Verified directory record

BOFSGBS1 BIC/SWIFT code

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

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Primary office
Glasgow

BIC/SWIFT record

BOFSGBS1

BANK OF SCOTLAND

GB Country

XXX Branch

Record overview

Institution and branch details

Financial institution: BANK OF SCOTLAND
Branch: Primary Office
City: Glasgow
Country: United Kingdom (GB)
Address: 50 WEST CAMPBELL STREET GLASGOW G26YJ

Code anatomy

What does BOFSGBS1 mean?

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

BOFS 01

Institution code

Identifies BANK OF SCOTLAND.

GB 02

Country code

ISO code for United Kingdom.

S1 03

Location code

Identifies the institution’s location.

XXX 04

Branch code

Omitted or XXX indicates the primary office.

Built for developers

Validate BOFSGBS1
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/BOFSGBS1' \
    --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/BOFSGBS1', [
    '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/BOFSGBS1"

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/BOFSGBS1';
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/BOFSGBS1', options)
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(response => console.log(response))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

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