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GBSVGB2L BIC/SWIFT code

Identify GOVERNMENT BANKING SERVICE in Croydon, United Kingdom, and understand every part of this bank identifier.

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Primary office
Croydon

BIC/SWIFT record

GBSVGB2L

GOVERNMENT BANKING SERVICE

GB Country

XXX Branch

Record overview

Institution and branch details

Financial institution: GOVERNMENT BANKING SERVICE
Branch: Primary office
City: Croydon
Country: United Kingdom (GB)
Address: RUSKIN SQ, 9

Code anatomy

What does GBSVGB2L mean?

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

GBSV 01

Institution code

Identifies GOVERNMENT BANKING SERVICE.

GB 02

Country code

ISO code for United Kingdom.

2L 03

Location code

Identifies the institution’s location.

XXX 04

Branch code

Omitted or XXX indicates the primary office.

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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/GBSVGB2L' \
    --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/GBSVGB2L', [
    '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/GBSVGB2L"

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/GBSVGB2L';
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/GBSVGB2L', options)
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(response => console.log(response))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

GBSVGB21XXX Primary Office