Verified directory record

BKCHGB2LCUS BIC/SWIFT code

Identify BANK OF CHINA in London, United Kingdom, and understand every part of this bank identifier.

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Branch identifier
London

BIC/SWIFT record

BKCHGB2LCUS

BANK OF CHINA

GB Country

CUS Branch

Record overview

Institution and branch details

Financial institution: BANK OF CHINA
Branch: (CUSTODY-LONDON)
City: London
Country: United Kingdom (GB)
Address: 1 LOTHBURY, EC2R 7DB

Code anatomy

What does BKCHGB2LCUS mean?

A BIC is built from an institution code, country code, location code and an optional branch code.

BKCH 01

Institution code

Identifies BANK OF CHINA.

GB 02

Country code

ISO code for United Kingdom.

2L 03

Location code

Identifies the institution’s location.

CUS 04

Branch code

Identifies this specific branch.

Built for developers

Validate BKCHGB2LCUS
through the API

Retrieve this BIC as structured JSON for onboarding, payment routing or data-quality workflows.

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curl 'https://api.fincodesapi.com/v2/bic/BKCHGB2LCUS' \
    --header 'X-Api-Key: your-api-key-here' \
    --header 'Accept: application/json'

# INSTALLATION
$ composer require guzzlehttp/guzzle

# REQUEST
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://api.fincodesapi.com/v2/bic/BKCHGB2LCUS', [
    'headers' => [
        'Accept' => 'application/json',
        'X-Api-Key' => 'your-api-key-here',
    ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();

# INSTALLATION
$ python -m pip install requests

# REQUEST
import requests

url = "https://api.fincodesapi.com/v2/bic/BKCHGB2LCUS"

headers = {
    "Accept": "application/json",
    "X-Api-Key": "your-api-key-here"
}

response = requests.request("GET", url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

# INSTALLATION
$ npm install node-fetch --save

// REQUEST
import fetch from 'node-fetch';

const url = 'https://api.fincodesapi.com/v2/bic/BKCHGB2LCUS';
const options = {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {
    'Accept': 'application/json',
    'X-Api-Key': 'your-api-key-here'
  }
};

fetch(url, options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(json => console.log(json))
  .catch(err => console.error('error:' + err));

const options = {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {
    'Accept': 'application/json',
    'X-Api-Key': 'your-api-key-here'
  }
};

fetch('https://api.fincodesapi.com/v2/bic/BKCHGB2LCUS', options)
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(response => console.log(response))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));