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HLFXGB21L78 BIC/SWIFT code

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

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Branch identifier
Colchester

BIC/SWIFT record

HLFXGB21L78

BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC

GB Country

L78 Branch

Record overview

Institution and branch details

Financial institution: BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC
Branch: Branch L78
City: Colchester
Country: United Kingdom (GB)

Code anatomy

What does HLFXGB21L78 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.

L78 04

Branch code

Identifies this specific branch.

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Validate HLFXGB21L78
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/HLFXGB21L78' \
    --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/HLFXGB21L78', [
    '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/HLFXGB21L78"

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/HLFXGB21L78';
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/HLFXGB21L78', options)
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(response => console.log(response))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

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