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HLFXGB21C17 BIC/SWIFT code

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

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Branch identifier
Southampton

BIC/SWIFT record

HLFXGB21C17

BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC

GB Country

C17 Branch

Record overview

Institution and branch details

Financial institution: BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC
Branch: (SOUTHAMPTON ABOVE BAR - 116236)
City: Southampton
Country: United Kingdom (GB)
Address: 63/65 ABOVE BAR STREET, SO147DZ

Code anatomy

What does HLFXGB21C17 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.

C17 04

Branch code

Identifies this specific branch.

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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/HLFXGB21C17' \
    --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/HLFXGB21C17', [
    '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/HLFXGB21C17"

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/HLFXGB21C17';
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/HLFXGB21C17', options)
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(response => console.log(response))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

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