Verified directory record

BARCGBKB BIC/SWIFT code

Identify BARCLAYS PLC in London, United Kingdom, and understand every part of this bank identifier.

Directory record found
Primary office
London

BIC/SWIFT record

BARCGBKB

BARCLAYS PLC

GB Country

XXX Branch

Record overview

Institution and branch details

Financial institution: BARCLAYS PLC
Branch: Primary office
City: London
Country: United Kingdom (GB)

Code anatomy

What does BARCGBKB mean?

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

BARC 01

Institution code

Identifies BARCLAYS PLC.

GB 02

Country code

ISO code for United Kingdom.

KB 03

Location code

Identifies the institution’s location.

XXX 04

Branch code

Omitted or XXX indicates the primary office.

Built for developers

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

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

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