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HLFXGB21B56 BIC/SWIFT code

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

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Branch identifier
Belfast

BIC/SWIFT record

HLFXGB21B56

BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC

GB Country

B56 Branch

Record overview

Institution and branch details

Financial institution: BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC
Branch: Branch B56
City: Belfast
Country: United Kingdom (GB)
Address: CREGAGH RD

Code anatomy

What does HLFXGB21B56 mean?

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

HLFX 01

Institution code

Identifies BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC.

GB 02

Country code

ISO code for United Kingdom.

21 03

Location code

Identifies the institution’s location.

B56 04

Branch code

Identifies this specific branch.

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Validate HLFXGB21B56
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/HLFXGB21B56' \
    --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/HLFXGB21B56', [
    '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/HLFXGB21B56"

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/HLFXGB21B56';
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/HLFXGB21B56', options)
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(response => console.log(response))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

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