Verified directory record

BOFSGB31 BIC/SWIFT code

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

  • Directory record found
  • Primary office
  • Chester
BIC/SWIFT record
BOFSGB31

BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC

GB Country
XXX Branch
Record overview

Institution and branch details

Financial institution
BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC
Branch
Primary office
City
Chester
Country
United Kingdom (GB)
Address
DOUGLAS HOUSE, 117 FOREGATE STREET, CH11HE
Code anatomy

What does BOFSGB31 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 PLC.

GB 02

Country code

ISO code for United Kingdom.

31 03

Location code

Identifies the institution’s location.

XXX 04

Branch code

Omitted or XXX indicates the primary office.

Built for developers

Validate BOFSGB31
through the API

Retrieve this BIC as structured JSON for onboarding, payment routing or data-quality workflows.

curl 'https://api.fincodesapi.com/v2/bic/BOFSGB31' \
    --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/BOFSGB31', [
    '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/BOFSGB31"

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/BOFSGB31';
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/BOFSGB31', options)
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(response => console.log(response))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));