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title: "National Westminster Bank PLC SWIFT/BIC code NWBKGB2XXXX · United Kingdom | Elucidate"
description: "SWIFT/BIC code NWBKGB2XXXX for National Westminster Bank PLC, United Kingdom. Head-office BIC, LEI 213800IBT39XQ9C4CP71, addresses and Swift connectivity."
url: https://elucidate.co/directory/national-westminster-bank-plc-nwbkgb2x
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United Kingdom · Financial institution
# National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal name in the LEI record NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
BIC **NWBKGB2XXXX** LEI **[213800IBT39XQ9C4CP71](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/213800IBT39XQ9C4CP71)** Licence no. **Not on a tracked register** Connected to Swift Swift GPI live member Head-office BIC only [Group: Natwest Group PLC](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/2138005O9XJIJN4JPN90) [Claim this profile](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-westminster-bank-plc-nwbkgb2x#claim)
## Licences and registrations
Held by the legal entity, not by this BIC
This BIC is mapped to LEI 213800IBT39XQ9C4CP71 (National Westminster Bank Public Limited Company) in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. The legal entity’s page is [National Westminster Bank PLC (NWBKGB2L)](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-westminster-bank-plc-nwbkgb2l). 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:** NWBKGB2XXXX head office
- **Connection to Swift:** Connected to Swift
- **Swift GPI:** Live member
- **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:** [NWBKGB2L](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-westminster-bank-plc-nwbkgb2l) · [NWBKDEFF](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-westminster-bank-plc-nwbkdeff) · [NWBKGB3C](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-westminster-bank-plc-nwbkgb3c) · [NWBKGB3L](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-westminster-bank-plc-nwbkgb3l) · [NWBKGB4E](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-westminster-bank-plc-nwbkgb4e) · [NWBKGB55](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-westminster-bank-plc-nwbkgb55) +3 more
- **BIC first registered:** 2018-07-01
- **Last updated:** 2025-03-24
## Identifiers
Head-office record
- **BIC:** NWBKGB2XXXX
- **How the BIC breaks down:** 1. NWBK Bank 2. GB Country · United Kingdom 3. 2X Location 4. XXX Branch · head office
- **Branch description:** Not recorded in the directory
- **LEI:** [213800IBT39XQ9C4CP71](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-westminster-bank-plc-nwbkgb2l)
- **LEI record:** [View on GLEIF ↗](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/213800IBT39XQ9C4CP71)
- **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 Kingdom · Europe & Central Asia
- **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:** Natwest Holdings Limited · United Kingdom[213800GDQMMREYFLQ454 ↗](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/213800GDQMMREYFLQ454)
- **Ultimate parent:** [Natwest Group PLC](https://elucidate.co/directory/royal-bank-of-scotland-group-plc-rosggb21) · United Kingdom[2138005O9XJIJN4JPN90 ↗](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/2138005O9XJIJN4JPN90)
The Natwest Group PLC group has 54 institutions in the directory, in 14 countries: all hold a BIC.
Including [Natwest Markets N.V.](https://elucidate.co/directory/natwest-markets-n-v-rbosnlnv), [Rbs International Depositary Services S.A.](https://elucidate.co/directory/rbs-international-depositary-services-s-a-ridslul2), [The Royal Bank of Scotland Public Limited Company](https://elucidate.co/directory/the-royal-bank-of-scotland-public-limited-company-rbosgb2l), [Natwest Markets Public Limited Company](https://elucidate.co/directory/natwest-markets-public-limited-company-rbosgb2r), [The Royal Bank of Scotland International Limited](https://elucidate.co/directory/the-royal-bank-of-scotland-international-limited-rbosjes1).
[See the Natwest Group PLC group →](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/2138005O9XJIJN4JPN90)
Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
## Addresses
- **Registered address:** 250 BISHOPSGATE LONDON EC2M 4AA UNITED KINGDOM
- **Operational address:** 250 BISHOPSGATE LONDON LONDON EC2M 4AA UNITED KINGDOM
## 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
NWBKGB2XXXX
213800IBT39XQ9C4CP71
```
### 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
NWBKGB2XXXX
213800IBT39XQ9C4CP71
NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK PLC
LONDON
GB
250 BISHOPSGATE LONDON EC2M 4AA
```
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 Westminster Bank PLC BIC NWBKGB2L Financial institution Not on a tracked register United Kingdom · Not on a tracked register · LEI 213800IBT39XQ9C4CP71](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-westminster-bank-plc-nwbkgb2l)
The page that carries this LEI’s licences and group facts.
### Same legal entity
- [National Westminster Bank PLC BIC NWBKDEFF Financial institution Not on a tracked register Germany · Not on a tracked register · LEI 213800IBT39XQ9C4CP71](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-westminster-bank-plc-nwbkdeff)
- [National Westminster Bank PLC BIC NWBKGB3C Financial institution Not on a tracked register United Kingdom · Not on a tracked register · LEI 213800IBT39XQ9C4CP71](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-westminster-bank-plc-nwbkgb3c)
- [National Westminster Bank PLC BIC NWBKGB3L Financial institution Not on a tracked register United Kingdom · Not on a tracked register · LEI 213800IBT39XQ9C4CP71](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-westminster-bank-plc-nwbkgb3l)
- [National Westminster Bank PLC BIC NWBKGB4E Financial institution Not on a tracked register United Kingdom · Not on a tracked register · LEI 213800IBT39XQ9C4CP71](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-westminster-bank-plc-nwbkgb4e)
- [National Westminster Bank PLC BIC NWBKGB55 Financial institution Not on a tracked register United Kingdom · Not on a tracked register · LEI 213800IBT39XQ9C4CP71](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-westminster-bank-plc-nwbkgb55)
- [National Westminster Bank PLC BIC NWBKGBCE Financial institution Not on a tracked register United Kingdom · Not on a tracked register · LEI 213800IBT39XQ9C4CP71](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-westminster-bank-plc-nwbkgbce)
- [National Westminster Bank PLC BIC NWBKGBCH Financial institution Not on a tracked register United Kingdom · Not on a tracked register · LEI 213800IBT39XQ9C4CP71](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-westminster-bank-plc-nwbkgbch)
- [National Westminster Bank PLC BIC NWBKGBX1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register United Kingdom · Not on a tracked register · LEI 213800IBT39XQ9C4CP71](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-westminster-bank-plc-nwbkgbx1)
Other BICs mapped to the same LEI.
### Subsidiaries in the directory
- [National Westminster Bank PLC BIC ULSBGB2B Financial institution Not on a tracked register United Kingdom · Not on a tracked register · LEI 213800BZ9V4RRA2IRN26](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-westminster-bank-plc-ulsbgb2b)
- [Coutts and CO. BIC COUTGB22 Financial institution Not on a tracked register United Kingdom · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300OLXJ4Y010LOT34](https://elucidate.co/directory/coutts-and-co-coutgb22)
- [Natwest Services (Switzerland) AG BIC RBOSCHZH Financial institution Not on a tracked register Switzerland · Not on a tracked register · LEI 213800FUO17YIR2VY530](https://elucidate.co/directory/natwest-services-switzerland-ag-rboschzh)
Entities that GLEIF records with this LEI as their direct parent.
### Same group
- [The Royal Bank of Scotland Public Limited Company BIC RBOSGB2L Financial institution Not on a tracked register United Kingdom · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300WHU4EIHRP28H10](https://elucidate.co/directory/the-royal-bank-of-scotland-public-limited-company-rbosgb2l)
- [Natwest Markets N.V. London Branch BIC RBOSGB22 Financial institution Not on a tracked register United Kingdom · Not on a tracked register · LEI 213800K52QAFJDRWM206](https://elucidate.co/directory/natwest-markets-n-v-london-branch-rbosgb22)
- [Rbos (UK) Limited BIC HGCFGB21 Financial institution Not on a tracked register United Kingdom · Not on a tracked register · LEI 213800LPLRYOVLFVSZ63](https://elucidate.co/directory/rbos-uk-limited-hgcfgb21)
- [Rbs Collective Investment Funds Limited BIC RSUTGB21 Financial institution Not on a tracked register United Kingdom · Not on a tracked register · LEI 213800IGJ7W18TSDE672](https://elucidate.co/directory/rbs-collective-investment-funds-limited-rsutgb21)
- [Rbs Hg (UK) Limited BIC AAOGGB21 Financial institution Not on a tracked register United Kingdom · Not on a tracked register · LEI 2138009E8SY23133YR81](https://elucidate.co/directory/rbs-hg-uk-limited-aaoggb21)
- [Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC BIC ROSGGB21 Financial institution Not on a tracked register United Kingdom · Not on a tracked register · LEI 2138005O9XJIJN4JPN90](https://elucidate.co/directory/royal-bank-of-scotland-group-plc-rosggb21)
- [Natwest Markets N.V. BIC RBOSNLNV Credit institution Prudential licence Netherlands · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI X3CZP3CK64YBHON1LE12](https://elucidate.co/directory/natwest-markets-n-v-rbosnlnv)
- [Rbs International Depositary Services S.A. BIC RIDSLUL2 Credit institution Prudential licence Luxembourg · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI 2138006FNR865VUT1Q20](https://elucidate.co/directory/rbs-international-depositary-services-s-a-ridslul2)
[All 54 institutions in the Natwest Group PLC group →](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/2138005O9XJIJN4JPN90)
### Branch codes filed under this LEI by other BICs
- [National Westminster Bank PLC BIC NWBKGB21 Financial institution Not on a tracked register United Kingdom · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-westminster-bank-plc-nwbkgb21)
NWBKGB21: 1,261 branch codes
### Same name, different BIC
- [National Westminster Bank PLC BIC NWBKDEF2 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Germany · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-westminster-bank-plc-nwbkdef2)
- [National Westminster Bank PLC BIC NWBXGB22 Financial institution Not on a tracked register United Kingdom · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-westminster-bank-plc-nwbxgb22)
- [National Westminster Bank PLC BIC NWPLGB2L Financial institution Not on a tracked register United Kingdom · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300OLXJ4Y010LOT34](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-westminster-bank-plc-nwplgb2l)
- [National Westminster Bank PLC BIC RBOSDEF2 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Germany · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-westminster-bank-plc-rbosdef2)
### Largest institutions in the United Kingdom
- [Bank of Scotland PLC BIC HLFXGB21 Financial institution Not on a tracked register United Kingdom · Not on a tracked register · LEI OQ3T05P7YR8P5YJEVI93](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-scotland-plc-hlfxgb21)
- [Calastone LTD BIC CLAOGB2L Financial institution Not on a tracked register United Kingdom · Not on a tracked register · LEI 894500EE472N5MWWAE18](https://elucidate.co/directory/calastone-ltd-claogb2l)
- [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)
- [HSBC Bank PLC BIC MIDLGB21 Credit institution Prudential licence United Kingdom · On the FSB G-SIB list · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/hsbc-bank-plc-midlgb21)
- [Lloyds Bank PLC BIC LOYDGB21 Financial institution Not on a tracked register United Kingdom · Not on a tracked register · LEI H7FNTJ4851HG0EXQ1Z70](https://elucidate.co/directory/lloyds-bank-plc-loydgb21)
- [The Royal Bank of Scotland Public Limited Company BIC RBOSGB21 Financial institution Not on a tracked register United Kingdom · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/the-royal-bank-of-scotland-public-limited-company-rbosgb21)
- [Clearbank Limited BIC CLRBGB22 Financial institution Not on a tracked register United Kingdom · Not on a tracked register · LEI 213800PERENGATFCHD95](https://elucidate.co/directory/clearbank-limited-clrbgb22)
- [Bank of Scotland PLC BIC BOFSGBS1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register United Kingdom · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-scotland-plc-bofsgbs1)
[See every BIC in United Kingdom →](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/gb#bics)
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Sources & method
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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.
An institution is one entry in the directory: a BIC8 in Swift’s directory, or a firm on a tracked register that holds no BIC. Licences held by an institution with a BIC are shown on its page.
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- **Ownership and group**—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
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