Botswana · Financial institution

Electronic Money Market Depository

BICFIRNBWGXCUS Head-office LEI254900YHIYL96MQAN669 Licence no.Not on a tracked register Head office FIRNBWGXXXX Connected to SwiftThis BIC is registered as a live address on the Swift network. The institution sends and receives Swift messages under FIRNBWGX directly. Treasury & markets Claim this profile

Licences and registrations

Held by the legal entity, not by a branch code

This branch code belongs to the legal entity of First National Bank of Botswana Limited. None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers.

Licences belong to the legal entity. Each applies in the country of the regulator that granted it.

Swift network

Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory

BIC
FIRNBWGXCUS
Head-office BIC
FIRNBWGXXXX
Connection to Swift
Connected to SwiftThis BIC is registered as a live address on the Swift network. The institution sends and receives Swift messages under FIRNBWGX directly.
Swift GPI · FIRNBWGX
Not on the member list
Payment schemes and systems
No entry in the EPC registers, the ECB T2 and TIPS lists or the SIX Bank Master cites this BIC
BIC first registered
2015-09-05
Last updated
2025-09-29

Identifiers

Branch record

BIC
FIRNBWGXCUS
How the BIC breaks down
  1. FIRNBank
  2. BWCountry · Botswana
  3. GXLocation
  4. CUSBranch
Head-office BIC
FIRNBWGXXXX · First National Bank of Botswana Limited
Branch LEI
No LEI mapped to this branch. Head-office LEI: 254900YHIYL96MQAN669

Profile

Branch description
ELECTRONIC MONEY MARKET DEPOSITORY
Function
Treasury & markets
City
Gaborone
Country · region
Botswana · Sub-Saharan Africa
Institution type
Financial institution

Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.

Ownership and group

GLEIF relationship records

Direct parent
Firstrand Bank · South AfricaZAYQDKTCATIXF9OQY690 ↗
Ultimate parent
Firstrand · South Africa529900XYOP8CUZU7R671 ↗

The Firstrand group has 7 institutions in the directory, in 5 countries: all hold a BIC.

Including First National Bank Ghana Limited, Aldermore Bank PLC, Aldermore Bank PLC, Firstrand Securities LTD, Fnb Stockbroking and Portfolio Management (Pty) LTD.

See the Firstrand group →

Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.

Addresses

Branch address
GABORONE GABORONE BOTSWANA
Head-office address
FIRST PLACE, PLOT 54362 CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT GABORONE BOTSWANA

ISO 20022 identification

As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)

A CBPR+ message identifies this branch by its BIC, and may add its LEI or a clearing code. CBPR+ does not allow a name and postal address next to a BIC.

Identified by
BIC, with the head office’s LEI
Roles in CBPR+
Any agent, including the instructing and instructed agents

CBPR+

For cross-border payments on Swift: the BIC, with the LEI and clearing code where known

<FinInstnId>
  <BICFI>FIRNBWGXCUS</BICFI>
  <LEI>254900YHIYL96MQAN669</LEI>
</FinInstnId>

Full record

Every ISO 20022 element the directory holds. Base ISO 20022 allows them together. CBPR+ does not allow a name and address next to a BIC

<FinInstnId>
  <BICFI>FIRNBWGXCUS</BICFI>
  <LEI>254900YHIYL96MQAN669</LEI>
  <Nm>FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOTSWANA LIMITED</Nm>
  <PstlAdr>
    <TwnNm>GABORONE</TwnNm>
    <Ctry>BW</Ctry>
    <AdrLine>GABORONE GABORONE</AdrLine>
  </PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>

No LEI is mapped to this branch BIC. The blocks use the head office’s LEI, which identifies the same legal entity.

The BIC, name and address are as published in Swift’s BIC directory. The LEI comes from the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. Check them against your own records before use.

Where this branch sits

Linked to its head office. No other branch shares a distinctive function, city, address or registration day with it.

Head office FIRNBWGXXXX · FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOTSWANA LIMITED HQ First National Bank of Botswana L… CUS

Sources & method

Every value comes from a public source, such as Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory, GLEIF or the OFAC and EU sanctions lists. Most sources are matched on a BIC or an LEI, not on a name.

Swift GPI membership is matched on names and is indicative. A missing sanctions match does not mean that no listing applies. Always screen against the official lists.

The sanctions facts on this page cover the BIC and its LEI only.

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