--- title: "Uganda: financial institutions, SWIFT/BIC codes and licences | Elucidate" description: "49 institutions in Uganda (as at 23 September 2026): 49 hold a SWIFT/BIC code and 0 do not." url: https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ug --- 1. [Directory](https://elucidate.co/directory) 2. [Countries](https://elucidate.co/directory/country) 3. Uganda Country · Sub-Saharan Africa # Uganda Check who the institutions in Uganda are: whether each holds a BIC, which register lists it and whether an LEI is mapped. No tracked register covers Uganda, so every institution listed here holds a BIC. 49 Institutions Active · inactive not published 49 Hold a BIC 100% of institutions — On a tracked register Not covered by a tracked register 21 LEI mapped 43% of institutions 52 BIC codes Head offices and 3 branch codes ### Uganda at a glance Every row is the same 49 institutions, split by one attribute Type - Financial institution 49 · 100% Identification - [BIC only](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?source=bic,noregister&cc=UG) 49 · 100% Regulation level - [Not on a tracked register](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?reg=none&cc=UG) 49 · 100% LEI - LEI mapped 21 · 43% - No LEI mapped 28 · 57% View as table | Attribute | Institutions | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Type | | Financial institution | 49 | 100% | | Identification | | BIC only | 49 | 100% | | Regulation level | | Not on a tracked register | 49 | 100% | | LEI | | LEI mapped | 21 | 43% | | No LEI mapped | 28 | 57% | 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/ug#institutions) [Regulation](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ug#registers) [Groups](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ug#groups) [Payments](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ug#payments) [BIC codes](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ug#bics) ## Institutions in Uganda The first 25 of 49 institutions in Uganda, with or without a BIC: prudentially supervised and larger institutions first. No OFAC or EU listing cites an institution in Uganda. - [Absa Bank Uganda Limited BIC BARCUGKX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Uganda · Not on a tracked register · LEI 213800LMXJM24T7BDV55](https://elucidate.co/directory/absa-bank-uganda-limited-barcugkx) - [Citibank Uganda Limited BIC CITIUGKA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Uganda · Not on a tracked register · LEI 073LKXEKEP6T62NK2G42](https://elucidate.co/directory/citibank-uganda-limited-citiugka) - [Standard Chartered Bank Uganda LTD BIC SCBLUGKA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Uganda · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300W7CNYGJ68XGD27](https://elucidate.co/directory/standard-chartered-bank-uganda-ltd-scblugka) - [Abc Capital Bank Limited BIC ABCFUGKA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Uganda · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/abc-capital-bank-limited-abcfugka) - [Afriland First Bank Uganda Limited BIC CCEIUGKA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Uganda · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/afriland-first-bank-uganda-limited-cceiugka) - [Alt Xchange Limited. BIC ULTXUGK1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Uganda · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/alt-xchange-limited-ultxugk1) - [Bank of Africa - Uganda Ltd. BIC AFRIUGKA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Uganda · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-africa-uganda-ltd-afriugka) - [Bank of Baroda (Uganda) Limited BIC BARBUGKA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Uganda · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900NR8TBMC9P91B16](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-baroda-uganda-limited-barbugka) - [Bank of India (Uganda) LTD BIC BKIDUGKA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Uganda · Not on a tracked register · LEI 9845007E66TG7RF6E276](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-india-uganda-ltd-bkidugka) - [Bank of Uganda BIC UGBAUGKA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Uganda · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300NF1DEFHG8XLQ11](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-uganda-ugbaugka) - [Bank of Uganda BIC UGBAUGKE Financial institution Not on a tracked register Uganda · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-uganda-ugbaugke) - [British American Tobacco Uganda LTD BIC BATSUGK1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Uganda · Not on a tracked register · LEI 2549003T6K5JUHG1O121](https://elucidate.co/directory/british-american-tobacco-uganda-ltd-batsugk1) - [Cairo Bank Uganda BIC CAIEUGKA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Uganda · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/cairo-bank-uganda-caieugka) - [Cellulant Uganda Limited BIC CUGNUGKA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Uganda · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/cellulant-uganda-limited-cugnugka) - [Centenary Rural Development Bank Limited BIC CERBUGK2 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Uganda · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/centenary-rural-development-bank-limited-cerbugk2) - [Centenary Rural Development Bank Limited BIC CERBUGKA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Uganda · Not on a tracked register · LEI 213800MZBUNKN3EE7Q48](https://elucidate.co/directory/centenary-rural-development-bank-limited-cerbugka) - [Co-Operative Bank Ltd.,the BIC COPBUGK1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Uganda · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/co-operative-bank-ltd-the-copbugk1) - [Crane Bank LTD BIC CRANUGK1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Uganda · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/crane-bank-ltd-cranugk1) - [Crested Stocks and Securities Limited BIC CRKSUGK1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Uganda · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900N2GEBVVZ9F7D12](https://elucidate.co/directory/crested-stocks-and-securities-limited-crksugk1) - [Dfcu Bank Limited BIC DFCUUGKA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Uganda · Not on a tracked register · LEI 5493002LY4Z4U13BM368](https://elucidate.co/directory/dfcu-bank-limited-dfcuugka) - [Diamond Trust Bank Uganda Limited BIC DTKEUGKA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Uganda · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900JPXRS3WCA9JE95](https://elucidate.co/directory/diamond-trust-bank-uganda-limited-dtkeugka) - [East African Development Bank BIC AFDEUGKA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Uganda · Not on a tracked register · LEI 894500E3HXI81E315894](https://elucidate.co/directory/east-african-development-bank-afdeugka) - [Ecobank Uganda Limited BIC ECOCUGKA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Uganda · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900HELW4AWCU1ZK81](https://elucidate.co/directory/ecobank-uganda-limited-ecocugka) - [Engiplan Consultants Engineering Consultants and Planner BIC ENCOUGK1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Uganda · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/engiplan-consultants-engineering-consultants-and-planner-encougk1) - [Equity Bank Uganda LTD BIC EQBLUGKA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Uganda · Not on a tracked register · LEI 635400ESKMK8UA8K7O87](https://elucidate.co/directory/equity-bank-uganda-ltd-eqblugka) [See all 49 institutions in Uganda →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=UG) ## Regulation and supervision None of the 22 tracked registers covers Uganda. All 49 institutions listed here hold a BIC; firms licensed only by Uganda’s national authorities are not listed. ## Groups and systemic importance Institutions in Uganda belong to 2 groups on the FSB’s 2025 list of global systemically important banks (G-SIBs). For 8 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=UG&flag=gsib) ### Largest other groups GLEIF consolidation groups, by legal entities (LEIs) in this country | Group | LEIs here | LEIs in the group | | --- | --- | --- | | [Bank of India Limited](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/21380058KMSRJIL8C294) | 1 | 3 | | [Ecobank Transnational Incorporated](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/213800USCE9Y111R4656) | 1 | 29 | | [Standard Bank Group Limited](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/2549003PEZXUT7MDBU41) | 1 | 23 | | [Exim Bank (Tanzania) Limited](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/254900H3WNNKN2MYBQ18) | 1 | 3 | | [Bank of Baroda](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/549300CQ6M9Q0TJEZR23) | 1 | 4 | ### Parents abroad Institutions here by the country of their GLEIF ultimate parent (else direct parent) - [India2](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/in "India: 2") - [South Africa2](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/za "South Africa: 2") - [United Kingdom1](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/gb "United Kingdom: 1") - [Togo1](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/tg "Togo: 1") - [Tanzania1](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/tz "Tanzania: 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 49 institutions in Uganda that hold a BIC, 67.3% 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 - Connected to Swift33 · 67.3% - Reverse billing1 · 2% - Passive participant (no connection)15 · 30.6% 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 - **Swift GPI members, live:** 1 institution [See 1 Swift GPI member →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=UG&flag=gpi) ## All BIC codes in Uganda Look up any of the 52 BIC codes registered in Uganda: the head offices and branch codes of the 49 institutions here that hold a BIC, with their LEIs and flags. [Download the list (JSON)](https://elucidate.co/data/banks/countries/UG.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) [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) [Tanzania](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/tz) [Togo](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/tg) [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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