--- title: "Rwanda: financial institutions, SWIFT/BIC codes and licences | Elucidate" description: "17 institutions in Rwanda (as at 23 September 2026): 17 hold a SWIFT/BIC code and 0 do not." url: https://elucidate.co/directory/country/rw --- 1. [Directory](https://elucidate.co/directory) 2. [Countries](https://elucidate.co/directory/country) 3. Rwanda Country · Sub-Saharan Africa # Rwanda Check who the institutions in Rwanda are: whether each holds a BIC, which register lists it and whether an LEI is mapped. No tracked register covers Rwanda, so every institution listed here holds a BIC. 17 Institutions Active · inactive not published 17 Hold a BIC 100% of institutions — On a tracked register Not covered by a tracked register 7 LEI mapped 41% of institutions 17 BIC codes Head offices and 0 branch codes ### Rwanda at a glance Every row is the same 17 institutions, split by one attribute Type - Financial institution 17 · 100% Identification - [BIC only](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?source=bic,noregister&cc=RW) 17 · 100% Regulation level - [Not on a tracked register](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?reg=none&cc=RW) 17 · 100% LEI - LEI mapped 7 · 41% - No LEI mapped 10 · 59% View as table | Attribute | Institutions | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Type | | Financial institution | 17 | 100% | | Identification | | BIC only | 17 | 100% | | Regulation level | | Not on a tracked register | 17 | 100% | | LEI | | LEI mapped | 7 | 41% | | No LEI mapped | 10 | 59% | 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/rw#institutions) [Regulation](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/rw#registers) [Groups](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/rw#groups) [Payments](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/rw#payments) [BIC codes](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/rw#bics) ## Institutions in Rwanda All 17 institutions in Rwanda, with or without a BIC: prudentially supervised and larger institutions first. No OFAC or EU listing cites an institution in Rwanda. - [AB Bank Rwanda PLC BIC ABBRRWRW Financial institution Not on a tracked register Rwanda · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/ab-bank-rwanda-plc-abbrrwrw) - [Access Bank (Rwanda) PLC BIC BKORRWRW Financial institution Not on a tracked register Rwanda · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/access-bank-rwanda-plc-bkorrwrw) - [Bank of Africa Rwanda PLC Limited BIC AFRWRWRW Financial institution Not on a tracked register Rwanda · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-africa-rwanda-plc-limited-afrwrwrw) - [Bank of Kigali PLC BIC BKIGRWRW Financial institution Not on a tracked register Rwanda · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900GUSB1Y1M7ES751](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-kigali-plc-bkigrwrw) - [Banque de L'habitat du Rwanda BIC LHRWRWR1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Rwanda · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banque-de-l-habitat-du-rwanda-lhrwrwr1) - [Banque Nationale du Rwanda (Bnr) BIC BNRWRWRP Financial institution Not on a tracked register Rwanda · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banque-nationale-du-rwanda-bnr-bnrwrwrp) - [Banque Nationale du Rwanda (Bnr) BIC BNRWRWRW Financial institution Not on a tracked register Rwanda · Not on a tracked register · LEI 213800AKFASSQE52AZ88](https://elucidate.co/directory/banque-nationale-du-rwanda-bnr-bnrwrwrw) - [Bpr Bank Rwanda PLC BIC BPRWRWRW Financial institution Not on a tracked register Rwanda · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/bpr-bank-rwanda-plc-bprwrwrw) - [Crane Bank Rwanda LTD BIC CRRWRWR1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Rwanda · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/crane-bank-rwanda-ltd-crrwrwr1) - [Development Bank of Rwanda PLC BIC BRDRRWRW Financial institution Not on a tracked register Rwanda · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/development-bank-of-rwanda-plc-brdrrwrw) - [Ecobank Rwanda PLC BIC ECOCRWRW Financial institution Not on a tracked register Rwanda · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900Y8OQY3L446ID31](https://elucidate.co/directory/ecobank-rwanda-plc-ecocrwrw) - [Equity Bank Rwanda PLC BIC EQBLRWRW Financial institution Not on a tracked register Rwanda · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900TVUHFSJR0HN536](https://elucidate.co/directory/equity-bank-rwanda-plc-eqblrwrw) - [Guaranty Trust Bank (Rwanda) PLC BIC GTBIRWRK Financial institution Not on a tracked register Rwanda · Not on a tracked register · LEI 635400F7INLBPAACQO08](https://elucidate.co/directory/guaranty-trust-bank-rwanda-plc-gtbirwrk) - [I and M Bank (Rwanda) PLC BIC IMRWRWRW Financial institution Not on a tracked register Rwanda · Not on a tracked register · LEI 5493007QZ3XVM5MJXY16](https://elucidate.co/directory/i-and-m-bank-rwanda-plc-imrwrwrw) - [Ncba Bank Rwanda PLC BIC CBAFRWRW Financial institution Not on a tracked register Rwanda · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900QRT8PA15QWE923](https://elucidate.co/directory/ncba-bank-rwanda-plc-cbafrwrw) - [The National Bank of Rwanda BIC CBRWRWR1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Rwanda · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/the-national-bank-of-rwanda-cbrwrwr1) - [Urwego Finance Cbc BIC UOBRRWRW Financial institution Not on a tracked register Rwanda · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/urwego-finance-cbc-uobrrwrw) [Filter this list →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=RW) ## Regulation and supervision None of the 22 tracked registers covers Rwanda. All 17 institutions listed here hold a BIC; firms licensed only by Rwanda’s national authorities are not listed. ## Groups and systemic importance For 1 institution here, GLEIF records a parent in another country. ### Largest other groups GLEIF consolidation groups, by legal entities (LEIs) in this country | Group | LEIs here | LEIs in the group | | --- | --- | --- | | [Ecobank Transnational Incorporated](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/213800USCE9Y111R4656) | 1 | 29 | ### Parents abroad Institutions here by the country of their GLEIF ultimate parent (else direct parent) - [Togo](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/tg) 1 GLEIF parents are accounting-consolidation relationships. They do not show ownership shares or control. ## Payments and connectivity Of the 17 institutions in Rwanda that hold a BIC, 82.4% 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 Swift14 · 82.4% - Reverse billing0 · 0% - Passive participant (no connection)3 · 17.6% 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:** 1 institution [See 1 Swift GPI member →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=RW&flag=gpi) ## All BIC codes in Rwanda Look up any of the 17 BIC codes registered in Rwanda: the head offices and branch codes of the 17 institutions here that hold a BIC, with their LEIs and flags. [Download the list (JSON)](https://elucidate.co/data/banks/countries/RW.json) ## Other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa The directory has pages for 50 other countries and territories in Sub-Saharan Africa. [Angola](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ao) [Benin](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bj) [Botswana](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bw) [Burkina Faso](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bf) [Burundi](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bi) [Cameroon](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/cm) [Cape Verde](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/cv) [Central African Republic](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/cf) [Chad](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/td) [Comoros](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/km) [Congo - Brazzaville](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/cg) [Congo - Kinshasa](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/cd) [Côte d’Ivoire](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ci) [Equatorial Guinea](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/gq) [Eritrea](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/er) [Eswatini](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/sz) [Ethiopia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/et) [Gabon](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ga) [Gambia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/gm) [Ghana](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/gh) [Guinea](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/gn) [Guinea-Bissau](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/gw) [Kenya](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ke) [Lesotho](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ls) [Liberia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/lr) [Madagascar](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/mg) [Malawi](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/mw) [Mali](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ml) [Mauritania](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/mr) [Mauritius](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/mu) [Mayotte](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/yt) [Mozambique](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/mz) [Namibia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/na) [Niger](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ne) [Nigeria](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ng) [Réunion](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/re) [São Tomé & Príncipe](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/st) [Senegal](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/sn) [Seychelles](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/sc) [Sierra Leone](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/sl) [Somalia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/so) [South Africa](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/za) [South Sudan](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ss) [St. Helena](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/sh) [Sudan](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/sd) [Tanzania](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/tz) [Togo](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/tg) [Uganda](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ug) [Zambia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/zm) [Zimbabwe](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/zw) 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 - **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.