--- title: "Vatican City: financial institutions, SWIFT/BIC codes and licences | Elucidate" description: "3 institutions in Vatican City (as at 23 September 2026): 3 hold a SWIFT/BIC code and 0 do not." url: https://elucidate.co/directory/country/va --- 1. [Directory](https://elucidate.co/directory) 2. [Countries](https://elucidate.co/directory/country) 3. Vatican City 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. 3 Institutions Active · inactive not published 3 Hold a BIC 100% of institutions — On a tracked register Not covered by a tracked register 2 LEI mapped 67% of institutions 3 BIC codes Head offices and 0 branch codes ### Vatican City at a glance Every row is the same 3 institutions, split by one attribute Type - Financial institution 3 · 100% Identification - [BIC only](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?source=bic,noregister&cc=VA) 3 · 100% Regulation level - [Not on a tracked register](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?reg=none&cc=VA) 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](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/va#institutions) [Regulation](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/va#registers) [Headquartered here](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/va#hq-firms) [Payments](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/va#payments) [BIC codes](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/va#bics) ## 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 institution Not on a tracked register Vatican City · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300D8KGTG7ETFC021](https://elucidate.co/directory/amministrazione-del-patrimonio-della-sede-apostolica-apdevava) - [Istituto Per le Opere di Religione BIC IOPRVAVX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Vatican City · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900E7HZKVQQ4I7325](https://elucidate.co/directory/istituto-per-le-opere-di-religione-ioprvavx) - [Poste Vaticane BIC VATIVAV1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Vatican City · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/poste-vaticane-vativav1) [Filter this list →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=VA) ## 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 business AML registration only United States · Registered with FinCEN (FINCEN-MSB) · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/madalene-clarisse-tiggle-estate-living-trust-4862e6dab703) - [Sinka R Fair Estate · trading as SINKA RENEE FAIR ESTATE, SINKA RENEE FAIR 13482067294, FAIR SINKA RENEE No BIC Money service business AML registration only United States · Registered with FinCEN (FINCEN-MSB) · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/sinka-r-fair-estate-05aa3803d818) [Search by head office: Vatican City →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?hq=VA) ## 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 - Connected to Swift2 · 66.7% - Reverse billing0 · 0% - Passive participant (no connection)1 · 33.3% 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. [Download the list (JSON)](https://elucidate.co/data/banks/countries/VA.json) ## Other countries in Europe & Central Asia The directory has pages for 59 other countries and territories in Europe & Central Asia. [Albania](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/al) [Andorra](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ad) [Armenia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/am) [Austria](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/at) [Azerbaijan](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/az) [Belarus](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/by) [Belgium](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/be) [Bosnia & Herzegovina](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ba) [Bulgaria](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bg) [Croatia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/hr) [Cyprus](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/cy) [Czechia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/cz) [Denmark](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/dk) [Estonia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ee) [Faroe Islands](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/fo) [Finland](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/fi) [France](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/fr) [Georgia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ge) [Germany](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/de) [Gibraltar](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/gi) [Greece](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/gr) [Greenland](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/gl) [Guernsey](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/gg) [Hungary](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/hu) [Iceland](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/is) [Ireland](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ie) [Isle of Man](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/im) [Italy](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/it) [Jersey](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/je) [Kazakhstan](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/kz) [Kosovo](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/xk) [Kyrgyzstan](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/kg) [Latvia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/lv) [Liechtenstein](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/li) [Lithuania](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/lt) [Luxembourg](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/lu) [Moldova](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/md) [Monaco](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/mc) [Montenegro](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/me) [Netherlands](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/nl) [North Macedonia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/mk) [Norway](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/no) [Poland](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/pl) [Portugal](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/pt) [Romania](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ro) [Russia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ru) [San Marino](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/sm) [Serbia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/rs) [Slovakia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/sk) [Slovenia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/si) [Spain](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/es) [Sweden](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/se) [Switzerland](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ch) [Tajikistan](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/tj) [Türkiye](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/tr) [Turkmenistan](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/tm) [Ukraine](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ua) [United Kingdom](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/gb) [Uzbekistan](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/uz) 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 ## 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.