United Kingdom · Credit institution
Royal Bank of Canada
Licences and registrations
Held by the legal entity, not by this BIC
This BIC is mapped to LEI ES7IP3U3RHIGC71XBU11 (Royal Bank of Canada) in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. The legal entity’s page is Royal Bank of Canada (ROYCCAT2). None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers.
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
- Royal Bank of Canada
- Relation
- Listed G-SIB entityThe entity the FSB names on its G-SIB list: the group’s holding company, or the bank itself where the group is a single bank.
- Bucket
- 1 of 5 · extra capital buffer 1.0% of risk-weighted assets
- On the list since
- 2017
European registers
ESMA · MiFID II register
Register as at 2026-09-28
| Entry | Competent authority | Authorised | Services or instruments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Systematic internaliser | Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) | 2020-12-14 | DERV |
Service codes follow MiFID II Annex I: A for investment services, B for ancillary services. Hover a code for its meaning.
Entries are matched on the LEI. Each register is quoted as its publisher lists it.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- ROYCGB2LXXX head office
- Connection to Swift
- Connected to SwiftThis BIC is registered as a live address on the Swift network. The institution sends and receives Swift messages under ROYCGB2L directly.
- 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
- 2 branch codes
- BIC first registered
- 1977-11-21
- Last updated
- 2020-07-28
Identifiers
Head-office record
- BIC
- ROYCGB2LXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- ROYCBank
- GBCountry · United Kingdom
- 2LLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- How the LEI was matched
- BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
Profile
- Type
- Credit institutionListed as a credit institution, or a branch of one, on the ECB’s list of supervised entities, or named as a bank on the Financial Stability Board’s G-SIB list, directly or as a G-SIB’s main operating bank. These are the only bank lists the directory tracks so far.
- Regulation
- Prudentially supervised (FSB G-SIB list)Prudentially supervised, according to the FSB 2025 G-SIB list. This is a designation, not a licence on a tracked register.
- Register licences
- None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers
- Country · region
- United Kingdom · Europe & Central Asia
- FSB G-SIB list
- Bucket 1 of 5 list of 2025
- Trading venues (MIC)
- Operates 2 MICs 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
- 1864
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
- FSB G-SIB list
- Listed G-SIB entity · Royal Bank of Canada bucket 1 · 2025 listThe entity the FSB names on its G-SIB list: the group’s holding company, or the bank itself where the group is a single bank.
The Royal Bank of Canada group has 24 institutions in the directory, in 12 countries: all hold a BIC.
Including Royal Bank of Canada, Royal Bank of Canada - Wfc Branch, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, RBC Europe Limited, City National Bank.
See the Royal Bank of Canada group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Registered address
- 100 BISHOPSGATE LONDON EC2N 4AA UNITED KINGDOM
- Operational address
- 100 BISHOPSGATE LONDON LONDON EC2N 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
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>ROYCGB2LXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>ES7IP3U3RHIGC71XBU11</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
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>ROYCGB2LXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>ES7IP3U3RHIGC71XBU11</LEI>
<Nm>ROYAL BANK OF CANADA</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>LONDON</TwnNm>
<Ctry>GB</Ctry>
<AdrLine>100 BISHOPSGATE LONDON EC2N 4AA</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.
Market identifiers
2 trading venues and reporting services run under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
| MIC | Market | Kind | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| RBCC | RBC - PARIS BRANCH | Operating MIC | Systematic internaliser |
| RBCM | RBC - ROYAL BANK OF CANADARBC | Operating MIC | Systematic internaliser |
About
From Wikidata, matched on this institution's BIC or LEI
- Founded
- 1864
- Headquarters
- Toronto
- Website
- rbc.com ↗
- Wikipedia
- Royal Bank of Canada ↗
- Wikidata
- Q735261 ↗
Network
Branch network
All 2 branch BICs connect to the head office. They are all in London, and no function or registration year splits them further.
Hover over a branch or group to see its details
Branch codes
| BIC | Branch | City | Address | LEI | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROYCGB2LCCY | — | London | 100 BISHOPSGATE LONDON LONDON EC2N 4AA UNITED KINGDOM | ES7IP3U3RHIGC71XBU11 | 2025-11-29 |
| ROYCGB2LCLS | — | London | LONDON LONDON UNITED KINGDOM | ES7IP3U3RHIGC71XBU11 | 2020-07-28 |
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Sources & method
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Read the methodology →Credits for this page
- Wikidata—CC0, matched on the BIC or LEI recorded in Wikidata. It is community-edited, so check key facts.
- Ownership and group—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
- European registers—Source: European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), MiFID II/MiFIR register (investment firms, trading venues, systematic internalisers, data reporting services providers). Matched on LEI by Elucidate.
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