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Regulator registers
Open a register to see what it publishes and the institutions on it, with or without a BIC. The tiles count the institutions on at least one tracked register.
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.
Registers retrieved 24–25 September 2026
Regulation levels
Each institution carries the level of its strongest active licence or registration. Only a prudential licence is described as “licensed”.
- Prudential licence
- Authorised with capital, safeguarding and conduct requirements, e.g. an authorised payment or e-money institution in the EU or UK, a major payment institution in Singapore, or a MiCA crypto-asset service provider.
- Small-firm registration
- Registered under a lighter regime for small or exempt firms, e.g. a small payment institution or an account-information service provider.
- AML registration only
- Registered with an anti-money-laundering supervisor (FinCEN, FINTRAC, HMRC, AUSTRAC, Hong Kong Customs…) without a prudential licence.
- Inactive
- Inactive on the register, as published by the register: an institution whose licences or registrations there are all cancelled, withdrawn, revoked or expired. Registers that list current entries only publish no inactive ones.
Registers by publisher
Open a register to see what it publishes and the institutions on it. The directory tracks 22 registers from 13 publishers, covering 37 jurisdictions, retrieved 24–25 September 2026. An institution with licences on several registers counts on each.
| Register | Jurisdictions | Level | Institutions | Hold a BIC | LEI mapped | Inactive | Licence numbers | As at | Register home |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) | |||||||||
| Remittance Sector Register (RSR)AUSTRAC-RSR | Australia | AML-registered | 3,382 | 47 | 3.8% | Not published by the register | 0% | 24 September 2026 | Open ↗ |
| Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) | |||||||||
| CBUAE Register of Licensed Financial Institutions - Dirham Payment Token IssuanceCBUAE-DPTI · August 2026 edition | United Arab Emirates | Prudential | 3 | 0 | 0% | Not published by the register | 100% | 24 September 2026 | Open ↗ |
| CBUAE Register of Licensed Financial Institutions - Exchange BusinessCBUAE-EB · August 2026 edition | United Arab Emirates | Prudential | 62 | 12 | 50% | Not published by the register | 100% | 24 September 2026 | Open ↗ |
| CBUAE Register of Licensed Financial Institutions - Payment Token ConversionCBUAE-PTC · August 2026 edition | United Arab Emirates | Prudential | 1 | 0 | 0% | Not published by the register | 100% | 24 September 2026 | Open ↗ |
| CBUAE Register of Licensed Financial Institutions - Payment Token Custody and TransferCBUAE-PTCAT · August 2026 edition | United Arab Emirates | Prudential | 1 | 0 | 0% | Not published by the register | 100% | 24 September 2026 | Open ↗ |
| CBUAE Register of Licensed Financial Institutions - Retail Payment ServicesCBUAE-RPS · August 2026 edition | United Arab Emirates | Prudential | 38 | 1 | 7.9% | Not published by the register | 100% | 24 September 2026 | Open ↗ |
| CBUAE Register of Licensed Financial Institutions - Stored Value FacilityCBUAE-SVF · August 2026 edition | United Arab Emirates | Prudential | 23 | 0 | 4.3% | Not published by the register | 100% | 24 September 2026 | Open ↗ |
| Customs and Excise Department (C&ED), Hong Kong | |||||||||
| Register of Money Service Operators (AMLO Cap. 615)CED-MSO | Hong Kong SAR China | AML-registered | 612 | 70 | 21.2% | Not published by the register | 100% | 25 September 2026 | Open ↗ |
| European Banking Authority (EBA) | |||||||||
| EBA PSD2 RegisterEBA-PSD2 · compiled from national authorities | 30 jurisdictions | Small-firm | 2,334 | 302 | 76.3% | 2,019 | 100% | 25 September 2026 | Open ↗ |
| European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) | |||||||||
| ESMA interim MiCA register of crypto-asset service providersESMA-CASP · compiled from national authorities | 26 jurisdictions | Prudential | 273 | 23 | 99.6% | 2 | 97.5% | 25 September 2026 | Open ↗ |
| Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) | |||||||||
| FCA Financial Services Register - E-Money InstitutionsFCA-EMI | United Kingdom | Prudential | 289 | 155 | 80.6% | 177 | 100% | 25 September 2026 | Open ↗ |
| FCA Financial Services Register - Payment Institutions & RAISPsFCA-PSD | United Kingdom | Small-firm | 888 | 153 | 42.1% | 2,031 | 100% | 25 September 2026 | Open ↗ |
| Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) | |||||||||
| MSB Registrant SearchFINCEN-MSB | United States | AML-registered | 31,128 | 38 | 1.2% | Not published by the register | 0.3% | 24 September 2026 | Open ↗ |
| Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA), ADGM | |||||||||
| FSRA Public Register - FirmsFSRA-FIRMS | United Arab Emirates | Prudential | 17 | 1 | 41.2% | Not published by the register | 100% | 25 September 2026 | Open ↗ |
| Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) | |||||||||
| Money Services Business RegistryFINTRAC-MSB | Canada | AML-registered | 4,047 | 101 | 10.6% | 4,379 | 100% | 25 September 2026 | Open ↗ |
| HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) | |||||||||
| HMRC MLR Supervised Business RegisterHMRC-MLR | United Kingdom | AML-registered | 964 | 55 | 18.4% | 83 | 100% | 24 September 2026 | Open ↗ |
| Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) | |||||||||
| Register of Licensed Stablecoin Issuers (Stablecoins Ordinance Cap. 656)HKMA-SCI | Hong Kong SAR China | Prudential | 1 | 0 | 100% | Not published by the register | 100% | 25 September 2026 | Open ↗ |
| Register of Stored Value Facility LicenseesHKMA-SVF | Hong Kong SAR China | Prudential | 11 | 2 | 27.3% | Not published by the register | 100% | 25 September 2026 | Open ↗ |
| Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) | |||||||||
| MAS Financial Institutions Directory - Major Payment InstitutionMAS-MPI | Singapore | Prudential | 244 | 30 | 35.2% | Not published by the register | 0% | 25 September 2026 | Open ↗ |
| MAS Financial Institutions Directory - Money-changing LicenseeMAS-MCL | Singapore | AML-registered | 230 | 0 | 2.6% | Not published by the register | 0% | 25 September 2026 | Open ↗ |
| MAS Financial Institutions Directory - Standard Payment InstitutionMAS-SPI | Singapore | Small-firm | 13 | 1 | 15.4% | Not published by the register | 0% | 25 September 2026 | Open ↗ |
| Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), Hong Kong | |||||||||
| List of licensed virtual asset trading platformsSFC-VATP | Hong Kong SAR China | Prudential | 13 | 0 | 15.4% | Not published by the register | 100% | 25 September 2026 | Open ↗ |
Sources & method
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. Institutions come from Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory and from the public registers of financial regulators; a register record joins an institution that holds a BIC only through a shared LEI, never by name alone.
An institution missing from these registers is not necessarily unregulated. Institutions without a BIC are not screened against sanctions lists.
Read the methodology →Assess the financial crime risk behind a counterparty
A BIC or a licence identifies an entity; it does not assess it. The Elucidate FinCrime Index (EFI) is an independent score of the financial crime risk of banks and payment firms. Read about the FinCrime Index.
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