Country · Sub-Saharan Africa
South Africa
Check who the institutions in South Africa are: whether each holds a BIC, which register lists it and whether an LEI is mapped. No tracked register covers South Africa, so every institution listed here holds a BIC.
South Africa at a glance
Every row is the same 286 institutions, split by one attribute
Type
- Financial institution 237 · 83%
- Non-financial corporate 42 · 15%
- Credit institution 7 · 2.4%
Identification
- BIC only 286 · 100%
Regulation level
- Prudential licence 7 · 2.4%
- Not on a tracked register 279 · 98%
LEI
- LEI mapped 124 · 43%
- No LEI mapped 162 · 57%
View as table
| Attribute | Institutions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Type | ||
| Financial institution | 237 | 83% |
| Non-financial corporate | 42 | 15% |
| Credit institution | 7 | 2.4% |
| Identification | ||
| BIC only | 286 | 100% |
| Regulation level | ||
| Prudential licence | 7 | 2.4% |
| Not on a tracked register | 279 | 98% |
| LEI | ||
| LEI mapped | 124 | 43% |
| No LEI mapped | 162 | 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 in South Africa
The first 25 of 286 institutions in South Africa, with or without a BIC: prudentially supervised and larger institutions first. No OFAC or EU listing cites an institution in South Africa.
- Citibank South Africa BIC CITIZAJX Credit institutionPrudential licence
- Deutsche Bank AG BIC DEUTZAJX Credit institutionPrudential licence
- Standard Chartered Bank BIC SCBLZAJJ Credit institutionPrudential licence
- Bank of China Limited (Incorporated In China) BIC BKCHZAJJ Credit institutionPrudential licence
- Bank of Communications CO., Ltd. Johannesburg Branch BIC COMMZAJJ Credit institutionPrudential licence
- China Construction Bank Corporation Johannesburg Branch BIC PCBCZAJJ Credit institutionPrudential licence
- Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A. - Johannesburg Branch BIC MGTCZAJJ Credit institutionPrudential licence
- Absa Bank Limited BIC ABSAZAJJ Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Trustlink (Pty) LTD BIC LINKZAJJ Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Firstrand Bank Limited BIC FIRNZAJJ Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Pepkor Trading (Pty) LTD BIC PEPKZAJC Non-financial corporateNot on a tracked register
- The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited BIC SBZAZAJJ Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Jse Limited BIC XJSEZAJJ Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Nedgroup Securities (Pty) LTD BIC NBOEZAJ2 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Otto1890 Securities (Pty) LTD BIC SFPSZAJJ Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Strate (Pty) LTD BIC STRAZAJJ Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Computershare Proprietary Limited BIC CSEVZAJJ Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- J.P. Morgan Equities South Africa Proprietary Limited BIC JPMEZAJJ Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- South African Breweries LTD BIC SABMZAJ1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Andisa Capital (Pty) LTD BIC ANDSZAJJ Non-financial corporateNot on a tracked register
- Nedbank Limited BIC NEDSZAJJ Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Samsung Electronics South Africa (Pty) Ltd. BIC SECTZAJ1 Non-financial corporateNot on a tracked register
- The Cape Town Stock Exchange Proprietary Limited BIC AFEPZAJ2 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- The Government of the Rsa In Its National Treasury BIC TALMZAJP Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- 4ax Nominees Rf Pty LTD BIC NOPYZAJ2 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
Regulation and supervision
None of the 22 tracked registers covers South Africa. All 286 institutions listed here hold a BIC; firms licensed only by South Africa’s national authorities are not listed. By regulation level: 7 prudentially supervised, 279 not on a tracked register.
ECB banking supervision
Significant institutions
The ECB list of supervised entities covers 1 institution here that hold a BIC: 1 significant, supervised directly by the ECB, and 0 less significant.
See 1 ECB-supervised institution →Institutions headquartered here, registered elsewhere
Four institutions registered in other countries give South Africa as their head office. Each counts in the country of its register.
- Notion Payments LTD No BIC CryptoMoney service businessAML registration only
- Nova EX (PTY) LTD No BIC Money service businessAML registration only
- Quickerpayments No BIC CryptoMoney service businessAML registration only
- Triumph Alliance Inc No BIC Money service businessAML registration only
Groups and systemic importance
Institutions in South Africa belong to 9 groups on the FSB’s 2025 list of global systemically important banks (G-SIBs). GLEIF records the head office of 11 corporate groups in the directory here. For 16 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 | 3 | 2 |
| Goldman Sachs | 2 | 2 |
| JP Morgan Chase | 4 | 2 |
| Bank of America | 3 | 1 |
| Bank of China | 2 | 1 |
| Bank of Communications (BoCom) | 1 | 1 |
| China Construction Bank | 2 | 1 |
| Deutsche Bank | 1 | 1 |
| Standard Chartered | 1 | 1 |
Largest other groups
GLEIF consolidation groups, by legal entities (LEIs) in this country
| Group | LEIs here | LEIs in the group |
|---|---|---|
| Standard Bank Group Limited | 4 | 23 |
| Investec Limited | 3 | 4 |
| Sanlam Limited | 3 | 5 |
| South African Reserve Bank | 3 | 3 |
| Nedbank Group Limited | 2 | 3 |
Groups headquartered here
Largest of 11, by legal entities in the directory
| Group | LEIs in the directory |
|---|---|
| Standard Bank Group Limited | 23 |
| Absa Bank | 10 |
| Firstrand | 6 |
| Sanlam Limited | 5 |
| Investec Limited | 4 |
Parents abroad
Institutions here by the country of their GLEIF ultimate parent (else direct parent)
GLEIF parents are accounting-consolidation relationships. They do not show ownership shares or control.
Payments and connectivity
Of the 286 institutions in South Africa that hold a BIC, 47.2% are connected to Swift and 7 are Swift GPI members, 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
- Swift GPI members
- 7 institutions
- Swift GPI members, live
- 7 institutions
Trading venues
18 live market identifier codes (ISO 10383) operated by institutions here, by category
All BIC codes in South Africa
Look up any of the 417 BIC codes registered in South Africa: the head offices and branch codes of the 286 institutions here that hold a BIC, with their LEIs and flags.
Where branch codes cluster
Branch codes by city, top 8
Other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
The directory has pages for 50 other countries and territories in Sub-Saharan Africa.
AngolaBeninBotswanaBurkina FasoBurundiCameroonCape VerdeCentral African RepublicChadComorosCongo - BrazzavilleCongo - KinshasaCôte d’IvoireEquatorial GuineaEritreaEswatiniEthiopiaGabonGambiaGhanaGuineaGuinea-BissauKenyaLesothoLiberiaMadagascarMalawiMaliMauritaniaMauritiusMayotteMozambiqueNamibiaNigerNigeriaRéunionRwandaSão Tomé & PríncipeSenegalSeychellesSierra LeoneSomaliaSouth SudanSt. HelenaSudanTanzaniaTogoUgandaZambiaZimbabwe
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
- ECB list of supervised entities · ECB ↗ published 20 August 2026
- FSB 2025 list of global systemically important banks · FSB ↗ published 27 November 2025
- GLEIF relationship records (Level 2)—accounting consolidation as reported to GLEIF · about Level 2 data ↗ as at 25 September 2026
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