Country · Sub-Saharan Africa
Zambia
Check who the institutions in Zambia are: whether each holds a BIC, which register lists it and whether an LEI is mapped. No tracked register covers Zambia, so every institution listed here holds a BIC.
Zambia at a glance
Every row is the same 35 institutions, split by one attribute
Type
- Financial institution 32 · 91%
- Non-financial corporate 3 · 8.6%
Identification
- BIC only 35 · 100%
Regulation level
- Not on a tracked register 35 · 100%
LEI
- LEI mapped 14 · 40%
- No LEI mapped 21 · 60%
View as table
| Attribute | Institutions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Type | ||
| Financial institution | 32 | 91% |
| Non-financial corporate | 3 | 8.6% |
| Identification | ||
| BIC only | 35 | 100% |
| Regulation level | ||
| Not on a tracked register | 35 | 100% |
| LEI | ||
| LEI mapped | 14 | 40% |
| No LEI mapped | 21 | 60% |
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 Zambia
The first 25 of 35 institutions in Zambia, with or without a BIC: prudentially supervised and larger institutions first. No OFAC or EU listing cites an institution in Zambia.
- National Savings and Credit Bank of Zambia BIC NSCBZML1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Stanbic Bank Zambia Limited BIC SBICZML1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Absa Bank Zambia PLC BIC BARCZMLX Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Bank of Zambia BIC BAZAZMLU Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Standard Chartered Bank Zambia PLC BIC SCBLZML1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Standard Chartered Bank Zambia PLC BIC SCBLZMLX Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- AB Bank Zambia Ltd. BIC ABBAZMLU Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Access Bank Zambia Limited BIC AZAMZMLU Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Bank of China (Zambia) LTD BIC BKCHZMLU Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Bank of Zambia BIC BAZAZMLA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- British American Tobacco (Zambia) PLC BIC BATSZML1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Citibank Zambia LTD BIC CITIZMLU Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Development Bank of Zambia BIC DEBZZML1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Ecobank Zambia Limited BIC ECOCZMLU Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- First Alliance Bank BIC FALLZMLU Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- First Capital Bank Limited BIC FRCGZMLU Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- First National Bank Zambia Limited BIC FIRNZMLX Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Fx Africa Bureau de Change Zambia LTD BIC FXAFZML1 Non-financial corporateNot on a tracked register
- Indo-Zambia Bank BIC INZAZMLX Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Intermarket Banking Corporation Zambia Limited BIC IDHZZML1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Intermarket Securities (Zambia) Limited BIC INSZZML1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Lusaka Securities Exchange PLC BIC XLUSZML1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Luse Central Share Depository BIC LCSDZML1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Manifold Investment Bank Limited BIC MINVZML1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Meridien Biao Zambia Ltd. BIC MEZAZML1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
Regulation and supervision
None of the 22 tracked registers covers Zambia. All 35 institutions listed here hold a BIC; firms licensed only by Zambia’s national authorities are not listed.
Groups and systemic importance
Institutions in Zambia belong to 3 groups on the FSB’s 2025 list of global systemically important banks (G-SIBs). For 6 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of China | 2 | 1 |
| Citigroup | 3 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ecobank Transnational Incorporated | 1 | 29 |
| Standard Bank Group Limited | 1 | 23 |
| Absa Bank | 1 | 10 |
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 35 institutions in Zambia that hold a BIC, 51.4% 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
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
All BIC codes in Zambia
Look up any of the 46 BIC codes registered in Zambia: the head offices and branch codes of the 35 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 AfricaSouth SudanSt. HelenaSudanTanzaniaTogoUgandaZimbabwe
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
- 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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