--- title: "Uruguay: financial institutions, SWIFT/BIC codes and licences | Elucidate" description: "39 institutions in Uruguay (as at 23 September 2026): 39 hold a SWIFT/BIC code and 0 do not." url: https://elucidate.co/directory/country/uy --- 1. [Directory](https://elucidate.co/directory) 2. [Countries](https://elucidate.co/directory/country) 3. Uruguay Country · Latin America & Caribbean # Uruguay Check who the institutions in Uruguay are: whether each holds a BIC, which register lists it and whether an LEI is mapped. No tracked register covers Uruguay, so every institution listed here holds a BIC. 39 Institutions Active · inactive not published 39 Hold a BIC 100% of institutions — On a tracked register Not covered by a tracked register 21 LEI mapped 54% of institutions 46 BIC codes Head offices and 7 branch codes ### Uruguay at a glance Every row is the same 39 institutions, split by one attribute Type - Financial institution 38 · 97% - Credit institution 1 · 2.6% Identification - [BIC only](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?source=bic,noregister&cc=UY) 39 · 100% Regulation level - [Prudential licence](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?reg=prudential&cc=UY) 1 · 2.6% - [Not on a tracked register](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?reg=none&cc=UY) 38 · 97% LEI - LEI mapped 21 · 54% - No LEI mapped 18 · 46% View as table | Attribute | Institutions | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Type | | Financial institution | 38 | 97% | | Credit institution | 1 | 2.6% | | Identification | | BIC only | 39 | 100% | | Regulation level | | Prudential licence | 1 | 2.6% | | Not on a tracked register | 38 | 97% | | LEI | | LEI mapped | 21 | 54% | | No LEI mapped | 18 | 46% | 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/uy#institutions) [Sanctions](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/uy#sanctions) [Regulation](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/uy#registers) [Headquartered here](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/uy#hq-firms) [Groups](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/uy#groups) [Payments](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/uy#payments) [BIC codes](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/uy#bics) ## Institutions in Uruguay The first 25 of 39 institutions in Uruguay, with or without a BIC: prudentially supervised and larger institutions first. - [Citibank N.A. Uruguay BIC CITIUYMM Credit institution Prudential licence Uruguay · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI E57ODZWZ7FF32TWEFA76](https://elucidate.co/directory/citibank-n-a-uruguay-citiuymm) - [Banco Central del Uruguay BIC CBCUUYMM Financial institution Not on a tracked register Uruguay · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300DTMS39GZYBX161](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-central-del-uruguay-cbcuuymm) - [Eurocam S.A. BIC CBEUUYMM Financial institution Not on a tracked register Uruguay · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/eurocam-s-a-cbeuuymm) - [Scotiabank Uruguay S. A. BIC COMEUYMM Financial institution Not on a tracked register Uruguay · Not on a tracked register · LEI 54930020E6CBTX7HHT21](https://elucidate.co/directory/scotiabank-uruguay-s-a-comeuymm) - [Afinidad A.F.A.P.S.A. BIC AFAAUYM1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Uruguay · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/afinidad-a-f-a-p-s-a-afaauym1) - [Almar S.A. BIC LMARUYM1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Uruguay · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/almar-s-a-lmaruym1) - [Antel BIC ANTLUYM1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Uruguay · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300AQ9JA86ILNE554](https://elucidate.co/directory/antel-antluym1) - [Banco Bandes Uruguay S.A. BIC CFACUYMM Financial institution Not on a tracked register OFAC SDN · Uruguay · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900A7R1ZPCYRB4A85](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-bandes-uruguay-s-a-cfacuymm) - [Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Uruguay S.A. BIC BBVAUYMM Financial institution Not on a tracked register Uruguay · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900DQYZBJO6RP6D54](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-bilbao-vizcaya-argentaria-uruguay-s-a-bbvauymm) - [Banco Btg Pactual Uruguay S.A BIC BLICUYMM Financial institution Not on a tracked register Uruguay · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300YRMVVWXO9A2F30](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-btg-pactual-uruguay-s-a-blicuymm) - [Banco Central del Uruguay BIC CBCUUYMD Financial institution Not on a tracked register Uruguay · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-central-del-uruguay-cbcuuymd) - [Banco Central del Uruguay BIC CBCUUYMF Financial institution Not on a tracked register Uruguay · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-central-del-uruguay-cbcuuymf) - [Banco de la Nacion Argentina BIC NACNUYMM Financial institution Not on a tracked register Uruguay · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300CN35YG4W2KM746](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-de-la-nacion-argentina-nacnuymm) - [Banco de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay BIC BROUUYMM Financial institution Not on a tracked register Uruguay · Not on a tracked register · LEI 579100IKDIDEFDDIH076](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-de-la-republica-oriental-del-uruguay-brouuymm) - [Banco de Prevision Social BIC BPSOUYM1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Uruguay · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-de-prevision-social-bpsouym1) - [Banco de Seguros del Estado BIC BSEMUYM1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Uruguay · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900PSNKJJUTA92J51](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-de-seguros-del-estado-bsemuym1) - [Banco Hipotecario del Uruguay BIC BHUMUYM1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Uruguay · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-hipotecario-del-uruguay-bhumuym1) - [Banco Itau Uruguay S.A. BIC ITAUUYMM Financial institution Not on a tracked register Uruguay · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300HU8OQS1VTVXN55](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-itau-uruguay-s-a-itauuymm) - [Banco Santander BIC BSCHUYMM Financial institution Not on a tracked register Uruguay · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300T3TP2IYV4PHY98](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-santander-bschuymm) - [Banque Heritage (Uruguay) S.A. BIC SURIUYMM Financial institution Not on a tracked register Uruguay · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900YPIEKHPTLH5D83](https://elucidate.co/directory/banque-heritage-uruguay-s-a-suriuymm) - [Bolsa de Valores de Montevideo S.A. BIC XMNTUYM1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Uruguay · Not on a tracked register · LEI 2549009M1XE833W1X637](https://elucidate.co/directory/bolsa-de-valores-de-montevideo-s-a-xmntuym1) - [Caja de Jubilaciones y Pensiones Bancarias BIC CJPBUYM1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Uruguay · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/caja-de-jubilaciones-y-pensiones-bancarias-cjpbuym1) - [Caja de Profesionales Universitarios BIC CJPPUYM1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Uruguay · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/caja-de-profesionales-universitarios-cjppuym1) - [Caja Notarial de Jubilaciones y Pensiones BIC CJNOUYM1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Uruguay · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/caja-notarial-de-jubilaciones-y-pensiones-cjnouym1) - [Centro Financiero Cooperativo BIC CFCOUYM1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Uruguay · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/centro-financiero-cooperativo-cfcouym1) [See all 39 institutions in Uruguay →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=UY) ## Sanctions The OFAC or EU lists cite 1 institution in Uruguay by BIC or LEI, as at 23 September 2026. Listings are matched on the BIC and its LEI, so they cover the 39 institutions here that hold a BIC. ### Listed institutions Institutions whose BIC or LEI an OFAC or EU listing cites - [Banco Bandes Uruguay S.A. BIC CFACUYMM Financial institution Not on a tracked register OFAC SDN · Uruguay · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900A7R1ZPCYRB4A85](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-bandes-uruguay-s-a-cfacuymm#sanctions) [See 1 listed institution →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=UY&flag=sanctioned) ## Regulation and supervision None of the 22 tracked registers covers Uruguay. All 39 institutions listed here hold a BIC; firms licensed only by Uruguay’s national authorities are not listed. By regulation level: 1 prudentially supervised, 38 not on a tracked register. ## Institutions headquartered here, registered elsewhere Three institutions registered in other countries give Uruguay as their head office. Each counts in the country of its register. - [Bamboo Payment Uruguay S.A. No BIC Money service business AML registration only United States · Registered with FinCEN (FINCEN-MSB) · LEI 984500B82D3DBD7O6A82](https://elucidate.co/directory/bamboo-payment-uruguay-s-a-94a87b64857d) - [Latamsoftware Sas No BIC Money service business AML registration only United States · Registered with FinCEN (FINCEN-MSB) · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/latamsoftware-sas-d51550c3d12b) - [More Money Transfers S.A. No BIC Money service business AML registration only United States · Registered with FinCEN (FINCEN-MSB) · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/more-money-transfers-s-a-bda138bb32b4) [Search by head office: Uruguay →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?hq=UY) ## Groups and systemic importance Institutions in Uruguay belong to 4 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 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 | | [Deutsche Bank](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/7LTWFZYICNSX8D621K86) | 1 | 1 | | [HSBC](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/MLU0ZO3ML4LN2LL2TL39) | 3 | 1 | | [Santander](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/5493006QMFDDMYWIAM13) | 1 | 1 | [See all 4 institutions in G-SIB groups →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=UY&flag=gsib) ### Largest other groups GLEIF consolidation groups, by legal entities (LEIs) in this country | Group | LEIs here | LEIs in the group | | --- | --- | --- | | [Banco Itau Uruguay S.A.](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/549300HU8OQS1VTVXN55) | 2 | 2 | | [Banco de Desarrollo Economico y Social de Venezuela](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/52990049IEUGB01L0409) | 1 | 2 | | [Banco de la Nacion Argentina](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/549300CN35YG4W2KM746) | 1 | 2 | | [Banco De La Provincia De Buenos Aires](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/579100JDDBCKJJEJC067) | 1 | 2 | | [Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Sociedad Anonima](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/K8MS7FD7N5Z2WQ51AZ71) | 1 | 19 | ### Groups headquartered here Largest of 1, by legal entities in the directory | Group | LEIs in the directory | | --- | --- | | [Banco Itau Uruguay S.A.](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/549300HU8OQS1VTVXN55) | 2 | [See all corporate groups →](https://elucidate.co/directory/group) ### Parents abroad Institutions here by the country of their GLEIF ultimate parent (else direct parent) - [Spain2](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/es "Spain: 2") - [Argentina1](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ar "Argentina: 1") - [Canada1](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ca "Canada: 1") - [Germany1](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/de "Germany: 1") - [United Kingdom1](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/gb "United Kingdom: 1") - [United States1](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/us "United States: 1") - [Venezuela1](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ve "Venezuela: 1") GLEIF parents are accounting-consolidation relationships. They do not show ownership shares or control. ## Payments and connectivity Of the 39 institutions in Uruguay that hold a BIC, 38.5% 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 Swift15 · 38.5% - Reverse billing0 · 0% - Passive participant (no connection)24 · 61.5% 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 Uruguay Look up any of the 46 BIC codes registered in Uruguay: the head offices and branch codes of the 39 institutions here that hold a BIC, with their LEIs and flags. [Download the list (JSON)](https://elucidate.co/data/banks/countries/UY.json) ### Where branch codes cluster Branch codes by city, top 3 - Montevideo5 - Colonia1 - Punta Del Este1 ## 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) [El Salvador](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/sv) [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) [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 - **OFAC SDN and consolidated lists**—US Treasury · [source ↗](https://ofac.treasury.gov/sanctions-list-service) published 23 September 2026 - **EU consolidated financial sanctions list**—European Commission generated 22 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. Directory and gpi data are drawn from SWIFT's public sources. SWIFT, Swift gpi and UETR are trademarks of S.W.I.F.T. SC, Avenue Adèle 1, 1310 La Hulpe, Belgium. Elucidate is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by SWIFT or any regulator named here. Elucidate does not provide payment or other financial services.