Country · Sub-Saharan Africa
Sierra Leone
Check who the institutions in Sierra Leone are: whether each holds a BIC, which register lists it and whether an LEI is mapped. No tracked register covers Sierra Leone, so every institution listed here holds a BIC.
Sierra Leone at a glance
Every row is the same 15 institutions, split by one attribute
Type
- Financial institution 15 · 100%
Identification
- BIC only 15 · 100%
Regulation level
- Not on a tracked register 15 · 100%
LEI
- LEI mapped 2 · 13%
- No LEI mapped 13 · 87%
View as table
| Attribute | Institutions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Type | ||
| Financial institution | 15 | 100% |
| Identification | ||
| BIC only | 15 | 100% |
| Regulation level | ||
| Not on a tracked register | 15 | 100% |
| LEI | ||
| LEI mapped | 2 | 13% |
| No LEI mapped | 13 | 87% |
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 in Sierra Leone
All 15 institutions in Sierra Leone, with or without a BIC: prudentially supervised and larger institutions first. No OFAC or EU listing cites an institution in Sierra Leone.
- Access Bank Sierra Leone Limited BIC ABSFSLFR Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Apex Bank Sierra Leone Limited BIC APIESLF1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Bank of Sierra Leone BIC BSLESLFR Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Bloom Bank Africa Sierra Leone Limited BIC PHBXSLFR Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Commerce and Mortgage Bank (Sl) PLC BIC HFCMSLFR Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Ecobank Sierra Leone Limited BIC ECOCSLFR Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Firstbank Sierra Leone Limited BIC ICBZSLFR Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Guaranty Trust Bank (Sl) LTD BIC GTBISLFR Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Rokel Commercial Bank (Sierra Leone) Ltd. BIC RCBKSLFR Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Sierra Leone Commercial Bank, Ltd. BIC SLCBSLFR Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Skye Bank (Sl) LTD BIC SKYESLFR Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Union Trust Bank Limited BIC UTBSSLFR Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- United Bank For Africa (S/L) LTD BIC UNAFSLFR Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Vista Bank (Sl) Limited BIC FSTISLFR Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Zenith Bank (Sierra Leone) Limited BIC ZESLSLFR Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
Regulation and supervision
None of the 22 tracked registers covers Sierra Leone. All 15 institutions listed here hold a BIC; firms licensed only by Sierra Leone’s national authorities are not listed.
Institutions headquartered here, registered elsewhere
One institution registered in another country gives Sierra Leone as its head office. Each counts in the country of its register.
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 | 1 | 29 |
Parents abroad
Institutions here by the country of their GLEIF ultimate parent (else direct parent)
- Togo 1
GLEIF parents are accounting-consolidation relationships. They do not show ownership shares or control.
Payments and connectivity
Of the 15 institutions in Sierra Leone that hold a BIC, 93.3% 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
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
All BIC codes in Sierra Leone
Look up any of the 15 BIC codes registered in Sierra Leone: the head offices and branch codes of the 15 institutions here that hold a BIC, with their LEIs and flags.
Other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
The directory has pages for 50 other countries and territories in Sub-Saharan Africa.
AngolaBeninBotswanaBurkina FasoBurundiCameroonCape VerdeCentral African RepublicChadComorosCongo - BrazzavilleCongo - KinshasaCôte d’IvoireEquatorial GuineaEritreaEswatiniEthiopiaGabonGambiaGhanaGuineaGuinea-BissauKenyaLesothoLiberiaMadagascarMalawiMaliMauritaniaMauritiusMayotteMozambiqueNamibiaNigerNigeriaRéunionRwandaSão Tomé & PríncipeSenegalSeychellesSomaliaSouth AfricaSouth SudanSt. HelenaSudanTanzaniaTogoUgandaZambiaZimbabwe
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 →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 ↗ as at 25 September 2026
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