# 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, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $19.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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Actors are written with capital "A".

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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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.

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.

### 📊 Data fields

Each record includes: `results`, `scrapedAt`, `title`, `url`. These field names come straight from the actor's dataset schema, so what you see here is what lands in your dataset.

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

### 🚀 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.

### 🔗 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).

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

### 🆘 Need Help?

If you hit a bug, have questions about setup, or need a scraper we haven't built yet, open our [contact form](https://tally.so/r/BzdKgA) or write to parseforge@protonmail.com. We also take on paid custom data projects.

For faster answers, join our [Discord](https://parseforge.co/discord). It's the best place to get support and suggest new actors.

# 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`):

Maximum number of financial institutions to collect per run.

## Actor input object example

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

# 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
};

// 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 }

# 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
}' |
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

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/7HIKavILXRcdWp9Rq/builds/ZQUTgRK6QmGYoI9NW/openapi.json