Identity
Resolve any code
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Institutions indexed
31,412
| Institution | BIC | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Deutsche Bank AGDE | DEUTDEFF | Active |
| Banco Santander S.A.ES | BSCHESMM | Active |
| Sumitomo Mitsui BankingJP | SMBCJPJT | Active |
| Standard Bank of SAZA | SBZAZAJJ | Active |
| Itaú Unibanco S.A.BR | ITAUBRSP | Active |
Reference data with the edge cases handled.
Structure
Group hierarchies
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Oversight
Regulators & licences
Supervisory authority, licence class and register link for every institution, sourced from primary regulator data.
31,400
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MCP
Same data, spoken fluently by agents.
Point any MCP client at one URL and your assistant gets typed lookups instead of a web search and a guess.
See the tool list> which regulator supervises SMBCJPJT?
resolve_bic("SMBCJPJT")
→ Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (JP)
regulator: Financial Services Agency
licence: ordinary bank · verified 2026-08-14