--- title: "El Salvador: financial institutions, SWIFT/BIC codes and licences | Elucidate" description: "32 institutions in El Salvador (as at 23 September 2026): 32 hold a SWIFT/BIC code and 0 do not." url: https://elucidate.co/directory/country/sv --- 1. [Directory](https://elucidate.co/directory) 2. [Countries](https://elucidate.co/directory/country) 3. El Salvador Country · Latin America & Caribbean # El Salvador Check who the institutions in El Salvador are: whether each holds a BIC, which register lists it and whether an LEI is mapped. No tracked register covers El Salvador, so every institution listed here holds a BIC. 32 Institutions Active · inactive not published 32 Hold a BIC 100% of institutions — On a tracked register Not covered by a tracked register 9 LEI mapped 28% of institutions 37 BIC codes Head offices and 5 branch codes ### El Salvador at a glance Every row is the same 32 institutions, split by one attribute Type - Financial institution 31 · 97% - Credit institution 1 · 3.1% Identification - [BIC only](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?source=bic,noregister&cc=SV) 32 · 100% Regulation level - [Prudential licence](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?reg=prudential&cc=SV) 1 · 3.1% - [Not on a tracked register](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?reg=none&cc=SV) 31 · 97% LEI - LEI mapped 9 · 28% - No LEI mapped 23 · 72% View as table | Attribute | Institutions | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Type | | Financial institution | 31 | 97% | | Credit institution | 1 | 3.1% | | Identification | | BIC only | 32 | 100% | | Regulation level | | Prudential licence | 1 | 3.1% | | Not on a tracked register | 31 | 97% | | LEI | | LEI mapped | 9 | 28% | | No LEI mapped | 23 | 72% | 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/sv#institutions) [Regulation](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/sv#registers) [Headquartered here](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/sv#hq-firms) [Groups](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/sv#groups) [Payments](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/sv#payments) [BIC codes](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/sv#bics) ## Institutions in El Salvador The first 25 of 32 institutions in El Salvador, with or without a BIC: prudentially supervised and larger institutions first. No OFAC or EU listing cites an institution in El Salvador. - [Citibank - El Salvador BIC CITISVS1 Credit institution Prudential licence El Salvador · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI E57ODZWZ7FF32TWEFA76](https://elucidate.co/directory/citibank-el-salvador-citisvs1) - [Banco Agricola, S.A. BIC CAGRSVSS Financial institution Not on a tracked register El Salvador · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300OOASP1I1T3D205](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-agricola-s-a-cagrsvss) - [Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador BIC CENRSVSS Financial institution Not on a tracked register El Salvador · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300U9H74ZS6M90L15](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-central-de-reserva-de-el-salvador-cenrsvss) - [Banco Cuscatlan de El Salvador S.A BIC BACUSVSS Financial institution Not on a tracked register El Salvador · Not on a tracked register · LEI KNX7SDWKC6VPO07OOC32](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-cuscatlan-de-el-salvador-s-a-bacusvss) - [Asociacion Cooperativa de Ahorro y Credito del Colegio Medico de El Salvador (Comedica de R.L.) BIC ACATSVS1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register El Salvador · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/asociacion-cooperativa-de-ahorro-y-credito-del-colegio-medico-de-el-salvador-com-acatsvs1) - [Asociacion Cooperativa de Ahorro y Credito Vicentina de R.L. Accovi de R.L. BIC ACHESVS1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register El Salvador · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/asociacion-cooperativa-de-ahorro-y-credito-vicentina-de-r-l-accovi-de-r-l-achesvs1) - [Banco Abank,s.a. BIC ABNNSVS2 Financial institution Not on a tracked register El Salvador · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-abank-s-a-abnnsvs2) - [Banco Atlantida El Salvador, S.A. BIC PRCBSVSS Financial institution Not on a tracked register El Salvador · Not on a tracked register · LEI 529900PU8N1WYQ63WV30](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-atlantida-el-salvador-s-a-prcbsvss) - [Banco Azul de El Salvador, Sociedad Anonima BIC AZULSVSS Financial institution Not on a tracked register El Salvador · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-azul-de-el-salvador-sociedad-anonima-azulsvss) - [Banco Centroamericano de Integracio N Economica BIC BCIESVS1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register El Salvador · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300OLDAMXBPSHIC05](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-centroamericano-de-integracio-n-economica-bciesvs1) - [Banco Davivienda Salvadoreno SA BIC BSALSVSS Financial institution Not on a tracked register El Salvador · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300JWNE2R5KAL9F35](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-davivienda-salvadoreno-sa-bsalsvss) - [Banco de America Central, S.A. BIC BAMCSVSS Financial institution Not on a tracked register El Salvador · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-de-america-central-s-a-bamcsvss) - [Banco de Fomento Agropecuario BIC FOAGSVSS Financial institution Not on a tracked register El Salvador · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-de-fomento-agropecuario-foagsvss) - [Banco de Los Trabajadores Salvadorenos, Sociedad Cooperativa de Responsabilidad Limitada de BIC TSSOSVS2 Financial institution Not on a tracked register El Salvador · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-de-los-trabajadores-salvadorenos-sociedad-cooperativa-de-responsabilidad-l-tssosvs2) - [Banco Hipotecario de El Salvador, S.A. BIC BHSASVSS Financial institution Not on a tracked register El Salvador · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-hipotecario-de-el-salvador-s-a-bhsasvss) - [Banco Industrial El Salvador, S.A. BIC INDLSVSS Financial institution Not on a tracked register El Salvador · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-industrial-el-salvador-s-a-indlsvss) - [Banco Izalqueno de Los Trabajadores S.C. de R.L. de C.V. BIC IZTRSVS2 Financial institution Not on a tracked register El Salvador · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-izalqueno-de-los-trabajadores-s-c-de-r-l-de-c-v-iztrsvs2) - [Banco Promerica, S.A. BIC BPRASVSS Financial institution Not on a tracked register El Salvador · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-promerica-s-a-bprasvss) - [Bancovi de R.L. BIC BNVCSVSS Financial institution Not on a tracked register El Salvador · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/bancovi-de-r-l-bnvcsvss) - [Central de Deposito de Valores de El Salvador SA de Cv (Cdv) BIC CDVSSVS1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register El Salvador · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/central-de-deposito-de-valores-de-el-salvador-sa-de-cv-cdv-cdvssvs1) - [Fedecredito de Cv BIC FEDRSVS1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register El Salvador · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/fedecredito-de-cv-fedrsvs1) - [Fithc Centroamerica (El Salvador Branch of Panamanian Entity) BIC FRIPSVS1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register El Salvador · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/fithc-centroamerica-el-salvador-branch-of-panamanian-entity-fripsvs1) - [Ib Maker X Sociedad Anonima de Capital Variable BIC MSACSVS2 Financial institution Not on a tracked register El Salvador · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/ib-maker-x-sociedad-anonima-de-capital-variable-msacsvs2) - [Multi Inversiones Banco Cooperativo de Los Trabajadores S.C. de R.L. de C.V. BIC MICJSVS1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register El Salvador · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/multi-inversiones-banco-cooperativo-de-los-trabajadores-s-c-de-r-l-de-c-v-micjsvs1) - [Primer Banco de Los Trabajadores BIC PBTRSVS1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register El Salvador · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/primer-banco-de-los-trabajadores-pbtrsvs1) [See all 32 institutions in El Salvador →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=SV) ## Regulation and supervision None of the 22 tracked registers covers El Salvador. All 32 institutions listed here hold a BIC; firms licensed only by El Salvador’s national authorities are not listed. By regulation level: 1 prudentially supervised, 31 not on a tracked register. ## Institutions headquartered here, registered elsewhere Six institutions registered in other countries give El Salvador as their head office. Each counts in the country of its register. - [LiberEx, S.A. DE C.V. No BIC Money service business AML registration only United States · Registered with FinCEN (FINCEN-MSB) · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/liberex-s-a-de-c-v-c98f8a183fcc) - [Moongold NA Socieda Anonima DE Capital Variable No BIC Money service business AML registration only United States · Registered with FinCEN (FINCEN-MSB) · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/moongold-na-socieda-anonima-de-capital-variable-d349e1bb21e2) - [Nuvira S.A.S. de C.V. No BIC Money service business AML registration only United States · Registered with FinCEN (FINCEN-MSB) · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/nuvira-s-a-s-de-c-v-b042cb96b955) - [Tether International S.A. DE C.v. No BIC Money service business AML registration only United States · Registered with FinCEN (FINCEN-MSB) · LEI 254900GQLAP0WWU1WA43](https://elucidate.co/directory/tether-international-s-a-de-c-v-fd3cb441e3f4) - [TG Commodities S.A. DE C.v. No BIC Money service business AML registration only United States · Registered with FinCEN (FINCEN-MSB) · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/tg-commodities-s-a-de-c-v-9b195caeec12) - [Tokenbridge Technologies, S.A. DE C.v. No BIC Money service business AML registration only United States · Registered with FinCEN (FINCEN-MSB) · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/tokenbridge-technologies-s-a-de-c-v-5bfdcecce09c) [Search by head office: El Salvador →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?hq=SV) ## Groups and systemic importance Institutions in El Salvador belong to 1 group on the FSB’s 2025 list of global systemically important banks (G-SIBs). For 1 institution 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=SV&flag=gsib) ### Parents abroad Institutions here by the country of their GLEIF ultimate parent (else direct parent) - [United States](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/us) 1 GLEIF parents are accounting-consolidation relationships. They do not show ownership shares or control. ## Payments and connectivity Of the 32 institutions in El Salvador that hold a BIC, 40.6% are connected to Swift, as at 23 September 2026. ### Connection to Swift Institutions that hold a BIC, by connection type in Swift’s directory - Connected to Swift13 · 40.6% - Reverse billing8 · 25% - Passive participant (no connection)11 · 34.4% A BIC does not imply a connection to the Swift network. ### Trading venues 1 live market identifier code (ISO 10383) operated by institutions here, by category - Systematic internaliser SINT 1 ## All BIC codes in El Salvador Look up any of the 37 BIC codes registered in El Salvador: the head offices and branch codes of the 32 institutions here that hold a BIC, with their LEIs and flags. [Download the list (JSON)](https://elucidate.co/data/banks/countries/SV.json) ## 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) [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) [Paraguay](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/py) [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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