Verified directory record

HBUKGB4142E BIC/SWIFT code

Identify HSBC BANK PLC in London, United Kingdom, and understand every part of this bank identifier.

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BIC/SWIFT record
HBUKGB4142E

HSBC BANK PLC

GB Country
42E Branch
Record overview

Institution and branch details

Financial institution
HSBC BANK PLC
Branch
(RUSSELL SQUARE BRANCH)
City
London
Country
United Kingdom (GB)
Address
1 WOBURN PLACE, WC1H0LQ
Code anatomy

What does HBUKGB4142E mean?

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

HBUK 01

Institution code

Identifies HSBC BANK PLC.

GB 02

Country code

ISO code for United Kingdom.

41 03

Location code

Identifies the institution’s location.

42E 04

Branch code

Identifies this specific branch.

Built for developers

Validate HBUKGB4142E
through the API

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

curl 'https://api.fincodesapi.com/v2/bic/HBUKGB4142E' \
    --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/HBUKGB4142E', [
    '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/HBUKGB4142E"

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/HBUKGB4142E';
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/HBUKGB4142E', options)
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(response => console.log(response))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));