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Find an institution by name, BIC, LEI or licence number, then narrow the list by whether it holds a BIC, its country, type, regulation and register. BIC data as at 23 September 2026; registers retrieved 24–25 September 2026.

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.

79,666 institutions

79,666 institutions in the directory, as at 23 September 2026. Of these, 36,468 hold a BIC and 43,198 do not; 44,095 are on a tracked register and 23,001 have an LEI mapped. A further 8,470 institutions are marked inactive on their register.

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.

Sanctions listings are matched on the BIC and on the LEI mapped to it, so they cover institutions that hold a BIC only. Institutions without a BIC are not screened. Always screen against the official lists.

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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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