--- title: "Tanzania: financial institutions, SWIFT/BIC codes and licences | Elucidate" description: "56 institutions in Tanzania (as at 23 September 2026): 56 hold a SWIFT/BIC code and 0 do not." url: https://elucidate.co/directory/country/tz --- 1. [Directory](https://elucidate.co/directory) 2. [Countries](https://elucidate.co/directory/country) 3. Tanzania Country · Sub-Saharan Africa # Tanzania Check who the institutions in Tanzania are: whether each holds a BIC, which register lists it and whether an LEI is mapped. No tracked register covers Tanzania, so every institution listed here holds a BIC. 56 Institutions Active · inactive not published 56 Hold a BIC 100% of institutions — On a tracked register Not covered by a tracked register 21 LEI mapped 38% of institutions 80 BIC codes Head offices and 26 branch codes ### Tanzania at a glance Every row is the same 56 institutions, split by one attribute Type - Financial institution 55 · 98% - Non-financial corporate 1 · 1.8% Identification - [BIC only](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?source=bic,noregister&cc=TZ) 56 · 100% Regulation level - [Not on a tracked register](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?reg=none&cc=TZ) 56 · 100% LEI - LEI mapped 21 · 38% - No LEI mapped 35 · 63% View as table | Attribute | Institutions | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Type | | Financial institution | 55 | 98% | | Non-financial corporate | 1 | 1.8% | | Identification | | BIC only | 56 | 100% | | Regulation level | | Not on a tracked register | 56 | 100% | | LEI | | LEI mapped | 21 | 38% | | No LEI mapped | 35 | 63% | 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/tz#institutions) [Regulation](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/tz#registers) [Groups](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/tz#groups) [Payments](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/tz#payments) [BIC codes](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/tz#bics) ## Institutions in Tanzania The first 25 of 56 institutions in Tanzania, with or without a BIC: prudentially supervised and larger institutions first. No OFAC or EU listing cites an institution in Tanzania. - [National Bank of Commerce BIC NLCBTZTX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Tanzania · Not on a tracked register · LEI 213800VIYJF4U5FLXU59](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-bank-of-commerce-nlcbtztx) - [Crdb Bank PLC BIC CORUTZT1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Tanzania · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/crdb-bank-plc-corutzt1) - [National Bank of Commerce BIC NLCBTZT1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Tanzania · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-bank-of-commerce-nlcbtzt1) - [People's Bank of Zanzibar BIC PBZATZTZ Financial institution Not on a tracked register Tanzania · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/people-s-bank-of-zanzibar-pbzatztz) - [Eximbank (Tanzania) LTD BIC EXTNTZTZ Financial institution Not on a tracked register Tanzania · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900H3WNNKN2MYBQ18](https://elucidate.co/directory/eximbank-tanzania-ltd-extntztz) - [I and M Bank (T) Limited BIC IMBLTZTZ Financial institution Not on a tracked register Tanzania · Not on a tracked register · LEI 213800K6OBHUHJVDO783](https://elucidate.co/directory/i-and-m-bank-t-limited-imbltztz) - [Standard Chartered Bank Tanzania Limited BIC SCBLTZTX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Tanzania · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300RLNUU3GJS6MK84](https://elucidate.co/directory/standard-chartered-bank-tanzania-limited-scbltztx) - [Absa Bank Tanzania Limited BIC BARCTZTZ Financial institution Not on a tracked register Tanzania · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300SW5ZJ2N5OFL161](https://elucidate.co/directory/absa-bank-tanzania-limited-barctztz) - [Access Bank Tanzania Limited BIC FMBZTZTX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Tanzania · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/access-bank-tanzania-limited-fmbztztx) - [Africa and Gulf Bank (Tanzania) Limited BIC HABLTZTZ Financial institution Not on a tracked register Tanzania · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/africa-and-gulf-bank-tanzania-limited-habltztz) - [Akiba Commercial Bank PLC BIC AKCOTZTZ Financial institution Not on a tracked register Tanzania · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/akiba-commercial-bank-plc-akcotztz) - [Amana Bank Limited BIC AMNNTZTZ Financial institution Not on a tracked register Tanzania · Not on a tracked register · LEI 558600UQSR3TWPBFD068](https://elucidate.co/directory/amana-bank-limited-amnntztz) - [Azania Bank Public Limited Company BIC AZANTZTZ Financial institution Not on a tracked register Tanzania · Not on a tracked register · LEI 984500095BTD58BCG789](https://elucidate.co/directory/azania-bank-public-limited-company-azantztz) - [Bank of Africa Tanzania Limited BIC EUAFTZTZ Financial institution Not on a tracked register Tanzania · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300GNC7CO2W8SMF50](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-africa-tanzania-limited-euaftztz) - [Bank of Baroda (Tanzania) LTD BIC BARBTZTZ Financial institution Not on a tracked register Tanzania · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900AL6569W32B3G27](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-baroda-tanzania-ltd-barbtztz) - [Bank of India (Tanzania) Limited BIC BKIDTZTZ Financial institution Not on a tracked register Tanzania · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900RQ7YTUPOVOEY14](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-india-tanzania-limited-bkidtztz) - [Bank of India Tanzania Limited BIC SBINTZT1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Tanzania · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-india-tanzania-limited-sbintzt1) - [Bank of Tanzania BIC TANZTZTA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Tanzania · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-tanzania-tanztzta) - [Bank of Tanzania BIC TANZTZTX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Tanzania · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900CT4YQ6JKSEXB51](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-tanzania-tanztztx) - [Bok Finance Limited BIC BOKETZT2 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Tanzania · Not on a tracked register · LEI 98450099707B9CD3F786](https://elucidate.co/directory/bok-finance-limited-boketzt2) - [Business Connexion (Tanzania) Limited BIC BCTITZTT Non-financial corporate Not on a tracked register Tanzania · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/business-connexion-tanzania-limited-bctitztt) - [Canara Bank (Tanzania) LTD BIC CNRBTZTZ Financial institution Not on a tracked register Tanzania · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/canara-bank-tanzania-ltd-cnrbtztz) - [China Dasheng Bank Limited BIC CDSHTZTZ Financial institution Not on a tracked register Tanzania · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/china-dasheng-bank-limited-cdshtztz) - [Citibank Tanzania LTD BIC CITITZTZ Financial institution Not on a tracked register Tanzania · Not on a tracked register · LEI 5493004HMNJUKQSVVN34](https://elucidate.co/directory/citibank-tanzania-ltd-cititztz) - [Co- Operative Bank Tanzania Public Limited Company BIC COOPTZTZ Financial institution Not on a tracked register Tanzania · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/co-operative-bank-tanzania-public-limited-company-cooptztz) [See all 56 institutions in Tanzania →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=TZ) ## Regulation and supervision None of the 22 tracked registers covers Tanzania. All 56 institutions listed here hold a BIC; firms licensed only by Tanzania’s national authorities are not listed. ## Groups and systemic importance Institutions in Tanzania belong to 2 groups on the FSB’s 2025 list of global systemically important banks (G-SIBs). GLEIF records the head office of 1 corporate group in the directory here. For 6 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 | | --- | --- | --- | | [Citigroup](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/6SHGI4ZSSLCXXQSBB395) | 3 | 1 | | [Standard Chartered](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/U4LOSYZ7YG4W3S5F2G91) | 1 | 1 | [See all 2 institutions in G-SIB groups →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=TZ&flag=gsib) ### Largest other groups GLEIF consolidation groups, by legal entities (LEIs) in this country | Group | LEIs here | LEIs in the group | | --- | --- | --- | | [Absa Bank](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/SLI1CVYMJ21DST0Q8K25) | 2 | 10 | | [Exim Bank (Tanzania) Limited](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/254900H3WNNKN2MYBQ18) | 1 | 3 | | [Access Microfinance Holding AG](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/39120001AX50UKJ6HG21) | 1 | 2 | | [Bank of Baroda](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/549300CQ6M9Q0TJEZR23) | 1 | 4 | ### Groups headquartered here Largest of 1, by legal entities in the directory | Group | LEIs in the directory | | --- | --- | | [Exim Bank (Tanzania) Limited](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/254900H3WNNKN2MYBQ18) | 3 | [See all corporate groups →](https://elucidate.co/directory/group) ### Parents abroad Institutions here by the country of their GLEIF ultimate parent (else direct parent) - [South Africa2](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/za "South Africa: 2") - [Germany1](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/de "Germany: 1") - [United Kingdom1](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/gb "United Kingdom: 1") - [India1](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/in "India: 1") - [United States1](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/us "United States: 1") GLEIF parents are accounting-consolidation relationships. They do not show ownership shares or control. ## Payments and connectivity Of the 56 institutions in Tanzania that hold a BIC, 83.9% are connected to Swift and 4 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 Swift47 · 83.9% - Reverse billing1 · 1.8% - Passive participant (no connection)8 · 14.3% 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:** 4 institutions - **Swift GPI members, live:** 2 institutions [See all 4 Swift GPI members →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=TZ&flag=gpi) ## All BIC codes in Tanzania Look up any of the 80 BIC codes registered in Tanzania: the head offices and branch codes of the 56 institutions here that hold a BIC, with their LEIs and flags. [Download the list (JSON)](https://elucidate.co/data/banks/countries/TZ.json) ### Where branch codes cluster Branch codes by city, top 8 - Dar Es Salaam13 - Arusha2 - Mwanza2 - Tanga2 - Zanzibar2 - Chake Chake1 - Mbeya1 - Morogoro1 ## 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) [Rwanda](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/rw) [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) [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 - **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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