South Africa · Financial institution

South African Reserve Bank

BICSARBZAJPXXX LEI549300KEVMSOSY8T8R35 Licence no.Not on a tracked register Connected to Swift Head-office BIC only Group: South African Reserve Bank Claim this profile

Licences and registrations

Matched by LEI on the 22 tracked registers

None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers.

The tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.

Swift network

Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory

BIC: SARBZAJPXXX 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
BIC first registered: 1982-09-06
Last updated: 2019-04-05

Identifiers

Head-office record

BIC: SARBZAJPXXX
How the BIC breaks down: SARBBank

ZACountry · South Africa

JPLocation

XXXBranch · head office
Branch description: Not recorded in the directory
LEI: 549300KEVMSOSY8T8R35
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: Financial institution
Regulation: Not on a tracked register
Register licences: None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registersThe tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
Country · region: South Africa · Sub-Saharan 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 South African Reserve Bank group has 3 institutions in the directory, in 1 country: all hold a BIC.

Including African Bank Limited, Grindrod Bank.

See the South African Reserve Bank group →

Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.

Addresses

Registered address: 370 HELEN JOSEPH STREET PRETORIA, GAUTENG 0002 SOUTH AFRICA
Operational address: 370 HELEN JOSEPH STREET PRETORIA PRETORIA 0002 SOUTH AFRICA

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>SARBZAJPXXX</BICFI>
  <LEI>549300KEVMSOSY8T8R35</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>SARBZAJPXXX</BICFI>
  <LEI>549300KEVMSOSY8T8R35</LEI>
  <Nm>SOUTH AFRICAN RESERVE BANK</Nm>
  <PstlAdr>
    <TwnNm>PRETORIA</TwnNm>
    <Ctry>ZA</Ctry>
    <AdrLine>370 HELEN JOSEPH STREET PRETORIA, GAUTENG 0002</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.

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Sources & method

Every value comes from a public source, such as Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory, GLEIF or the OFAC and EU sanctions lists. Most sources are matched on a BIC or an LEI, not on a name.

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.

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Credits for this page

Ownership and group—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.

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