Verified directory record

BKENGBE1 BIC/SWIFT code

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

Directory record found
Primary office
London

BIC/SWIFT record

BKENGBE1

BANK OF ENGLAND

GB Country

XXX Branch

Record overview

Institution and branch details

Financial institution: BANK OF ENGLAND
Branch: Primary office
City: London
Country: United Kingdom (GB)

Code anatomy

What does BKENGBE1 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.

E1 03

Location code

Identifies the institution’s location.

XXX 04

Branch code

Omitted or XXX indicates the primary office.

Built for developers

Validate BKENGBE1
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/BKENGBE1' \
    --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/BKENGBE1', [
    '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/BKENGBE1"

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/BKENGBE1';
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/BKENGBE1', options)
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(response => console.log(response))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

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