Country · Middle East & North Africa
Syria
Check who the institutions in Syria are: whether each holds a BIC, which register lists it and whether an LEI is mapped. No tracked register covers Syria, so every institution listed here holds a BIC.
Syria at a glance
Every row is the same 18 institutions, split by one attribute
Type
- Financial institution 18 · 100%
Identification
- BIC only 18 · 100%
Regulation level
- Not on a tracked register 18 · 100%
LEI
- LEI mapped 2 · 11%
- No LEI mapped 16 · 89%
View as table
| Attribute | Institutions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Type | ||
| Financial institution | 18 | 100% |
| Identification | ||
| BIC only | 18 | 100% |
| Regulation level | ||
| Not on a tracked register | 18 | 100% |
| LEI | ||
| LEI mapped | 2 | 11% |
| No LEI mapped | 16 | 89% |
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 Syria
All 18 institutions in Syria, with or without a BIC: prudentially supervised and larger institutions first.
- Commercial Bank of Syria BIC CMSYSYDA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Ahli Trust Bank Atb BIC ATBBSYDA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Al Baraka Bank Syria BIC BBSYSYDA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Arab Bank-Syria S.A. BIC ARBXSYDA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Bank Al-Sharq S.A. BIC SHRQSYDA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Bank of Jordan-Syria- BIC BJORSYDA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Bank of Syria and Overseas BIC BSOMSYDA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Banque Bemo Saudi Fransi S.A. BIC BBSFSYDA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Central Bank of Syria BIC CBSYSYDA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Cham Islamic Bank S.A. BIC CHMMSYDA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Fransabank Syria SA BIC FSBSSYDA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- National Islamic Bank PJSC Syria BIC NIMBSYDA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Qatar National Bank BIC QNBASYDA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Shahba Bank BIC BYBASYDA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Syria Gulf Bank, S.A. BIC SGBSSYDA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Syria International Islamic Bank BIC SIIBSYDA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Syrian Real Estate Bank BIC REBSSYDA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- The International Bank For Trade and Finance BIC GBTFSYDA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
Sanctions
No OFAC or EU listing cites an institution in Syria. Listings are matched on the BIC and its LEI, so they cover the 18 institutions here that hold a BIC. Country programmes name Syria; Elucidate grades them as targeted listings only.
OFAC programmes naming Syria
Entries on the OFAC lists under each programme, all entry types, published 23 September 2026
Level: Targeted listings only (graded by Elucidate). A programme lists individuals, entities, vessels and aircraft; its count is not a count of institutions.
EU regimes naming Syria
Entries on the EU consolidated list under each regime, generated 22 September 2026
- Syria SYR 380
Level: Targeted listings only (graded by Elucidate).
Regulation and supervision
None of the 22 tracked registers covers Syria. All 18 institutions listed here hold a BIC; firms licensed only by Syria’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Qatar Investment Authority | 1 | 11 |
Parents abroad
Institutions here by the country of their GLEIF ultimate parent (else direct parent)
- Qatar 1
GLEIF parents are accounting-consolidation relationships. They do not show ownership shares or control.
Payments and connectivity
Of the 18 institutions in Syria that hold a BIC, 100% 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
- Swift GPI members, live
- 1 institution
All BIC codes in Syria
Look up any of the 86 BIC codes registered in Syria: the head offices and branch codes of the 18 institutions here that hold a BIC, with their LEIs and flags.
Where branch codes cluster
Branch codes by city, top 8
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
- OFAC SDN and consolidated lists—US Treasury · source ↗ published 23 September 2026
- EU consolidated financial sanctions list—European Commission generated 22 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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