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title: "National Bank of Kuwait (S.a.k.). SWIFT/BIC code NBOKAEADXXX · United Arab Emirates | Elucidate"
description: "SWIFT/BIC code NBOKAEADXXX for National Bank of Kuwait (S.a.k.)., United Arab Emirates. Head-office BIC, LEI 549300NB7FE83IH6BW96."
url: https://elucidate.co/directory/national-bank-of-kuwait-s-a-k-nbokaead
---
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United Arab Emirates · Financial institution
# National Bank of Kuwait (S.a.k.).
Legal name in the LEI record بنك الكويت الوطني / مساهمة العامة
BIC **NBOKAEADXXX** LEI **[549300NB7FE83IH6BW96](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/549300NB7FE83IH6BW96)** Licence no. **Not on a tracked register** Connected to Swift Head-office BIC only [Group: National Bank of Kuwait Sakp](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/549300NB7FE83IH6BW96) [Claim this profile](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-bank-of-kuwait-s-a-k-nbokaead#claim)
## Licences and registrations
Held by the legal entity, not by this BIC
This BIC is mapped to LEI 549300NB7FE83IH6BW96 (بنك الكويت الوطني / مساهمة العامة) in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. The legal entity’s page is [National Bank of Kuwait S.A.K.P Bahrain Branch (NBOKBHBM)](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-bank-of-kuwait-s-a-k-p-bahrain-branch-nbokbhbm). 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.
## Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- **BIC:** NBOKAEADXXX 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:** [NBOKBHBM](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-bank-of-kuwait-s-a-k-p-bahrain-branch-nbokbhbm) · [NBOKSGSG](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-bank-of-kuwait-s-a-k-p-nboksgsg) · [NBOKKWKW](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-bank-of-kuwait-s-a-k-p-nbokkwkw) · [NBOKCNSH](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-bank-of-kuwait-s-a-k-p-shanghai-branch-nbokcnsh) · [NBOKUS33](https://elucidate.co/directory/the-national-bank-of-kuwait-s-a-k-p-nbokus33)
- **BIC first registered:** 2008-04-19
- **Last updated:** 2022-02-14
## Identifiers
Head-office record
- **BIC:** NBOKAEADXXX
- **How the BIC breaks down:** 1. NBOK Bank 2. AE Country · United Arab Emirates 3. AD Location 4. XXX Branch · head office
- **Branch description:** Not recorded in the directory
- **LEI:** [549300NB7FE83IH6BW96](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-bank-of-kuwait-s-a-k-p-bahrain-branch-nbokbhbm)
- **LEI record:** [View on GLEIF ↗](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/549300NB7FE83IH6BW96)
- **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:** United Arab Emirates · Middle East & North Africa
- **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
The National Bank of Kuwait Sakp group has 14 institutions in the directory, in 13 countries: all hold a BIC.
Including [National Bank of Kuwait France SA](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-bank-of-kuwait-france-sa-nbokfrpp), [National Bank of Kuwait - Egypt](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-bank-of-kuwait-egypt-wabaegcx), [National Bank of Kuwait (International) PLC](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-bank-of-kuwait-international-plc-nbokgb2l), [Boubyan Bank (K.S.C)](https://elucidate.co/directory/boubyan-bank-k-s-c-bbynkwkw), [National Bank of Kuwait](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-bank-of-kuwait-nboksaje).
[See the National Bank of Kuwait Sakp group →](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/549300NB7FE83IH6BW96)
Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
## Addresses
- **Registered address:** SHEIKH ZAYED ROAD DUBAI UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
- **Operational address:** ACICO BUSINESS PARK SHEIKH RASHED ROAD DUBAI DUBAI UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
## 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
NBOKAEADXXX
549300NB7FE83IH6BW96
```
### 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
NBOKAEADXXX
549300NB7FE83IH6BW96
NATIONAL BANK OF KUWAIT (S.A.K.).
DUBAI
AE
SHEIKH ZAYED ROAD DUBAI
```
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
- [National Bank of Kuwait S.A.K.P Bahrain Branch BIC NBOKBHBM Financial institution Not on a tracked register Bahrain · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300NB7FE83IH6BW96](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-bank-of-kuwait-s-a-k-p-bahrain-branch-nbokbhbm)
The page that carries this LEI’s licences and group facts.
### Same legal entity
- [National Bank of Kuwait S.A.K.P BIC NBOKSGSG Financial institution Not on a tracked register Singapore · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300NB7FE83IH6BW96](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-bank-of-kuwait-s-a-k-p-nboksgsg)
- [National Bank of Kuwait S.A.K.P. BIC NBOKKWKW Financial institution Not on a tracked register Kuwait · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300NB7FE83IH6BW96](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-bank-of-kuwait-s-a-k-p-nbokkwkw)
- [National Bank of Kuwait S.A.K.P., Shanghai Branch BIC NBOKCNSH Financial institution Not on a tracked register China · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300NB7FE83IH6BW96](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-bank-of-kuwait-s-a-k-p-shanghai-branch-nbokcnsh)
- [The National Bank of Kuwait S.A.K.P BIC NBOKUS33 Financial institution Not on a tracked register United States · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300NB7FE83IH6BW96](https://elucidate.co/directory/the-national-bank-of-kuwait-s-a-k-p-nbokus33)
Other BICs mapped to the same LEI.
### Subsidiaries in the directory
- [National Bank of Kuwait France SA BIC NBOKFRPP Credit institution Prudential licence France · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI 9695000M4QHI54ZNC885](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-bank-of-kuwait-france-sa-nbokfrpp)
- [National Bank of Kuwait - Egypt BIC WABAEGCX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Egypt · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300SO6THYI3S78O95](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-bank-of-kuwait-egypt-wabaegcx)
- [National Bank of Kuwait (International) PLC BIC NBOKGB2L Financial institution Not on a tracked register United Kingdom · Not on a tracked register · LEI 213800OTQ2BHFRVL6A46](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-bank-of-kuwait-international-plc-nbokgb2l)
- [Boubyan Bank (K.S.C) BIC BBYNKWKW Financial institution Not on a tracked register Kuwait · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900D1UAYOAUPGL280](https://elucidate.co/directory/boubyan-bank-k-s-c-bbynkwkw)
- [National Bank of Kuwait (Lebanon) SAL BIC NBOKLBBE Financial institution Not on a tracked register Lebanon · Not on a tracked register · LEI 54930062GS7S4EPIU556](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-bank-of-kuwait-lebanon-sal-nboklbbe)
- [Nbk Banque Privee (Suisse) S.A. BIC NBOKCHGG Financial institution Not on a tracked register Switzerland · Not on a tracked register · LEI 5299001AYX0JLMS7S118](https://elucidate.co/directory/nbk-banque-privee-suisse-s-a-nbokchgg)
- [Nbk Gdm (Caymans)limited BIC NBGCKYKY Financial institution Not on a tracked register Cayman Islands · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300W5TZYJLCBU2T30](https://elucidate.co/directory/nbk-gdm-caymans-limited-nbgckyky)
Entities that GLEIF records with this LEI as their direct parent.
### Same group
- [National Bank of Kuwait BIC NBOKSAJE Financial institution Not on a tracked register Saudi Arabia · Not on a tracked register · LEI 558600YR7LJ35QCXGM88](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-bank-of-kuwait-nboksaje)
[All 14 institutions in the National Bank of Kuwait Sakp group →](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/549300NB7FE83IH6BW96)
### Largest institutions in the United Arab Emirates
- [First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC BIC NBADAEAA Financial institution Not on a tracked register United Arab Emirates · Not on a tracked register · LEI 2138002Y3WMK6RZS8H90](https://elucidate.co/directory/first-abu-dhabi-bank-pjsc-nbadaeaa)
- [Emirates Nbd Bank PJSC BIC EBILAEAD Financial institution Not on a tracked register United Arab Emirates · Not on a tracked register · LEI 54930029BCN8HF3B1286](https://elucidate.co/directory/emirates-nbd-bank-pjsc-ebilaead)
- [Commercial Bank of Dubai (P.S.C.) BIC CBDUAEAD Financial institution Not on a tracked register United Arab Emirates · Not on a tracked register · LEI 2138002DQL2YD4S8HE87](https://elucidate.co/directory/commercial-bank-of-dubai-p-s-c-cbduaead)
- [Arab Bank PLC BIC ARABAEAD Financial institution Not on a tracked register United Arab Emirates · Not on a tracked register · LEI 5493001JH4LYPQTBQP79](https://elucidate.co/directory/arab-bank-plc-arabaead)
- [Emirates Islamic Bank (Public Joint Stock Company) BIC MEBLAEAD Financial institution Not on a tracked register United Arab Emirates · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900JGNW4T9ZFM7N20](https://elucidate.co/directory/emirates-islamic-bank-public-joint-stock-company-meblaead)
- [HSBC Bank Middle East Limited BIC BBMEAEAD Financial institution Not on a tracked register United Arab Emirates · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300F99IL9YJDWH369](https://elucidate.co/directory/hsbc-bank-middle-east-limited-bbmeaead)
- [Mashreqbank Psc. BIC BOMLAEAD Financial institution Not on a tracked register United Arab Emirates · Not on a tracked register · LEI 5493000SA3K24EQKA103](https://elucidate.co/directory/mashreqbank-psc-bomlaead)
- [Commercial Bank International P.J.S.C. BIC CLBIAEAD Financial institution Not on a tracked register United Arab Emirates · Not on a tracked register · LEI 5493004TMWF1VBO4YY91](https://elucidate.co/directory/commercial-bank-international-p-j-s-c-clbiaead)
[See every BIC in United Arab Emirates →](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ae#bics)
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Sources & method
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- **Ownership and group**—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
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