Find any Brazilian financial institution by name, by its clearing code or by its ISPB, straight from the Central Bank participant registry.
Anyone looking up a bank by number almost always wants to find the institution behind the code or confirm which identifier to use in a form, a boleto, a transfer or a payment file. This tool lists every institution that takes part in the Brazilian Payment System, from retail banks to credit unions, fintechs and payment institutions, and lets you search by the name you know, by the clearing code (the short number of up to three digits, such as 341) or by the ISPB (the eight-digit identifier). Each record shows the clearing code, the ISPB, the short name and the full name, with a button to copy the ISPB. The content is informational: the list reflects the registry at the moment the dataset was built, and the final reference for financial operations is still the Central Bank or the institution itself.
Each institution usually has two identifiers in this lookup. The clearing code, historically called the COMPE code, is the short number of up to three digits that appears on boletos, forms and registrations (Banco do Brasil is 001, Caixa is 104, Bradesco is 237, Itaú is 341). The ISPB is an eight-digit identifier of the Brazilian Payment System, used in integrations, in PIX and in settlement files. They are different numbers tied to the same institution, each with its own purpose.
Understanding the difference avoids filling-in mistakes: a form asking for the bank code usually expects the clearing code, while financial integrations and the PIX key registry identify the institution by its ISPB. The tool shows both side by side so you do not mix one up with the other.
Not every institution on the list is a bank in the traditional sense. Many digital wallets and fintechs are payment institutions, authorized to move money and issue electronic money, but without running classic bank clearing. That is why some appear with an ISPB but no clearing code: they take part in the payment system and can send and receive PIX, even without using the short three-digit number.
The list also includes settlement entities and clearing houses, such as the B3 structures, which take part in the system behind the scenes and are not retail banks. The tool lists all of them because they are all registered participants; what changes is each one's role in the payment and settlement chain.
The list comes from BrasilAPI, which gathers the Brazilian Payment System participant registry maintained by the Central Bank, and is kept as a local copy, refreshed when the tool is republished. The date of the dataset in use is shown at the top of the screen. New participants, mergers and name changes happen, so the record reflects the moment the copy was built.
For operations that depend on the correct identifier, such as registering a destination account or building a payment file, the final reference is the Central Bank or the institution itself. Treat the result as a check, not a definitive validation, and confirm the expected number (clearing code or ISPB) in the documentation of the system that will receive the data.
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Yes, and that is the main use. The search covers the full name and the short name, so typing part of a name already filters the list as you write. You can also search by the clearing code (e.g. 341) or by the eight-digit ISPB.
The list of financial institutions in Brazil, from retail banks to fintechs and payment institutions. Search by name, by clearing code (e.g. 341) or by ISPB.
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Informational content. To register a destination account, build a payment file, or for any consequential operation, confirm the expected identifier with the Central Bank or the institution itself.