Verified directory record

BKCHGB2L BIC/SWIFT code

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

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Primary office
London

BIC/SWIFT record

BKCHGB2L

BANK OF CHINA LIMITED

GB Country

XXX Branch

Record overview

Institution and branch details

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

Code anatomy

What does BKCHGB2L 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 LIMITED.

GB 02

Country code

ISO code for United Kingdom.

2L 03

Location code

Identifies the institution’s location.

XXX 04

Branch code

Omitted or XXX indicates the primary office.

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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/BKCHGB2L' \
    --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/BKCHGB2L', [
    '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/BKCHGB2L"

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/BKCHGB2L';
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/BKCHGB2L', options)
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(response => console.log(response))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));