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BOFSGBS1217 BIC/SWIFT code

Identify HALIFAX (A TRADING NAME OF BANK OF in Cambridge, United Kingdom, and understand every part of this bank identifier.

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Branch identifier
Cambridge

BIC/SWIFT record

BOFSGBS1217

HALIFAX (A TRADING NAME OF BANK OF

GB Country

217 Branch

Record overview

Institution and branch details

Financial institution: HALIFAX (A TRADING NAME OF BANK OF
Branch: (PB IPSWICH (114936))
City: Cambridge
Country: United Kingdom (GB)
Address: GONVILLE PLACE, 95/97 REGENT STREET, CB21BQ

Code anatomy

What does BOFSGBS1217 mean?

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

BOFS 01

Institution code

Identifies HALIFAX (A TRADING NAME OF BANK OF.

GB 02

Country code

ISO code for United Kingdom.

S1 03

Location code

Identifies the institution’s location.

217 04

Branch code

Identifies this specific branch.

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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/BOFSGBS1217' \
    --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/BOFSGBS1217', [
    '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/BOFSGBS1217"

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/BOFSGBS1217';
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/BOFSGBS1217', options)
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(response => console.log(response))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));