# Bank & Financial Institution Lookup Scraper (`parseforge/bank-financial-institution-lookup-scraper`) Actor

Look up any US or international financial institution in seconds. Get FFIEC bank records, NYSE and Euronext listings and CFTC COT data combined. Pull legal name, charter type, branches, regulator, ticker and trading status. Built for KYC, fintech and equity research.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/parseforge/bank-financial-institution-lookup-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [ParseForge](https://apify.com/parseforge) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per usage

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Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-usage

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```bash
pip install apify-client
```

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```bash

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# README

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## 🏦 Bank & Financial Institution Lookup Scraper

> 🚀 **All-in-one bundle: queries 4 sources in one run.** FFIEC/FDIC banks, NYSE listings, Euronext equities, CFTC COT reports.

> 🕒 **Last updated:** 2026-05-27 · **📊 10 fields** per record · **4 financial directories** · **US + Europe coverage**

Bank & Financial Institution Lookup Scraper is a single combo Actor that queries four authoritative financial directories in parallel and returns one unified dataset. Each record is tagged with its `source` so analysts, journalists and fintech builders can sweep banks, listed equities, and commodity positioning in one run.

The bundle covers the FDIC institutions API (active US banks via FFIEC data), the NYSE listings directory, Euronext live equities across Paris/Amsterdam/Brussels/Lisbon, and the CFTC Commitments of Traders public reporting feed.

| 🎯 Target Audience | 💡 Primary Use Cases |
|---|---|
| Financial analysts | Cross-market reference data |
| Fintech and KYB | Bank and ticker enrichment |
| Journalists | Tracking listings and positioning |
| Data engineers | Building reference tables |

### 📋 What this Scraper does
- Calls the FDIC institutions API for active US banks (name, CERT, class, city, state, assets).
- POSTs the NYSE quotes filter endpoint for equity listings (ticker, name, MIC code).
- POSTs Euronext's stocks data endpoint for equities across XPAR, XAMS, XBRU, XLIS.
- GETs the CFTC Socrata endpoint for COT report rows (open interest, long/short positions).
- Normalizes into one schema with `source`, `name`, `ticker`, `id`, `country`, `exchange`, `category`, `url`.

> 💡 **Why it matters:** one Actor, four sources, one schema - perfect for KYB pipelines and cross-market dashboards.

### 🎬 Full Demo
_🚧 Coming soon_

### ⚙️ Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `query` | string | Optional substring filter on name/ticker |
| `sources` | array | Subset of `ffiec`, `nyse`, `euronext`, `cftc` |
| `maxItems` | integer | Free: 10 · Paid: up to 1,000,000 |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | Optional Apify Proxy config |

```tabular
{ "maxItems": 25 }
````

```tabular
{ "query": "bank", "sources": ["ffiec", "nyse"], "maxItems": 100 }
```

> ⚠️ **Good to Know:** Euronext's data endpoint requires a POST with `X-Requested-With: XMLHttpRequest`. The Actor handles that.

### 📊 Output

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 🌐 `source` | string | One of `ffiec`, `nyse`, `euronext`, `cftc` |
| 📌 `name` | string | Institution / listing / contract name |
| 🏷️ `ticker` | string | Ticker or contract code |
| 🪪 `id` | string | Source-specific identifier (CERT, ISIN, etc.) |
| 📍 `country` | string | Country or market |
| 🏛️ `exchange` | string | Exchange name |
| 📋 `category` | string | Bank class, instrument type, or commodity |
| 🔗 `url` | string | Source-specific URL |
| 🕒 `scrapedAt` | string | ISO timestamp |
| ❌ `error` | string | Populated only on failure |

### ✨ Why choose this Actor

| | |
|---|---|
| 🏦 Four directories, one schema | One Actor, one dataset |
| ⚡ Parallel fetch | `Promise.allSettled` keeps slow sources from blocking |
| 🌍 Public data only | No accounts, no API keys |
| 📥 tabular / spreadsheet / tabular / tabular | Native Apify pull |

### 📈 How it compares to alternatives

| | This Actor | Per-source actors | Paid market-data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inputs | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Free tier | ✅ 10 items | ✅ | ❌ |
| No API key | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |

### 🚀 How to use

1. [Create a free account w/ $5 credit](https://console.apify.com/sign-up?fpr=vmoqkp).
2. Open the Actor and pick which directories to query.
3. Optional: set `query` to filter by name or ticker.
4. Run and pull tabular/spreadsheet/tabular/tabular.
5. Schedule to refresh reference tables.

### 💼 Business use cases

#### KYB enrichment

Add bank class and FDIC certificate to onboarding records.

#### Cross-market dashboards

Compare US and European listings in one feed.

#### Research

Track CFTC positioning trends weekly.

#### Reference data

Build internal lookup tables for ISIN/ticker/CERT.

### 🔌 Automating this Scraper

Use Make, Zapier, Slack, Airbyte, GitHub Actions, Google Drive, Webhooks.

### 🌟 Beyond business use cases

#### Research

Academic studies of market structure and positioning.

#### Personal

Hobby investor research.

#### Non-profit

Civic-tech and financial-transparency projects.

#### Experimentation

Train models on listing and positioning data.

### 🤖 Ask an AI assistant about this scraper

Drop the dataset into ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, or Copilot for cross-market questions.

### ❓ Frequently Asked Questions

**Q: Are these real-time prices?** A: Listings and metadata only; not a tick feed.

**Q: How fresh is FDIC data?** A: Updated as FDIC publishes - typically daily.

**Q: Does NYSE include ETFs?** A: Currently equities only; ETFs configurable on request.

**Q: Euronext markets?** A: XPAR, XAMS, XBRU, XLIS by default.

**Q: CFTC report type?** A: Disaggregated public reporting (Socrata `jun7-fc8e`).

**Q: Free tier limit?** A: 10 items per run.

**Q: Schema stable?** A: Yes, fields guaranteed even if null.

**Q: Can I filter by state or country?** A: Currently via `query`; per-source filters can be added.

**Q: Does it deduplicate?** A: No - de-dupe downstream by `id`.

**Q: API key needed?** A: No.

### 🔌 Integrate with any app

Make, Zapier, Slack, Airbyte, Google Drive, GitHub, Webhooks, REST API, n8n.

### 🔗 Recommended Actors

| Actor | What it does |
|---|---|
| [FFIEC Bank Institutions](https://apify.com/parseforge/ffiec-bank-institutions-scraper) | FDIC banks only |
| [NYSE Listings Directory](https://apify.com/parseforge/nyse-listings-directory-scraper) | NYSE only |
| [Euronext Equities](https://apify.com/parseforge/euronext-equities-scraper) | Euronext only |
| [CFTC COT Reports](https://apify.com/parseforge/cftc-cot-reports-scraper) | CFTC only |

> 💡 **Pro Tip:** browse the complete [ParseForge collection](https://apify.com/parseforge).

**🆘 Need Help?** [Open our contact form](https://tally.so/r/BzdKgA)

> **⚠️ Disclaimer:** independent tool, not affiliated with any exchange or government agency. Only publicly available data is collected.

# Actor input Schema

## `query` (type: `string`):

Optional case-insensitive substring filter on name/ticker.

## `sources` (type: `array`):

Which financial directories to query.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Free users: Limited to 10 items (preview). Paid users: Optional, max 1,000,000

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Optional proxy configuration.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "sources": [
    "ffiec",
    "nyse",
    "euronext",
    "cftc"
  ],
  "maxItems": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "maxItems": 10,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("parseforge/bank-financial-institution-lookup-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "maxItems": 10,
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("parseforge/bank-financial-institution-lookup-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "maxItems": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call parseforge/bank-financial-institution-lookup-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=parseforge/bank-financial-institution-lookup-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
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    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Bank & Financial Institution Lookup Scraper",
        "description": "Look up any US or international financial institution in seconds. Get FFIEC bank records, NYSE and Euronext listings and CFTC COT data combined. Pull legal name, charter type, branches, regulator, ticker and trading status. Built for KYC, fintech and equity research.",
        "version": "0.1",
        "x-build-id": "Dkz9fCO4gestAmc3j"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
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            "post": {
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                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/parseforge~bank-financial-institution-lookup-scraper/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-parseforge-bank-financial-institution-lookup-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
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                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
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                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
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                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/parseforge~bank-financial-institution-lookup-scraper/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-parseforge-bank-financial-institution-lookup-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "query": {
                        "title": "Search Query (optional)",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Optional case-insensitive substring filter on name/ticker."
                    },
                    "sources": {
                        "title": "Sources",
                        "uniqueItems": true,
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Which financial directories to query.",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string",
                            "enum": [
                                "ffiec",
                                "nyse",
                                "euronext",
                                "cftc"
                            ],
                            "enumTitles": [
                                "FFIEC / FDIC banks",
                                "NYSE listings",
                                "Euronext equities",
                                "CFTC COT reports"
                            ]
                        },
                        "default": [
                            "ffiec",
                            "nyse",
                            "euronext",
                            "cftc"
                        ]
                    },
                    "maxItems": {
                        "title": "Max Items",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 1000000,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Free users: Limited to 10 items (preview). Paid users: Optional, max 1,000,000"
                    },
                    "proxyConfiguration": {
                        "title": "Proxy",
                        "type": "object",
                        "description": "Optional proxy configuration."
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
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                            },
                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
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                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
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                                        "example": 2048
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                                }
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                                "type": "string"
                            },
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                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
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                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
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                                        "example": 0
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                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
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                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
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                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
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                                        "example": 0
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                                        "example": 0
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                                        "example": 0
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                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
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                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
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                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
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                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
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                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
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                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```