BCENECEQ120
BANCO CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR is identified on the SWIFT network by the BIC code BCENECEQ120, registered in ECUADOR. International wire transfers routed through this institution can be tracked free of charge by pasting your UETR or payment reference on the Ohmyfin homepage.
| Institution | Country | Location | Branch |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCEN | EC — ECUADOR | EQ (live BIC) | 120 (branch code 120) |
| SWIFT/BIC | BCENECEQ120 (branch, 11-char) |
|---|---|
| Bank | BANCO CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR |
| Country | ECUADOR (ISO EC) |
The SWIFT/BIC (Business Identifier Code) is the international standard ISO 9362 for identifying financial institutions in cross-border payments. BCENECEQ120 uniquely identifies BANCO CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR in ECUADOR on the SWIFT network and is used as the routing identifier in field 57A of an MT103 message (or the equivalent BICFI element in an ISO 20022 pacs.008).
Because BCENECEQ120 is an 11-character BIC, the trailing 120 identifies a specific branch within BANCO CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR. The corresponding 8-character head-office BIC is BCENECEQ.
Payments routed through BANCO CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR can be tracked end-to-end via SWIFT GPI when both the sender and receiver are GPI-enabled. Ohmyfin provides free public lookup of any UETR — paste yours on the homepage to see the latest available status, including which correspondent banks the payment has passed through.
ALFLECE1ABPCECE1MUATECE1MUPIECEQBACZECE1BASAECEGBBOLECEGBCAPECQ1BCENECEQ120 is the unique SWIFT/BIC code identifying BANCO CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR in ECUADOR. The first four characters (BCEN) are the institution code; the next two (EC) are the ISO 3166-1 country code for ECUADOR; the next two (EQ) are the location code; the final three (120) are the branch code.
Use the Ohmyfin SWIFT tracker on the homepage. Paste the UETR (field 121) or the payment reference (field 20) and Ohmyfin returns the latest available SWIFT GPI status, including each correspondent bank the payment passed through on the way to BANCO CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR.
BCENECEQ120 is 11 characters long — branch code 120. An 8-character BIC identifies the bank's head office; an 11-character BIC identifies a specific branch. Both are valid in MT103 field 57A.
Most delays at the beneficiary bank come from sanctions/AML screening on the ordering customer, missing remittance information in field 70, or arrival after the local RTGS cut-off. Use Ohmyfin to see which hop is holding the payment so you can chase the right party.