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CMBSGB2A BIC/SWIFT code

Identify CUMBERLAND BUILDING SOCIETY in Carlisle, United Kingdom, and understand every part of this bank identifier.

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Primary office
Carlisle

BIC/SWIFT record

CMBSGB2A

CUMBERLAND BUILDING SOCIETY

GB Country

XXX Branch

Record overview

Institution and branch details

Financial institution: CUMBERLAND BUILDING SOCIETY
Branch: Primary office
City: Carlisle
Country: United Kingdom (GB)
Address: Castle Street

Code anatomy

What does CMBSGB2A mean?

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

CMBS 01

Institution code

Identifies CUMBERLAND BUILDING SOCIETY.

GB 02

Country code

ISO code for United Kingdom.

2A 03

Location code

Identifies the institution’s location.

XXX 04

Branch code

Omitted or XXX indicates the primary office.

Built for developers

Validate CMBSGB2A
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/CMBSGB2A' \
    --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/CMBSGB2A', [
    '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/CMBSGB2A"

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/CMBSGB2A';
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/CMBSGB2A', options)
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(response => console.log(response))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

CMBSGB21XXX Primary Office