Afghanistan · Financial institution

Ghazanfar Bank, branch ISW

BICGHBKAFKAISW Head-office LEI254900Y3EY4IX3ZVRH77 Licence no.Not on a tracked register Head office GHBKAFKAXXX Connected to SwiftThis BIC is registered as a live address on the Swift network. The institution sends and receives Swift messages under GHBKAFKA directly. 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 Ghazanfar Bank. 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
GHBKAFKAISW
Head-office BIC
GHBKAFKAXXX
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 GHBKAFKA directly.
Swift GPI · GHBKAFKA
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
2013-01-05
Last updated
2025-09-17

Identifiers

Branch record

BIC
GHBKAFKAISW
How the BIC breaks down
  1. GHBKBank
  2. AFCountry · Afghanistan
  3. KALocation
  4. ISWBranch
Head-office BIC
GHBKAFKAXXX · Ghazanfar Bank
Branch LEI
No LEI mapped to this branch. Head-office LEI: 254900Y3EY4IX3ZVRH77

Profile

Branch description
Not recorded in the directory
Function
Not stated in the description
City
Kabul
Country · region
Afghanistan · South Asia
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

GLEIF’s relationship records name no parent for this LEI, and no group page is published for it.

Addresses

Branch address
KABUL KABUL AFGHANISTAN
Head-office address
MAIN ROAD WAZIR AKBAR KHAN 16 866,SHER PUR SQUARE KABUL 25000 AFGHANISTAN

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>GHBKAFKAISW</BICFI>
  <LEI>254900Y3EY4IX3ZVRH77</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>GHBKAFKAISW</BICFI>
  <LEI>254900Y3EY4IX3ZVRH77</LEI>
  <Nm>GHAZANFAR BANK</Nm>
  <PstlAdr>
    <TwnNm>KABUL</TwnNm>
    <Ctry>AF</Ctry>
    <AdrLine>KABUL KABUL</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 GHBKAFKAXXX · GHAZANFAR BANK HQ Ghazanfar Bank ISW

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.

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