Verified directory record

BKENGB2LEHA BIC/SWIFT code

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

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Branch identifier
London

BIC/SWIFT record

BKENGB2LEHA

BANK OF ENGLAND

GB Country

EHA Branch

Record overview

Institution and branch details

Financial institution: BANK OF ENGLAND
Branch: (THREADNEEDLE STREET)
City: London
Country: United Kingdom (GB)
Address: THREADNEEDLE STREET, BANK OF ENGLAND, EC2R 8AH

Code anatomy

What does BKENGB2LEHA mean?

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

BKEN 01

Institution code

Identifies BANK OF ENGLAND.

GB 02

Country code

ISO code for United Kingdom.

2L 03

Location code

Identifies the institution’s location.

EHA 04

Branch code

Identifies this specific branch.

Built for developers

Validate BKENGB2LEHA
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/BKENGB2LEHA' \
    --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/BKENGB2LEHA', [
    '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/BKENGB2LEHA"

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/BKENGB2LEHA';
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/BKENGB2LEHA', options)
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(response => console.log(response))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

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