Country · Europe & Central Asia
Vatican City
Check who the institutions in Vatican City are: whether each holds a BIC, which register lists it and whether an LEI is mapped. No tracked register covers Vatican City, so every institution listed here holds a BIC.
Vatican City at a glance
Every row is the same 3 institutions, split by one attribute
Type
- Financial institution 3 · 100%
Identification
- BIC only 3 · 100%
Regulation level
- Not on a tracked register 3 · 100%
LEI
- LEI mapped 2 · 67%
- No LEI mapped 1 · 33%
View as table
| Attribute | Institutions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Type | ||
| Financial institution | 3 | 100% |
| Identification | ||
| BIC only | 3 | 100% |
| Regulation level | ||
| Not on a tracked register | 3 | 100% |
| LEI | ||
| LEI mapped | 2 | 67% |
| No LEI mapped | 1 | 33% |
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 Vatican City
All 3 institutions in Vatican City, with or without a BIC: prudentially supervised and larger institutions first. No OFAC or EU listing cites an institution in Vatican City.
- Amministrazione del Patrimonio della Sede Apostolica BIC APDEVAVA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Istituto Per le Opere di Religione BIC IOPRVAVX Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Poste Vaticane BIC VATIVAV1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
Regulation and supervision
None of the 22 tracked registers covers Vatican City. All 3 institutions listed here hold a BIC; firms licensed only by Vatican City’s national authorities are not listed.
Institutions headquartered here, registered elsewhere
Two institutions registered in other countries give Vatican City as their head office. Each counts in the country of its register.
- Madalene Clarisse Tiggle Estate Living Trust · trading as MCT Estate Living Trust, MCTELT, Cesti Que Vie Trust-14569075220 (dissolved), Madalene Clarisse Tigg No BIC Money service businessAML registration only
- Sinka R Fair Estate · trading as SINKA RENEE FAIR ESTATE, SINKA RENEE FAIR 13482067294, FAIR SINKA RENEE No BIC Money service businessAML registration only
Payments and connectivity
Of the 3 institutions in Vatican City that hold a BIC, 66.7% are connected to Swift, 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
- Reachable in a SEPA scheme
- 1 institution
All BIC codes in Vatican City
Look up any of the 3 BIC codes registered in Vatican City: the head offices and branch codes of the 3 institutions here that hold a BIC, with their LEIs and flags.
Other countries in Europe & Central Asia
The directory has pages for 59 other countries and territories in Europe & Central Asia.
AlbaniaAndorraArmeniaAustriaAzerbaijanBelarusBelgiumBosnia & HerzegovinaBulgariaCroatiaCyprusCzechiaDenmarkEstoniaFaroe IslandsFinlandFranceGeorgiaGermanyGibraltarGreeceGreenlandGuernseyHungaryIcelandIrelandIsle of ManItalyJerseyKazakhstanKosovoKyrgyzstanLatviaLiechtensteinLithuaniaLuxembourgMoldovaMonacoMontenegroNetherlandsNorth MacedoniaNorwayPolandPortugalRomaniaRussiaSan MarinoSerbiaSlovakiaSloveniaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandTajikistanTürkiyeTurkmenistanUkraineUnited KingdomUzbekistan
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
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