Verified directory record

SMCOGB2P BIC/SWIFT code

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

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Primary office
London

BIC/SWIFT record

SMCOGB2P

HSBC BANK PLC (RFB)

GB Country

XXX Branch

Record overview

Institution and branch details

Financial institution: HSBC BANK PLC (RFB)
Branch: (PRIVATE BANKING)
City: London
Country: United Kingdom (GB)
Address: 8 CORK STREET, W1S 3LJ

Code anatomy

What does SMCOGB2P mean?

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

SMCO 01

Institution code

Identifies HSBC BANK PLC (RFB).

GB 02

Country code

ISO code for United Kingdom.

2P 03

Location code

Identifies the institution’s location.

XXX 04

Branch code

Omitted or XXX indicates the primary office.

Built for developers

Validate SMCOGB2P
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/SMCOGB2P' \
    --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/SMCOGB2P', [
    '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/SMCOGB2P"

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/SMCOGB2P';
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/SMCOGB2P', options)
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(response => console.log(response))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));