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title: "The Royal Bank of Scotland Public Limited Company SWIFT/BIC code RBOSGB3LXXX · United Kingdom | Elucidate"
description: "SWIFT/BIC code RBOSGB3LXXX for The Royal Bank of Scotland Public Limited Company, United Kingdom. Head-office BIC, LEI 549300WHU4EIHRP28H10."
url: https://elucidate.co/directory/the-royal-bank-of-scotland-public-limited-company-rbosgb3l
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United Kingdom · Financial institution
# The Royal Bank of Scotland Public Limited Company
BIC **RBOSGB3LXXX** LEI **[549300WHU4EIHRP28H10](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/549300WHU4EIHRP28H10)** Licence no. **Not on a tracked register** Connected to Swift Head-office BIC only [Group: Natwest Group PLC](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/2138005O9XJIJN4JPN90) [Claim this profile](https://elucidate.co/directory/the-royal-bank-of-scotland-public-limited-company-rbosgb3l#claim)
## Licences and registrations
Held by the legal entity, not by this BIC
This BIC is mapped to LEI 549300WHU4EIHRP28H10 (The Royal Bank of Scotland Public Limited Company) in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. The legal entity’s page is [The Royal Bank of Scotland Public Limited Company (RBOSGB2L)](https://elucidate.co/directory/the-royal-bank-of-scotland-public-limited-company-rbosgb2l). 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.
## Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- **BIC:** RBOSGB3LXXX 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
- **Other BICs with this LEI:** [RBOSGB2L](https://elucidate.co/directory/the-royal-bank-of-scotland-public-limited-company-rbosgb2l) · [RBOSPTP1](https://elucidate.co/directory/the-royal-bank-of-scotland-n-v-sucursal-em-portugal-rbosptp1) · [RBOSGB2M](https://elucidate.co/directory/the-royal-bank-of-scotland-public-limited-company-rbosgb2m) · [RBOSGB2S](https://elucidate.co/directory/the-royal-bank-of-scotland-public-limited-company-rbosgb2s) · [RBOSGB55](https://elucidate.co/directory/the-royal-bank-of-scotland-public-limited-company-rbosgb55) · [RBOSGBCE](https://elucidate.co/directory/the-royal-bank-of-scotland-public-limited-company-rbosgbce) +1 more
- **BIC first registered:** 2002-06-01
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-11
## Identifiers
Head-office record
- **BIC:** RBOSGB3LXXX
- **How the BIC breaks down:** 1. RBOS Bank 2. GB Country · United Kingdom 3. 3L Location 4. XXX Branch · head office
- **Branch description:** Not recorded in the directory
- **LEI:** [549300WHU4EIHRP28H10](https://elucidate.co/directory/the-royal-bank-of-scotland-public-limited-company-rbosgb2l)
- **LEI record:** [View on GLEIF ↗](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/549300WHU4EIHRP28H10)
- **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
- **Founded:** 1727
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), [National Westminster Bank PLC](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-westminster-bank-plc-nwbkgb2l), [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:** 36 ST ANDREW SQUARE EDINBURGH EH2 2YB UNITED KINGDOM
- **Operational address:** 36 ST ANDREW SQUARE EDINBURGH EDINBURGH EH2 2YB 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
RBOSGB3LXXX
549300WHU4EIHRP28H10
```
### 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
RBOSGB3LXXX
549300WHU4EIHRP28H10
THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
EDINBURGH
GB
36 ST ANDREW SQUARE EDINBURGH EH2 2YB
```
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.
## About
From Wikidata, matched on this institution's BIC or LEI
Photo: Thomas Nugent · [CC BY-SA 2.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0) · [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RBS_Building_-_geograph.org.uk_-_419288.jpg) · [original](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/RBS_Building_-_geograph.org.uk_-_419288.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- **Founded:** 1727
- **Headquarters:** Edinburgh
- **Website:** [rbs.co.uk ↗](https://www.rbs.co.uk/)
- **Parent organisation:** [NatWest Group ↗](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13218598)
- **Employees:** 82,400 2015
- **Wikipedia:** [Royal Bank of Scotland ↗](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Bank_of_Scotland)
- **Wikidata:** [Q160126 ↗](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160126)
## Related institutions
### Legal entity
- [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)
The page that carries this LEI’s licences and group facts.
### Same legal entity
- [The Royal Bank of Scotland N.V. - Sucursal Em Portugal BIC RBOSPTP1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Portugal · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300WHU4EIHRP28H10](https://elucidate.co/directory/the-royal-bank-of-scotland-n-v-sucursal-em-portugal-rbosptp1)
- [The Royal Bank of Scotland Public Limited Company BIC RBOSGB2M 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-rbosgb2m)
- [The Royal Bank of Scotland Public Limited Company BIC RBOSGB2S 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-rbosgb2s)
- [The Royal Bank of Scotland Public Limited Company BIC RBOSGB55 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-rbosgb55)
- [The Royal Bank of Scotland Public Limited Company BIC RBOSGBCE 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-rbosgbce)
- [The Royal Bank of Scotland Public Limited Company BIC RBOSGBCH 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-rbosgbch)
Other BICs mapped to the same LEI.
### Same group
- [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)
- [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)
- [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)
- [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)
[All 54 institutions in the Natwest Group PLC group →](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/2138005O9XJIJN4JPN90)
### Branch codes filed under this LEI by other BICs
- [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)
RBOSGB21: 807 branch codes
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- [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)
- [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)
- [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)
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[See every BIC in United Kingdom →](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/gb#bics)
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