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HBUKGB4196Z BIC/SWIFT code

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

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Branch identifier
London

BIC/SWIFT record

HBUKGB4196Z

HSBC UK BANK PLC

GB Country

96Z Branch

Record overview

Institution and branch details

Financial institution: HSBC UK BANK PLC
Branch: Branch 96Z
City: London
Country: United Kingdom (GB)
Address: 8 CANADA SQUARE

Code anatomy

What does HBUKGB4196Z mean?

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

HBUK 01

Institution code

Identifies HSBC UK BANK PLC.

GB 02

Country code

ISO code for United Kingdom.

41 03

Location code

Identifies the institution’s location.

96Z 04

Branch code

Identifies this specific branch.

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curl 'https://api.fincodesapi.com/v2/bic/HBUKGB4196Z' \
    --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/HBUKGB4196Z', [
    '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/HBUKGB4196Z"

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/HBUKGB4196Z';
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/HBUKGB4196Z', options)
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(response => console.log(response))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

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