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BARCGB21CHQ BIC/SWIFT code

Identify BARCLAYS CAPITAL (TRADING AS BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD AND BARCLAYS BANK PLC) in Poole, United Kingdom, and understand every part of this bank identifier.

Directory record found
Branch identifier
Poole

BIC/SWIFT record

BARCGB21CHQ

BARCLAYS CAPITAL (TRADING AS BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD AND BARCLAYS BANK PLC)

GB Country

CHQ Branch

Record overview

Institution and branch details

Financial institution: BARCLAYS CAPITAL (TRADING AS BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD AND BARCLAYS BANK PLC)
Branch: (GLOBAL CHEQUES OPERATIONS CENTRE)
City: Poole
Country: United Kingdom (GB)
Address: BARCLAYS HOUSE, 1 WIMBORNE ROAD, BH152BB

Code anatomy

What does BARCGB21CHQ mean?

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

BARC 01

Institution code

Identifies BARCLAYS CAPITAL (TRADING AS BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD AND BARCLAYS BANK PLC).

GB 02

Country code

ISO code for United Kingdom.

21 03

Location code

Identifies the institution’s location.

CHQ 04

Branch code

Identifies this specific branch.

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curl 'https://api.fincodesapi.com/v2/bic/BARCGB21CHQ' \
    --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/BARCGB21CHQ', [
    '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/BARCGB21CHQ"

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/BARCGB21CHQ';
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/BARCGB21CHQ', options)
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(response => console.log(response))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

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