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MIDLGB2138W BIC/SWIFT code

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

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Branch identifier
Liverpool

BIC/SWIFT record

MIDLGB2138W

HSBC BANK PLC

GB Country

38W Branch

Record overview

Institution and branch details

Financial institution: HSBC BANK PLC
Branch: Branch 38W
City: Liverpool
Country: United Kingdom (GB)
Address: 8 CANADA SQUARE LONDON E145HQ UNITED, L13 5UU

Code anatomy

What does MIDLGB2138W mean?

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

MIDL 01

Institution code

Identifies HSBC BANK PLC.

GB 02

Country code

ISO code for United Kingdom.

21 03

Location code

Identifies the institution’s location.

38W 04

Branch code

Identifies this specific branch.

Built for developers

Validate MIDLGB2138W
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/MIDLGB2138W' \
    --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/MIDLGB2138W', [
    '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/MIDLGB2138W"

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/MIDLGB2138W';
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/MIDLGB2138W', options)
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(response => console.log(response))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

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