Verified directory record

HLFXGB21W26 BIC/SWIFT code

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

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  • Branch identifier
  • Watford
BIC/SWIFT record
HLFXGB21W26

HALIFAX (A TRADING NAME OF BANK OF

GB Country
W26 Branch
Record overview

Institution and branch details

Financial institution
HALIFAX (A TRADING NAME OF BANK OF
Branch
(WATFORD - 111073)
City
Watford
Country
United Kingdom (GB)
Address
23-27 HIGH STREET, WD172HF
Code anatomy

What does HLFXGB21W26 mean?

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

HLFX 01

Institution code

Identifies HALIFAX (A TRADING NAME OF BANK OF.

GB 02

Country code

ISO code for United Kingdom.

21 03

Location code

Identifies the institution’s location.

W26 04

Branch code

Identifies this specific branch.

Built for developers

Validate HLFXGB21W26
through the API

Retrieve this BIC as structured JSON for onboarding, payment routing or data-quality workflows.

curl 'https://api.fincodesapi.com/v2/bic/HLFXGB21W26' \
    --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/HLFXGB21W26', [
    '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/HLFXGB21W26"

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/HLFXGB21W26';
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/HLFXGB21W26', options)
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(response => console.log(response))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));