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title: "HSBC Continental Europe SWIFT/BIC code HBUKIE2AXXX · Ireland | Elucidate"
description: "In the HSBC G-SIB group (FSB bucket 3). SWIFT/BIC code HBUKIE2AXXX for HSBC Continental Europe, Ireland. Head-office BIC, LEI 21380081EP12LC86CB82."
url: https://elucidate.co/directory/hsbc-continental-europe-hbukie2a
---

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3.  HSBC Continental Europe

Ireland · Financial institution

# HSBC Continental Europe

Legal name in the LEI record HSBC UK BANK PLC

FSB G-SIB list 2025

3

Bucket 3 of 5 · listed since 2011

In a G-SIB group · HSBC

[FSB 2025 list ↗](https://www.fsb.org/2025/11/2025-list-of-global-systemically-important-banks-g-sibs/) [What is a G-SIB? ↗](https://www.fsb.org/work-of-the-fsb/market-and-institutional-resilience/post-2008-financial-crisis-reforms/ending-too-big-to-fail/global-systemically-important-financial-institutions-g-sifis/)

BIC **HBUKIE2AXXX** LEI **[21380081EP12LC86CB82](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/21380081EP12LC86CB82)** Licence no. **Not on a tracked register** Connected to Swift Head-office BIC only [Group: HSBC Holdings PLC](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/MLU0ZO3ML4LN2LL2TL39) [Claim this profile](https://elucidate.co/directory/hsbc-continental-europe-hbukie2a#claim)

## Licences and registrations

Held by the legal entity, not by this BIC

This BIC is mapped to LEI 21380081EP12LC86CB82 (HSBC UK Bank PLC) in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. The legal entity’s page is [HSBC UK Bank PLC (HBUKGB41)](https://elucidate.co/directory/hsbc-uk-bank-plc-hbukgb41). None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers.

The Swift name for this BIC differs from the legal name in GLEIF.

Licences belong to the legal entity. Each applies in the country of the regulator that granted it, not to every BIC that carries the LEI.

## Regulatory status

### FSB · global systemically important banks

2025 list

- **G-SIB:** HSBC
- **Relation:** In a G-SIB groupGLEIF records a G-SIB entity as this legal entity’s ultimate parent. The bucket applies to the group, and membership does not make this entity a bank.
- **Bucket:** 3 of 5 · extra capital buffer 2.0% of risk-weighted assets
- **On the list since:** 2011

## Swift network

Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory

- **BIC:** HBUKIE2AXXX head office
- **Connection to Swift:** Connected to Swift
- **Swift GPI:** 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
- **Branch codes:** None: head-office BIC only
- **Other BICs with this LEI:** [HBUKGB41](https://elucidate.co/directory/hsbc-uk-bank-plc-hbukgb41) · [HBUKGB4B](https://elucidate.co/directory/hsbc-uk-bank-plc-hbukgb4b) · [HBUKGB5P](https://elucidate.co/directory/hsbc-uk-bank-plc-hbukgb5p) · [SMCOGB2L](https://elucidate.co/directory/hsbc-uk-bank-plc-smcogb2l) · [SMCOGB2P](https://elucidate.co/directory/hsbc-uk-bank-plc-smcogb2p)
- **BIC first registered:** 2017-11-25
- **Last updated:** 2023-12-06

## Identifiers

Head-office record

- **BIC:** HBUKIE2AXXX
- **How the BIC breaks down:** 1. HBUK Bank 2. IE Country · Ireland 3. 2A Location 4. XXX Branch · head office
- **Branch description:** Not recorded in the directory
- **LEI:** [21380081EP12LC86CB82](https://elucidate.co/directory/hsbc-uk-bank-plc-hbukgb41)
- **LEI record:** [View on GLEIF ↗](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/21380081EP12LC86CB82)
- **How the LEI was matched:** BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.

## Profile

- **Type:** Financial institution
- **Regulation:** Not on a tracked register
- **Register licences:** None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers
- **Country · region:** Ireland · Europe & Central Asia
- **FSB G-SIB list:** [In a G-SIB group · HSBC](https://elucidate.co/directory/hsbc-continental-europe-hbukie2a#regulatory) list of 2025
- **Banking supervision:** Not on the ECB's list of supervised entities as of 2026-07-01
- **Trading venues (MIC):** No MIC registered under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
- **OFAC sanctions:** No listing cites this BIC
- **EU sanctions:** No listing matched this BIC or its LEI
- **Country sanctions:** No country programme

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.

No licence or registration was found for this entity on the 22 registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.

## Ownership and group

GLEIF relationship records

- **Direct parent:** HSBC Holdings PLC · United Kingdom[MLU0ZO3ML4LN2LL2TL39 ↗](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/MLU0ZO3ML4LN2LL2TL39)
- **FSB G-SIB list:** [In a G-SIB group · HSBC](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/MLU0ZO3ML4LN2LL2TL39) bucket 3 · 2025 list GLEIF records a G-SIB entity as this legal entity’s ultimate parent. The bucket applies to the group, and membership does not make this entity a bank.

The HSBC Holdings PLC group has 118 institutions in the directory, in 46 countries: 117 hold a BIC and 1 does not.

Including [HSBC Bank PLC](https://elucidate.co/directory/hsbc-bank-plc-midlgb22), [The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited](https://elucidate.co/directory/the-hongkong-and-shanghai-banking-corporation-limited-hsbchkhh), [HSBC Continental Europe](https://elucidate.co/directory/hsbc-continental-europe-ccfrfrpp), [The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited](https://elucidate.co/directory/the-hongkong-and-shanghai-banking-corporation-limited-hsbcsgsg), [HSBC Holdings PLC](https://elucidate.co/directory/hsbc-holdings-plc-hsbcgb2l).

[See the HSBC Holdings PLC group →](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/MLU0ZO3ML4LN2LL2TL39)

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

## Addresses

- **Registered address:** 1 GRAND CANAL SQUARE GRAND CANAL HARBOUR DUBLIN 2 IRELAND
- **Operational address:** 1 GRAND CANAL SQUARE DUBLIN DUBLIN IRELAND

## ISO 20022 identification

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

A CBPR+ message identifies this institution 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 its 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

```xml
<FinInstnId>
  <BICFI>HBUKIE2AXXX</BICFI>
  <LEI>21380081EP12LC86CB82</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

```xml
<FinInstnId>
  <BICFI>HBUKIE2AXXX</BICFI>
  <LEI>21380081EP12LC86CB82</LEI>
  <Nm>HSBC CONTINENTAL EUROPE</Nm>
  <PstlAdr>
    <TwnNm>DUBLIN</TwnNm>
    <Ctry>IE</Ctry>
    <AdrLine>1 GRAND CANAL SQUARE GRAND CANAL HARBOUR DUBLIN 2</AdrLine>
  </PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>
```

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.

## Related institutions

### Legal entity

-   [HSBC UK Bank PLC BIC HBUKGB41 Financial institution Not on a tracked register United Kingdom · Not on a tracked register · LEI 21380081EP12LC86CB82](https://elucidate.co/directory/hsbc-uk-bank-plc-hbukgb41)

The page that carries this LEI’s licences and group facts.

### Same legal entity

-   [HSBC UK Bank PLC BIC HBUKGB4B Financial institution Not on a tracked register United Kingdom · Not on a tracked register · LEI 21380081EP12LC86CB82](https://elucidate.co/directory/hsbc-uk-bank-plc-hbukgb4b)
-   [HSBC UK Bank PLC BIC HBUKGB5P Financial institution Not on a tracked register United Kingdom · Not on a tracked register · LEI 21380081EP12LC86CB82](https://elucidate.co/directory/hsbc-uk-bank-plc-hbukgb5p)
-   [HSBC UK Bank PLC BIC SMCOGB2L Financial institution Not on a tracked register United Kingdom · Not on a tracked register · LEI 21380081EP12LC86CB82](https://elucidate.co/directory/hsbc-uk-bank-plc-smcogb2l)
-   [HSBC UK Bank PLC BIC SMCOGB2P Financial institution Not on a tracked register United Kingdom · Not on a tracked register · LEI 21380081EP12LC86CB82](https://elucidate.co/directory/hsbc-uk-bank-plc-smcogb2p)

Other BICs mapped to the same LEI.

### Subsidiaries in the directory

-   [Marks and Spencer Financial Services PLC BIC MSFEGB21 Financial institution Not on a tracked register United Kingdom · Not on a tracked register · LEI 2138009M124EE2Q9ZK29](https://elucidate.co/directory/marks-and-spencer-financial-services-plc-msfegb21)

Entities that GLEIF records with this LEI as their direct parent.

### Same group

-   [HSBC Securities Services (Ireland) Designated Activity Company BIC HSSDIE21 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Ireland · Not on a tracked register · LEI 213800HVF4H4GD6WSK83](https://elucidate.co/directory/hsbc-securities-services-ireland-designated-activity-company-hssdie21)
-   [HSBC Bank PLC BIC MIDLGB22 Credit institution Prudential licence United Kingdom · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI MP6I5ZYZBEU3UXPYFY54](https://elucidate.co/directory/hsbc-bank-plc-midlgb22)
-   [The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited BIC HSBCHKHH Credit institution Prudential licence Hong Kong SAR China · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI 2HI3YI5320L3RW6NJ957](https://elucidate.co/directory/the-hongkong-and-shanghai-banking-corporation-limited-hsbchkhh)
-   [HSBC Continental Europe BIC CCFRFRPP Credit institution Prudential licence France · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI F0HUI1NY1AZMJMD8LP67](https://elucidate.co/directory/hsbc-continental-europe-ccfrfrpp)
-   [HSBC Bank PLC BIC MIDLFRPX Credit institution Prudential licence France · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI 213800WBIA1XFRSKOM97](https://elucidate.co/directory/hsbc-bank-plc-midlfrpx)
-   [HSBC Bank Malta P.L.C. BIC MMEBMTMT Credit institution Prudential licence Malta · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI 549300X34UUBDEUL1Z91](https://elucidate.co/directory/hsbc-bank-malta-p-l-c-mmebmtmt)
-   [HSBC Private Bank (Luxembourg) S.A BIC BLICLULX Credit institution Prudential licence Luxembourg · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI 213800CD235ST4TMNL94](https://elucidate.co/directory/hsbc-private-bank-luxembourg-s-a-bliclulx)
-   [HSBC Bank (China) Company Limited BIC HSBCCNSH Financial institution Not on a tracked register China · Not on a tracked register · LEI 2CZOJRADNJXBLT55G526](https://elucidate.co/directory/hsbc-bank-china-company-limited-hsbccnsh)

[All 118 institutions in the HSBC Holdings PLC group →](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/MLU0ZO3ML4LN2LL2TL39)

### Branch codes filed under this LEI by other BICs

-   [HSBC UK Bank PLC BIC HBUKGB2A Financial institution Not on a tracked register United Kingdom · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/hsbc-uk-bank-plc-hbukgb2a)

HBUKGB2A: 1 branch code

### Same name, different BIC

-   [HSBC Continental Europe BIC HSBCBEBB Credit institution Prudential licence Belgium · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI F0HUI1NY1AZMJMD8LP67](https://elucidate.co/directory/hsbc-continental-europe-hsbcbebb)
-   [HSBC Continental Europe BIC HSBCIE2D Credit institution Prudential licence Ireland · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI F0HUI1NY1AZMJMD8LP67](https://elucidate.co/directory/hsbc-continental-europe-hsbcie2d)
-   [HSBC Continental Europe BIC HSBCLULL Credit institution Prudential licence Luxembourg · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI F0HUI1NY1AZMJMD8LP67](https://elucidate.co/directory/hsbc-continental-europe-hsbclull)
-   [HSBC Continental Europe BIC HSBCNL2A Credit institution Prudential licence Netherlands · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI F0HUI1NY1AZMJMD8LP67](https://elucidate.co/directory/hsbc-continental-europe-hsbcnl2a)
-   [HSBC Continental Europe BIC MIDLCZPP Credit institution Prudential licence Czechia · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI F0HUI1NY1AZMJMD8LP67](https://elucidate.co/directory/hsbc-continental-europe-midlczpp)
-   [HSBC Continental Europe BIC MIDLITMX Credit institution Prudential licence Italy · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI F0HUI1NY1AZMJMD8LP67](https://elucidate.co/directory/hsbc-continental-europe-midlitmx)
-   [HSBC Continental Europe BIC CCFRFRP1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register France · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/hsbc-continental-europe-ccfrfrp1)
-   [HSBC Continental Europe BIC BBDALULX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Luxembourg · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/hsbc-continental-europe-bbdalulx)
-   [HSBC Continental Europe BIC BTDLIE2D Financial institution Not on a tracked register Ireland · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/hsbc-continental-europe-btdlie2d)

### Largest institutions in Ireland

-   [Danske Bank A/S BIC DABAIE2D Financial institution Not on a tracked register Ireland · Not on a tracked register · LEI MAES062Z21O4RZ2U7M96](https://elucidate.co/directory/danske-bank-a-s-dabaie2d)
-   [Citibank Europe PLC BIC CITIIEA1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Ireland · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/citibank-europe-plc-citiiea1)
-   [Citibank Europe PLC BIC CITIIE2X Credit institution Prudential licence Ireland · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI N1FBEDJ5J41VKZLO2475](https://elucidate.co/directory/citibank-europe-plc-citiie2x)
-   [Bank of America Europe Designated Activity Company BIC BOFAIE3X Financial institution Not on a tracked register Ireland · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-america-europe-designated-activity-company-bofaie3x)
-   [Citco Fund Services Ireland Limited BIC CFSHIE2D Financial institution Not on a tracked register Ireland · Not on a tracked register · LEI 635400PJVWAILALN1E67](https://elucidate.co/directory/citco-fund-services-ireland-limited-cfshie2d)
-   [Central Bank of Ireland BIC IRCEIE2D Financial institution Not on a tracked register Ireland · Not on a tracked register · LEI 635400OAUSKT6BT5UZ19](https://elucidate.co/directory/central-bank-of-ireland-irceie2d)
-   [U.S. Bank Europe Designated Activity Company BIC USBKIE22 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Ireland · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/u-s-bank-europe-designated-activity-company-usbkie22)
-   [Zurich Insurance PLC BIC ZURIIE2D Financial institution Not on a tracked register Ireland · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/zurich-insurance-plc-zuriie2d)

[See every BIC in Ireland →](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ie#bics)

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Sources & method

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Credits for this page

-   **Ownership and group**—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.

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