 1 | | [Goldman Sachs](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/784F5XWPLTWKTBV3E584) | 2 | 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=QA&flag=gsib) ### Largest other groups GLEIF consolidation groups, by legal entities (LEIs) in this country | Group | LEIs here | LEIs in the group | | --- | --- | --- | | [QatarEnergy](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/254900QTESJKJ3P87J26) | 3 | 3 | | [Qatar Investment Authority](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/5493008JZL5CRK3VS565) | 3 | 11 | | [Qatar Central Bank](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/254900PMALKJRL1YGQ18) | 2 | 2 | | [The Commercial Bank (P.S.Q.C.)](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/2138004FUUD4I7X8H721) | 1 | 2 | | [United Bank Limited](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/25490030EXC4CQV3JH29) | 1 | 2 | ### Groups headquartered here Largest of 6, by legal entities in the directory | Group | LEIs in the directory | | --- | --- | | [Qatar Investment Authority](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/5493008JZL5CRK3VS565) | 11 | | [QatarEnergy](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/254900QTESJKJ3P87J26) | 3 | | [The Commercial Bank (P.S.Q.C.)](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/2138004FUUD4I7X8H721) | 2 | | [AlRayan Bank Q.P.S.C](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/254900KFL51VLXABR231) | 2 | | [Qatar Islamic Bank (Q.P.S.C.)](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/254900CFGPXJI71OHT95) | 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) - [Lebanon2](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/lb "Lebanon: 2") - [United States2](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/us "United States: 2") - [United Kingdom1](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/gb "United Kingdom: 1") GLEIF parents are accounting-consolidation relationships. They do not show ownership shares or control. ## Payments and connectivity Of the 76 institutions in Qatar that hold a BIC, 81.6% are connected to Swift and 6 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 Swift62 · 81.6% - Reverse billing3 · 3.9% - Passive participant (no connection)11 · 14.5% 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:** 6 institutions - **Swift GPI members, live:** 4 institutions [See all 6 Swift GPI members →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=QA&flag=gpi) ### Trading venues 6 live market identifier codes (ISO 10383) operated by institutions here, by category - Systematic internaliserSINT4 - Not specifiedNSPD2 ## All BIC codes in Qatar Look up any of the 104 BIC codes registered in Qatar: the head offices and branch codes of the 76 institutions here that hold a BIC, with their LEIs and flags. [Download the list (JSON)](https://elucidate.co/data/banks/countries/QA.json) ### Where branch codes cluster Branch codes by city, top 3 - Doha26 - Dukhan1 - Umm Said1 ## Other countries in Middle East & North Africa The directory has pages for 20 other countries and territories in Middle East & North Africa. [Algeria](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/dz) [Bahrain](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bh) [Djibouti](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/dj) [Egypt](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/eg) [Iran](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ir) [Iraq](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/iq) [Israel](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/il) [Jordan](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/jo) [Kuwait](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/kw) [Lebanon](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/lb) [Libya](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ly) [Malta](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/mt) [Morocco](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ma) [Oman](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/om) [Palestinian Territories](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ps) [Saudi Arabia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/sa) [Syria](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/sy) [Tunisia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/tn) [United Arab Emirates](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ae) [Yemen](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ye) 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.