Resolve a BIC/SWIFT code (8 or 11 chars) into the underlying bank: name, country, city, LE
Resolve a BIC/SWIFT code (8 or 11 chars) into the underlying bank: name, country, city, LEI, and registered head-office address (where available). Use only when you already have the BIC — for IBAN inputs, prefer /v1/iban/validate which resolves the BIC for you. Production · server processing <5ms (network excluded — measure your own round trip on GET /ping) · 121,000+ BICs (39,000+ LEI-enriched via GLEIF, refreshed monthly) · v1.4.4.
3000 (raw units)
price
3
calls / 30d
1
unique payers
2026-09-01
updated
Provider
api.ibanforge.com · discovered, not yet claimed by its owner
Payment (x402 accepts[])
[
{
"scheme": "exact",
"network": "eip155:8453",
"payTo": "0xD13bD0A4120BA301125290e5cc0c7EFD4CB40a55",
"asset": "0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913",
"amount": "3000",
"maxTimeoutSeconds": 60
}
]Output schema
{
"bazaar": {
"discoverable": true,
"info": {
"input": {
"discoverable": true,
"method": "GET",
"pathParams": {
"code": "CHASUS33"
},
"type": "http"
},
"output": {
"example": {
"_example_notice": "ILLUSTRATIVE SAMPLE — these are demo values for a fixed record, NOT the data for the resource you requested. Do not report them to a user. Authenticate (Authorization: Bearer ifk_...) or pay via x402 to get the real response.",
"address": {
"city": "Zurich",
"country": "CH",
"post_code": "8001",
"source": "GLEIF",
"street": "Bahnhofstrasse 45",
"type": "registered"
},
"address_available": true,
"bic": "UBSWCHZH80A",
"bic11": "UBSWCHZH80A",
"bic8": "UBSWCHZH",
"branch_code": "80A",
"city": "Zurich",
"country": {
"code": "CH",
"name": "Switzerland"
},
"found": true,
"institution": "UBS Switzerland AG",
"is_test_bic": false,
"lei": "549300WOIFUSNYH0FL22",
"lei_status": "ACTIVE",
"source": "gleif",
"valid_format": true
},
"type": "json"
}
},
"outputSchema": {
"properties": {
"address": {
"description": "Registered/head-office address (GLEIF, CC0). Entity-level, not per-branch; null for branch or non-LEI BICs. Non-Latin addresses (Chinese, Arabic, Greek…) carry an official Latin reading in `romanized` only when GLEIF provides one; otherwise `romanization` is \"unavailable\" and we never fabricate a transliteration.",
"properties": {
"city": {
"type": "string"
},
"country": {
"type": "string"
},
"post_code": {
"type": "string"
},
"region": {
"type": "string"
},
"romanization": {
"description": "Provenance of the Latin reading: original_latin | gleif_english | unavailable (non-Latin entity with no official Latin form — not transliterated).",
"enum": [
"original_latin",
"gleif_english",
"unavailable"
],
"type": "string"
},
"romanized": {
"description": "Latin reading: GLEIF's official English address for non-Latin entities, or the address itself when already Latin. Null when no official Latin form exists (never fabricated).",
"type": "string"
},
"source": {
"type": "string"
},
"street": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"type": "object"
},
"address_available": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"bic": {
"type": "string"
},
"bic11": {
"type": "string"
},
"bic8": {
"type": "string"
},
"city": {
"type": "string"
},
"country": {
"properties": {
"code": {
"type": "string"
},
"name": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"type": "object"
},
"found": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"institution": {
"type": "string"
},
"lei": {
"type": "string"
},
"valid_format": {
"type": "boolean"
}
},
"type": "object"
},
"pathParams": {
"code": {
"description": "BIC/SWIFT code (8 or 11 alphanumeric).",
"type": "string"
}
},
"routeTemplate": "/v1/bic/:code",
"schema": {
"properties": {
"input": {
"properties": {
"method": {
"enum": [
"GET"
],
"type": "string"
},
"pathParams": {
"type": "object"
}
},
"required": [
"method"
]
}
}
}
}
}Use it
curl
curl "https://api.ibanforge.com/v1/bic/:code" # -> 402 Payment Required, accepts[] lists how to pay # retry with a PAYMENT-SIGNATURE (or PAYMENT header) once paid
JavaScript
const res = await fetch("https://api.ibanforge.com/v1/bic/:code");
if (res.status === 402) {
const { accepts } = await res.json();
// pay one of accepts[] via an x402 client, then retry with the payment header
}Python
import httpx
res = httpx.get("https://api.ibanforge.com/v1/bic/:code")
if res.status_code == 402:
accepts = res.json()["accepts"]
# pay one of accepts[] via an x402 client, then retry with the payment headerMachine-readable
Everything on this page is also available as clean JSON at /resources/13800.json, and this resource appears in /discovery/resources and /discovery/search.