--- title: "Mizuho Bank, Ltd. Sydney Branch SWIFT/BIC code MHCBAU2SXXX · Australia | Elucidate" description: "FSB global systemically important bank (G-SIB), bucket 1 of 5. SWIFT/BIC code MHCBAU2SXXX for Mizuho Bank, Ltd. Sydney Branch, Australia. Head-office BIC." url: https://elucidate.co/directory/mizuho-bank-ltd-sydney-branch-mhcbau2s --- 1. [Directory](https://elucidate.co/directory) 2. [Australia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/au) 3. Mizuho Bank, Ltd. Sydney Branch ![MIZUHO BANK, LTD. SYDNEY BRANCH logo](https://elucidate.co/images/banks/4a/4aaa9022503a62fc.webp) Australia · Credit institution # Mizuho Bank, Ltd. Sydney Branch Legal name in the LEI record 株式会社みずほ銀行 FSB G-SIB list 2025 1 Bucket 1 of 5 · listed since 2011 Main operating bank of a G-SIB · Mizuho FG [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 **MHCBAU2SXXX** LEI **[RB0PEZSDGCO3JS6CEU02](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/RB0PEZSDGCO3JS6CEU02)** Licence no. **Not on a tracked register** Connected to Swift [Global systemically important bank · bucket **1**](https://elucidate.co/directory/mizuho-bank-ltd-sydney-branch-mhcbau2s#regulatory) Market operator · MIC **MHBP** Head-office BIC only [Group: Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/353800CI5L6DDAN5XZ33) [Claim this profile](https://elucidate.co/directory/mizuho-bank-ltd-sydney-branch-mhcbau2s#claim) ## Licences and registrations Held by the legal entity, not by this BIC This BIC is mapped to LEI RB0PEZSDGCO3JS6CEU02 (株式会社みずほ銀行) in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. The legal entity’s page is [Mizuho Bank LTD (MHCBINBB)](https://elucidate.co/directory/mizuho-bank-ltd-mhcbinbb). 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:** Mizuho FG - **Relation:** Main operating bank of a G-SIBThe G-SIB group’s principal bank, as identified by Elucidate from the FSB list and GLEIF. - **Bucket:** 1 of 5 · extra capital buffer 1.0% of risk-weighted assets - **On the list since:** 2011 ## Swift network Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory - **BIC:** MHCBAU2SXXX 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:** [MHCBINBB](https://elucidate.co/directory/mizuho-bank-ltd-mhcbinbb) · [MHCBTWTP](https://elucidate.co/directory/mizuho-bank-ltd-taipei-branch-mhcbtwtp) · [MHCBJPJT](https://elucidate.co/directory/mizuho-bank-ltd-mhcbjpjt) · [MHCBVNVX](https://elucidate.co/directory/mizuho-bank-ltd-hanoi-branch-mhcbvnvx) · [MHCBSGSG](https://elucidate.co/directory/mizuho-bank-ltd-singapore-branch-mhcbsgsg) · [MHCBMMMY](https://elucidate.co/directory/mizuho-bank-ltd-yangon-branch-mhcbmmmy) +6 more - **BIC first registered:** 2002-06-01 - **Last updated:** 2022-02-14 ## Identifiers Head-office record - **BIC:** MHCBAU2SXXX - **How the BIC breaks down:** 1. MHCB Bank 2. AU Country · Australia 3. 2S Location 4. XXX Branch · head office - **Branch description:** Not recorded in the directory - **LEI:** [RB0PEZSDGCO3JS6CEU02](https://elucidate.co/directory/mizuho-bank-ltd-mhcbinbb) - **LEI record:** [View on GLEIF ↗](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/RB0PEZSDGCO3JS6CEU02) - **How the LEI was matched:** BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file. ## Profile - **Type:** Credit institution - **Regulation:** Prudentially supervised (FSB G-SIB list) - **Register licences:** None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers - **Country · region:** Australia · East Asia & Pacific - **FSB G-SIB list:** [Bucket 1 of 5](https://elucidate.co/directory/mizuho-bank-ltd-sydney-branch-mhcbau2s#regulatory) list of 2025 - **Trading venues (MIC):** [Operates MIC MHBP](https://elucidate.co/directory/mizuho-bank-ltd-sydney-branch-mhcbau2s#markets) 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 - **Founded:** 2002 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:** Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. · Japan[353800CI5L6DDAN5XZ33 ↗](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/353800CI5L6DDAN5XZ33) - **FSB G-SIB list:** [Main operating bank of a G-SIB · Mizuho FG](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/353800CI5L6DDAN5XZ33) bucket 1 · 2025 list The G-SIB group’s principal bank, as identified by Elucidate from the FSB list and GLEIF. The Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. group has 37 institutions in the directory, in 24 countries: all hold a BIC. Including [Mizuho Bank Europe N.V.](https://elucidate.co/directory/mizuho-bank-europe-n-v-mhcbnl2a), [Mizuho Bank Europe N.V. Paris Branch](https://elucidate.co/directory/mizuho-bank-europe-n-v-paris-branch-mhcbfrpp), [Mizuho Bank Europe N.V. Frankfurt Branch](https://elucidate.co/directory/mizuho-bank-europe-n-v-frankfurt-branch-mhcbdedd), [Mizuho Bank Seoul Branch](https://elucidate.co/directory/mizuho-bank-seoul-branch-mhcbkrse), [Mizuho Bank, Ltd. London Branch](https://elucidate.co/directory/mizuho-bank-ltd-london-branch-mhcbgb2l). [See the Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. group →](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/353800CI5L6DDAN5XZ33) Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control. ## Addresses - **Registered address:** 60 MARTIN PLACE FLOOR 29 SYDNEY 2000 4090 AUSTRALIA - **Operational address:** 60 MARTIN PLACE FLOOR 29 SYDNEY SYDNEY 2000 AUSTRALIA ## 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 MHCBAU2SXXX RB0PEZSDGCO3JS6CEU02 ``` ### 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 MHCBAU2SXXX RB0PEZSDGCO3JS6CEU02 MIZUHO BANK, LTD. SYDNEY BRANCH SYDNEY AU 60 MARTIN PLACE FLOOR 29 SYDNEY 2000 4090 ``` 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. ## Market identifiers One trading venue or reporting service run under this LEI list of 2026-09-17 | MIC | Market | Kind | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | MHBP | MIZUHO BANK LTD. - PARIS BRANCH | Operating MIC | Systematic internaliser | ## About From Wikidata, matched on this institution's BIC or LEI ![The Otemachi Tower](https://elucidate.co/images/banks/2f/2fa3f9b7e22b9792.webp) Photo: Gungun01 · [CC BY-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) · [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Otemachi_Tower.JPG) · [original](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/The_Otemachi_Tower.JPG/960px-The_Otemachi_Tower.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - **Founded:** 2002 - **Headquarters:** Otemachi Tower - **Website:** [mizuhobank.co.jp/index.html ↗](https://www.mizuhobank.co.jp/index.html) - **Parent organisation:** [Mizuho Financial Group ↗](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q166621) - **Wikipedia:** [Mizuho Bank ↗](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mizuho_Bank) - **Wikidata:** [Q2882956 ↗](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2882956) ## Related institutions ### Legal entity - [Mizuho Bank LTD BIC MHCBINBB Credit institution Prudential licence India · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI RB0PEZSDGCO3JS6CEU02](https://elucidate.co/directory/mizuho-bank-ltd-mhcbinbb) The page that carries this LEI’s licences and group facts. ### Same legal entity - [Mizuho Bank Ltd. Taipei Branch BIC MHCBTWTP Credit institution Prudential licence Taiwan · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI RB0PEZSDGCO3JS6CEU02](https://elucidate.co/directory/mizuho-bank-ltd-taipei-branch-mhcbtwtp) - [Mizuho Bank, Ltd. BIC MHCBJPJT Credit institution Prudential licence Japan · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI RB0PEZSDGCO3JS6CEU02](https://elucidate.co/directory/mizuho-bank-ltd-mhcbjpjt) - [Mizuho Bank, Ltd. - Hanoi Branch BIC MHCBVNVX Credit institution Prudential licence Vietnam · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI RB0PEZSDGCO3JS6CEU02](https://elucidate.co/directory/mizuho-bank-ltd-hanoi-branch-mhcbvnvx) - [Mizuho Bank Ltd., Singapore Branch BIC MHCBSGSG Credit institution Prudential licence Singapore · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI RB0PEZSDGCO3JS6CEU02](https://elucidate.co/directory/mizuho-bank-ltd-singapore-branch-mhcbsgsg) - [Mizuho Bank, LTD (Yangon Branch) BIC MHCBMMMY Credit institution Prudential licence Myanmar (Burma) · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI RB0PEZSDGCO3JS6CEU02](https://elucidate.co/directory/mizuho-bank-ltd-yangon-branch-mhcbmmmy) - [Mizuho Bank, Ltd. Hong Kong Branch BIC MHCBHKHH Credit institution Prudential licence Hong Kong SAR China · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI RB0PEZSDGCO3JS6CEU02](https://elucidate.co/directory/mizuho-bank-ltd-hong-kong-branch-mhcbhkhh) - [Mizuho Bank, Ltd. Manila Branch BIC MHCBPHMM Credit institution Prudential licence Philippines · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI RB0PEZSDGCO3JS6CEU02](https://elucidate.co/directory/mizuho-bank-ltd-manila-branch-mhcbphmm) - [Mizuho Bank, Ltd. New York Branch BIC MHCBUS33 Credit institution Prudential licence United States · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI RB0PEZSDGCO3JS6CEU02](https://elucidate.co/directory/mizuho-bank-ltd-new-york-branch-mhcbus33) - [Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Bangkok Branch BIC MHCBTHBK Credit institution Prudential licence Thailand · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI RB0PEZSDGCO3JS6CEU02](https://elucidate.co/directory/mizuho-bank-ltd-bangkok-branch-mhcbthbk) - [Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Canada Branch BIC MHCBCATT Credit institution Prudential licence Canada · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI RB0PEZSDGCO3JS6CEU02](https://elucidate.co/directory/mizuho-bank-ltd-canada-branch-mhcbcatt) - [Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Labuan Branch BIC MHCBMY2L Credit institution Prudential licence Malaysia · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI RB0PEZSDGCO3JS6CEU02](https://elucidate.co/directory/mizuho-bank-ltd-labuan-branch-mhcbmy2l) Other BICs mapped to the same LEI. ### Subsidiaries in the directory - [Mizuho Bank Europe N.V. BIC MHCBNL2A Credit institution Prudential licence Netherlands · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI 724500ZSA7ZOZHUXBS53](https://elucidate.co/directory/mizuho-bank-europe-n-v-mhcbnl2a) - [Mizuho Bank (China),ltd. BIC MHCBCNSH Financial institution Not on a tracked register China · Not on a tracked register · LEI 300300C1056431000059](https://elucidate.co/directory/mizuho-bank-china-ltd-mhcbcnsh) - [Ao Mizuho Bank (Moscow) BIC MHCCRUMM Financial institution Not on a tracked register Country under broad sanctions · Russia · Not on a tracked register · LEI 253400MU9A9LV5V2DT37](https://elucidate.co/directory/ao-mizuho-bank-moscow-mhccrumm) - [Banco Mizuho do Brasil S.A. BIC MHCBBRSP Financial institution Not on a tracked register Brazil · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300PIL6WWOVND8E73](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-mizuho-do-brasil-s-a-mhcbbrsp) - [Bank Mizuho Indonesia, Pt BIC MHCCIDJA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Indonesia · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300ODYYY8HGVS6190](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-mizuho-indonesia-pt-mhccidja) - [Mizuho Americas LLC BIC MALZUS33 Financial institution Not on a tracked register United States · Not on a tracked register · LEI 2549000PIDVVMQ04Q334](https://elucidate.co/directory/mizuho-americas-llc-malzus33) - [Mizuho Bank Mexico, S.A., Institucion de Banca Multple BIC MHBMMXMM Financial institution Not on a tracked register Mexico · Not on a tracked register · LEI 4469000001BJ30Z4YI41](https://elucidate.co/directory/mizuho-bank-mexico-s-a-institucion-de-banca-multple-mhbmmxmm) Entities that GLEIF records with this LEI as their direct parent. ### Same group - [Mizuho Bank Europe N.V. Frankfurt Branch BIC MHCBDEDD Credit institution Prudential licence Germany · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI 549300VHOWSD9OG7S547](https://elucidate.co/directory/mizuho-bank-europe-n-v-frankfurt-branch-mhcbdedd) - [Mizuho Bank Seoul Branch BIC MHCBKRSE Credit institution Prudential licence South Korea · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI 988400JA8GW5JM9DFW54](https://elucidate.co/directory/mizuho-bank-seoul-branch-mhcbkrse) - [Mizuho Bank, Ltd. London Branch BIC MHCBGB2L Credit institution Prudential licence United Kingdom · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI 549300IJV8X2BVHFN697](https://elucidate.co/directory/mizuho-bank-ltd-london-branch-mhcbgb2l) - [Mizuho Markets Americas LLC BIC MMALUS33 Financial institution Not on a tracked register United States · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300Y6K4T3QBM4LN29](https://elucidate.co/directory/mizuho-markets-americas-llc-mmalus33) - [Mizuho Capital Markets LLC BIC FCMCUS33 Financial institution Not on a tracked register United States · Not on a tracked register · LEI OV6W8S6QX2D1J857QP30](https://elucidate.co/directory/mizuho-capital-markets-llc-fcmcus33) - [Mizuho International PLC BIC IBJIGB2L Financial institution Not on a tracked register United Kingdom · Not on a tracked register · LEI 213800HZ54TG54H2KV03](https://elucidate.co/directory/mizuho-international-plc-ibjigb2l) - [Mizuho Markets Cayman LP BIC MMCLKYKY Financial institution Not on a tracked register Cayman Islands · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300KHUXLS6Q30KT26](https://elucidate.co/directory/mizuho-markets-cayman-lp-mmclkyky) - [Asset Management One CO., Ltd. BIC DIAMJPJ2 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Japan · Not on a tracked register · LEI 353800W1OIEECTMQKP02](https://elucidate.co/directory/asset-management-one-co-ltd-diamjpj2) [All 37 institutions in the Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. group →](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/353800CI5L6DDAN5XZ33) ### Largest institutions in Australia - [BNP Paribas Australia BIC PARBAUS1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Australia · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/bnp-paribas-australia-parbaus1) - [Austraclear Limited BIC ACLRAU2S Financial institution Not on a tracked register Australia · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300SW1A0SWG24LO05](https://elucidate.co/directory/austraclear-limited-aclrau2s) - [Bank of China Limited, Sydney Branch BIC BKCHAU2S Credit institution Prudential licence Australia · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI 54930053HGCFWVHYZX42](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-china-limited-sydney-branch-bkchau2s) - [Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N. A. - Sydney Branch BIC CHASAU2X Credit institution Prudential licence Australia · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI 7H6GLXDRUGQFU57RNE97](https://elucidate.co/directory/jpmorgan-chase-bank-n-a-sydney-branch-chasau2x) - [National Australia Bank Limited BIC NATAAU33 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Australia · Not on a tracked register · LEI F8SB4JFBSYQFRQEH3Z21](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-australia-bank-limited-nataau33) - [Bank of China (Australia) Limited BIC BKCHAU2A Financial institution Not on a tracked register Australia · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300WTHUV5DF3HHH67](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-china-australia-limited-bkchau2a) - [Etfs Management (Aus) Limited BIC ETMAAU21 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Australia · Not on a tracked register · LEI 213800PL6I726XOBAO45](https://elucidate.co/directory/etfs-management-aus-limited-etmaau21) - [Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited BIC ANZBAU3M Financial institution Not on a tracked register Australia · Not on a tracked register · LEI JHE42UYNWWTJB8YTTU19](https://elucidate.co/directory/australia-and-new-zealand-banking-group-limited-anzbau3m) [See every BIC in Australia →](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/au#bics) Claim this profile ## Work at Mizuho Bank, Ltd. Sydney Branch? Claim this page to have it marked as verified by the bank, and to send us corrections. We verify every claim before anything changes on the page. 1. 01 **Submit** Tell us who you are, using your work email. 2. 02 **We verify** We check the email domain and confirm your role with the bank. This usually takes up to five business days. 3. 03 **Profile claimed** The page is marked as claimed and verified. You can send us corrections at any time. 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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