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BOFSGBS1CBS BIC/SWIFT code

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

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BIC/SWIFT record
BOFSGBS1CBS

BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC

GB Country
CBS Branch
Record overview

Institution and branch details

Financial institution
BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC
Branch
(CENTRAL BANKING SERVICES, PORSCHE PREFERENCE)
City
Chester
Country
United Kingdom (GB)
Code anatomy

What does BOFSGBS1CBS 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.

S1 03

Location code

Identifies the institution’s location.

CBS 04

Branch code

Identifies this specific branch.

Built for developers

Validate BOFSGBS1CBS
through the API

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

curl 'https://api.fincodesapi.com/v2/bic/BOFSGBS1CBS' \
    --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/BOFSGBS1CBS', [
    '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/BOFSGBS1CBS"

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/BOFSGBS1CBS';
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/BOFSGBS1CBS', options)
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(response => console.log(response))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));