NBEGSARI
NATIONAL BANK OF EGYPT - RIYADH BRANCH is identified on the SWIFT network by the BIC code NBEGSARI, registered in SAUDI ARABIA, settling primarily in SAR. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| NBEG | SA — Saudi Arabia | RI (live BIC) |
| SWIFT/BIC | NBEGSARI (head office, 8-char) |
|---|---|
| Bank | NATIONAL BANK OF EGYPT - RIYADH BRANCH |
| Country | SAUDI ARABIA (ISO SA) |
| Primary currency | SAR (inferred from country) |
The SWIFT/BIC (Business Identifier Code) is the international standard ISO 9362 for identifying financial institutions in cross-border payments. NBEGSARI uniquely identifies NATIONAL BANK OF EGYPT - RIYADH BRANCH in SAUDI ARABIA 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 NBEGSARI is an 8-character BIC, it addresses the head office. Branch-level BICs append three additional characters (for example, NBEGSARIXXX for the primary office) and are used when a specific branch must be addressed.
Payments routed through NATIONAL BANK OF EGYPT - RIYADH BRANCH 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.
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NBEGSARI is the unique SWIFT/BIC code identifying NATIONAL BANK OF EGYPT - RIYADH BRANCH in SAUDI ARABIA. The first four characters (NBEG) are the institution code; the next two (SA) are the ISO 3166-1 country code for Saudi Arabia; the next two (RI) are the location code; no branch code is present, so this BIC addresses the head office.
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 NATIONAL BANK OF EGYPT - RIYADH BRANCH.
NBEGSARI is 8 characters long — head-office BIC (8-char). 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.
NATIONAL BANK OF EGYPT - RIYADH BRANCH's primary settlement currency is SAR (Saudi Riyal). SAR clears via SARIE. 1-2 business days.
1-2 business days. Settlement system: SARIE. SAMA clearing.
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.