List of banks in Hong Kong

Hong Kong maintains a three-tier system of deposit-taking institutions, i.e. licensed banks, restricted licence banks and deposit-taking companies. They are collectively known as authorized institutions supervised by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA).^[1]

As one of the top five financial centres worldwide, Hong Kong has one of the highest concentrations of banking institutions in the world, with 70 of the largest 100 banks in the world having an operation in Hong Kong. As at 16 January 2015, there were 159 licensed banks, 21 restricted licence banks and 23 deposit-taking companies in business, constituting a total of 203 authorized institutions with 1,372 local branches. In addition, there are 63 local representative offices of foreign banks in Hong Kong.^[2]

Licensed banks

Only licensed banks may operate current and savings accounts, accept deposits of any size and maturity from the public, and pay or collect cheques drawn, or paid in, by customers.

Licensed banks incorporated in Hong Kong

Clearing Code	Bank Name	Chinese Name	Established	SWIFT-BIC	Notes
012	Bank of China (Hong Kong)	中國銀行(香港)有限公司	1917	BKCHHKHH
027	Bank of Communications	交通银行	2005	COMMHKHH
015	Bank of East Asia, The	東亞銀行有限公司	1918	BEASHKHH
018	China CITIC Bank International	中信銀行國際有限公司	1922	KWHKHKHH
009	China Construction Bank (Asia)	中國建設銀行(亞洲)股份有限公司	1912	PCBCHKHH
039	Chiyu Banking Corporation	集友銀行有限公司	1947	CIYUHKHH
041	Chong Hing Bank	創興銀行有限公司	1948	LCHBHKHH
250	Citibank (Hong Kong)	花旗銀行(香港)有限公司	2005
040	Dah Sing Bank	大新銀行有限公司	1947	DSBAHKHH
016	DBS Bank (Hong Kong)	星展銀行(香港)有限公司	1921	DBSSHKHH
128	Fubon Bank (Hong Kong)	富邦銀行(香港)有限公司	1971	TPBKHKHH
024	Hang Seng Bank	恒生銀行有限公司	1933	HASEHKHH
004	Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation	香港上海滙豐銀行有限公司	1865	HSBCHKHH
072	Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia)	中國工商銀行(亞洲)有限公司	1964	ICBKHKHH
043	Nanyang Commercial Bank	南洋商業銀行有限公司	1949	NYCBHKHH
022	OCBC Wing Hang Bank	華僑銀行有限公司	1932
028	Public Bank (Hong Kong)	大眾銀行(香港)有限公司	1934	PBBEHKHH
025	Shanghai Commercial Bank	上海商業銀行有限公司	1950	SCBKHKHH
003	Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong)	渣打銀行(香港)有限公司	1859	SCBLHKHH
061	Tai Sang Bank	大生銀行有限公司		TSBLHKHH
038	Tai Yau Bank	大有銀行有限公司	1947
020	Wing Lung Bank	永隆銀行有限公司	1933	WUBAHKHH

Licensed banks incorporated outside Hong Kong

Sortable table

Clearing Code	Bank Name	Chinese Name	Established	Country of Origin	Notes
307	ABN AMRO Bank N.V.	荷蘭銀行		Netherlands
222	Agricultural Bank of China	中國農業銀行	1979	China
256	Allahabad Bank			India
152	Australia and New Zealand Banking Group	澳洲紐西蘭銀行集團		Australia
261	Axis Bank			India
350	Banca della Svizzera Italiana (BSI)			Switzerland
234	Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena	意大利西雅那銀行香港分行		Italy
147	Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria	西班牙對外銀行		Spain
267	Banco Santander			Spain
049	Bangkok Bank Public Co. Ltd.	盤谷銀行		Thailand
278	Bank J. Safra Sarasin			Switzerland
055	Bank of America	美國銀行		United States of America
259	Bank of Baroda	巴魯達銀行		India
012	Bank of China	中國銀行(香港)有限公司	1917	China
027	Bank of Communications Hong Kong Branch	交通銀行有限公司	1934	China
058	Bank of India	印度銀行		India
066	Bank Negara Indonesia	印尼國家銀行		Indonesia
139	Bank of New York Mellon, The	紐約梅隆銀行有限公司		United States of America
076	Bank of Nova Scotia, The	加拿大豐業銀行		Canada
	Bank of the Philippine Islands			Philippines
201	Bank of Taiwan	臺灣銀行	1897	Taiwan
047	Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, The	三菱東京UFJ銀行		Japan
272	Bank of Singapore			Singapore
241	Bank SinoPac	永豐金融控股公司	1992	Taiwan
074	Barclays			United Kingdom
067	BDO Unibank			Philippines
056	BNP Paribas	法國巴黎銀行香港		France
275	BNP Paribas Securities Services			France
	BNP Paribas Wealth Management	法國巴黎財富管理銀行		France
092	Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce	加拿大帝國商業銀行		Canada
262	Canara Bank			India
263	Cathay Bank			United States of America
	Cathay United Bank	國泰世華銀行	1975	Taiwan
206	Chang Hwa Commercial Bank	彰化銀行	1905	Taiwan
170	Chiba Bank, The	千葉銀行		Japan
009	China Construction Bank	中國建設銀行(亞洲)股份有限公司	1912	China
276	China Development Bank	國家開發銀行	1994	China
368	China Everbright Bank	中國光大控股有限公司	1992	China
238	China Merchants Bank	招商銀行股份有限公司	1987	China
353	China Minsheng Banking Corporation	中國民生銀行	1996	China
202	Chugoku Bank, The			Japan
374	CIMB Bank			Malaysia
250	Citibank	花旗銀行	1902	United States of America
097	Commerzbank	德國商業銀行		Germany
153	Commonwealth Bank of Australia	澳洲聯邦銀行		Australia
205	Coutts & Co.			England
	Crédit Agricole			France
005	Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank			France
	Crédit Industriel et Commercial			France
233	Credit Suisse			Switzerland
229	CTBC Bank	中國信託商業銀行	1966	Taiwan
185	DBS Bank	星展銀行(香港)有限公司		Singapore
054	Deutsche Bank	德意志銀行		Germany
113	DZ Bank	德國中央合作銀行		Germany
243	E.SUN Commercial Bank	玉山商業銀行	1992	Taiwan
258	East West Bank	華美銀行		United States of America
346	Edmond de Rothschild (Suisse)			Switzerland
237	EFG Bank	瑞士盈豐銀行股份有限公司		Switzerland
227	Erste Group Bank			Austria
	Falcon Private Bank			Switzerland
260	Far Eastern International Bank	遠東國際商業銀行	1992	Taiwan
203	First Commercial Bank	第一商業銀行	1899	Taiwan
188	Hachijuni Bank, The	八十二銀行		Japan
112	Hana Bank			South Korea
308	HDFC Bank			India
248	Hong Leong Bank	豐隆銀行有限公司		Malaysia
347	HSBC Bank plc			United Kingdom
	HSBC Bank International (Jersey)			United Kingdom
	HSBC Bank USA			United States of America
198	Hua Nan Commercial Bank	華南商業銀行	1919	Taiwan
164	UniCredit Bank AG			Germany
251	ICICI Bank			India
050	Indian Overseas Bank	印度海外銀行		India
072	Industrial and Commercial Bank of China	中國工商銀行(亞洲)有限公司	1964	China
271	Industrial Bank of Korea			South Korea
274	Industrial Bank of Taiwan	台灣工業銀行		Taiwan
377	Industrial Bank Co.	興業銀行	1988	China
145	ING Bank			Netherlands
161	Intesa Sanpaolo			Italy
224	Iyo Bank, The	伊予銀行		Japan
007	JPMorgan Chase Bank	摩根大通銀行		United States of America
320	Bank Julius Baer & Co.			Switzerland
178	KBC Bank	比利時聯合銀行		Belgium
046	Korea Exchange Bank	韓國外換銀行		South Korea
264	Land Bank of Taiwan	臺灣土地銀行	1946	Taiwan
342	LGT Bank (Liechtenstein)			Liechtenstein
	Lloyds Bank			United Kingdom
344	Macquarie Bank			Australia
242	Mega International Commercial Bank	兆豐國際商業銀行	2006	Taiwan
352	Mashreq Bank			United Arab Emirates
063	Maybank	馬來亞銀行		Malaysia
254	Melli Bank			United Kingdom
	Mirae Asset			South Korea
138	Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation	三菱UFJ信託銀行		Japan
109	Mizuho Bank	瑞穗實業銀行		Japan
150	National Australia Bank	澳洲銀行		Australia
277	National Bank of Abu Dhabi			United Arab Emirates
060	National Bank of Pakistan	巴基斯坦國民銀行		Pakistan
210	Natixis	法國外貿銀行		France
	Newedge Group			France
022	Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation	華僑銀行		Singapore
357	Pictet & Cie (Europe)			Switzerland
119	Philippine National Bank			Philippines
266	Punjab National Bank			India
	Coöperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank	荷蘭合作銀行		Netherlands
354	Raiffeisen Bank International			Austria
080	Royal Bank of Canada	加拿大皇家銀行		Canada
008	Royal Bank of Scotland, The	蘇格蘭皇家銀行有限公司		United Kingdom
360	Royal Bank of Scotland N.V., The			Scotland
	Samsung Securities			South Korea
269	Shanghai Commercial and Savings Bank	上海商業儲蓄銀行	1954	Taiwan
345	Shanghai Pudong Development Bank	上海浦東發展銀行	1993	China
199	Shiga Bank, The	滋賀銀行		Japan
186	Shizuoka Bank	靜岡銀行		Japan
316	Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken			Sweden
081	Société Générale	法國興業銀行		France
	Societe Generale Bank & Trust			France
	Standard Bank	標準銀行亞洲有限公司		United Kingdom
249	Standard Chartered Bank	渣打銀行		United Kingdom
082	State Bank of India	印度國家銀行		India
220	State Street Bank and Trust Company	美國道富銀行		United States of America
065	Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation	三井住友銀行		Japan
371	Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank			Japan
165	Svenska Handelsbanken (Sweden)	瑞典商業銀行		Sweden
378	Ta Chong Bank	大眾商業銀行	1992	Taiwan
239	Taipei Fubon Commercial Bank	台北富邦商業銀行	2005	Taiwan
245	Taishin International Bank	台新國際商業銀行	1992	Taiwan
230	Taiwan Business Bank	臺灣中小企業銀行	1915	Taiwan
265	Taiwan Cooperative Bank	合作金庫商業銀行	1944	Taiwan
085	Toronto-Dominion Bank	加拿大多倫多道明銀行		Canada
337	Taiwan Shin Kong Commercial Bank	臺灣新光商業銀行	1918	Taiwan
273	Shinhan Bank			South Korea
103	UBS	瑞士銀行		Switzerland
045	UCO Bank			India
268	Union Bank of India			India
071	United Overseas Bank	大華銀行有限公司		Singapore
180	Wells Fargo Bank	富國銀行香港分行		United States of America
218	Portigon	德國西德銀行		Germany
151	Westpac Banking Corporation	西太平洋銀行		Australia
118	Woori Bank			South Korea

Restricted licence banks incorporated in Hong Kong

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Bank Name	Chinese Name	Established	Country of Origin	Notes
Allied Banking Corporation (Hong Kong)			Philippines
Bank of America Securities Asia			United States
Bank of China International			People's Republic of China
Bank of Shanghai (Hong Kong)			People's Republic of China
Citicorp International			United States
Habib Bank Zurich (Hong Kong) Limited			Switzerland
J. P. Morgan Securities (Asia Pacific)			United States
KDB Asia	韓國産業銀行		South Korea
Kookmin Bank Hong Kong	KB國民銀行		South Korea
Morgan Stanley Asia International			United States
Orix Asia Limited			Japan
RBC Capital Markets (Hong Kong)			Canada
Scotiabank (Hong Kong)			Canada
Société Générale Asia			France
UBAF (Hong Kong)			France

Restricted licence banks incorporated outside Hong Kong

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Bank Name	Chinese Name	Established	Country of Origin	Notes
Bank Mandiri			Indonesia
Bank of Ayudhya			Thailand
Kasikornbank			Thailand
Siam Commercial Bank			Thailand
Euroclear Bank			Belgium
RBC Investor Services Bank			Luxembourg
Bank Morgan Stanley			Switzerland

Deposit-taking companies (all incorporated in Hong Kong)

Deposit-taking companies are mostly owned by, or associated with, banks. These companies engage in specialized activities, such as consumer finance and securities business. They may take deposits of HK$100,000 or above with an original term of maturity of at least three months.

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Bank Name	Chinese Name	Established	Country of Origin	Notes
BCOM Finance (Hong Kong)			People's Republic of China
BPI International Finance			Philippines
Chau's Brothers Finance Company	周氏兄弟財務有限公司	1980	Hong Kong
Chong Hing Finance	創興財務有限公司	1973	Hong Kong
Commonwealth Finance Corporation		1982	Hong Kong
Corporate Finance (D.T.C.)			Hong Kong
Fubon Credit (Hong Kong)	富邦財務(香港)有限公司	1977	Taiwan
Gunma Finance (Hong Kong)	群馬財務（香港）有限公司		Japan
Habib Finance International			Switzerland
Henderson International Finance	恒基國際財務有限公司	1976	Hong Kong
HKCB Finance	香港華人財務有限公司		People's Republic of China
Hung Kai Finance Co.	鴻基財務有限公司	1972	Hong Kong
KEB Asia Finance			South Korea
Kexim Asia		1976	South Korea
OCBC Inchroy Credit Corporation	華僑英利信用財務有限公司	1973	Hong Kong
OCBC Wing Hang Finance Company	華僑永亨財務有限公司	1973	Hong Kong
Octopus Cards	八達通卡公司		Hong Kong
PrimeCredit	安信信貸有限公司		Hong Kong
Public Finance	大眾財務有限公司	1977	Hong Kong
Shinhan Asia	新韓亞洲金融有限公司		South Korea
Vietnam Finance Company		2009	Vietnam
Woori Global Markets Asia		1899	South Korea

Local representative offices (all incorporated outside Hong Kong)

Overseas banks may establish local representative offices in Hong Kong, but they are not allowed to engage in any banking business and their role is confined mainly to liaison work between the bank and its customers in Hong Kong.

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Bank Name	Chinese Name	Established	Country of Origin	Notes
Antwerp Diamond Bank		1934	Belgium
Ashikaga Bank			Japan
Banca Popolare dell'Emilia Romagna		1867	Italy
Banca Popolare di Sondrio		1871	Italy
Banca Popolare di Vicenza		1866	Italy
Banco Popolare		2002	Italy
Banco Security			Chile
Bank Central Asia		1957	Indonesia
Bank of Beijing	北京銀行	1996	People's Republic of China
Bank of Dongguan	東莞銀行股份有限公司	1999	People's Republic of China
Bank of Fukuoka		2007	Japan
Bank Hapoalim (Switzerland)		1921	Switzerland
Bank of Kyoto	京都銀行		Japan
Bank Rakyat Indonesia		1895	Indonesia
Bank of Yokohama, The	株式會社橫浜銀行	1920	Japan
Banque cantonale de Genève		1953	Switzerland
Banque Degroof Luxembourg			Luxembourg
Banque Transatlantique		1881	Luxembourg
Central Bank of India		1911	India
China Guangfa Bank	廣發銀行	1988	People's Republic of China
Clearstream Banking		2000	Luxembourg
Credit Industriel et Commercial		1859	France
Corporation Bank		1906	India
Doha Bank		1979	Qatar
Dukascopy Bank		2004	Switzerland
Expobank		1991	Latvia
Fiduciary Trust Company International		1931	United States of America
First Gulf Bank		1979	United Arab Emirates
Habib Bank AG Zurich		1967	Switzerland
HSH Nordbank		2003	Germany
Investec Bank		1974	South Africa
Japan Post Bank		2006	Japan
Jih Sun International Bank	日盛銀行	1990	Taiwan
Juroku Bank, The	十六銀行		Japan
Korea Development Bank	韓國産業銀行	1954	South Korea
Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company		1962	Philippines
Nanto Bank	株式會社南都銀行	1934	Japan
National Bank of Canada	加拿大國民銀行	1859	Canada
Nishi-Nippon City Bank		1944	Japan
Norinchukin Bank	農林中央金庫	1923	Japan
Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank	大垣共立銀行	1986	Japan
Oita Bank	大分銀行	1893	Japan
Ping An Bank	平安銀行	1995	People's Republic of China
Resona Bank	里索那銀行	1918	Japan
Rothschild Bank		1811	United Kingdom
Schroder & Co Bank		1804	United Kingdom
Shinkin Central Bank	信金中央金庫	1950	Japan
Silicon Valley Bank		1982	United States of America
Swissquote Bank		1996	Switzerland
Trasta komercbanka			Latvia
Union Bank of Taiwan	聯邦銀行	1989	Taiwan
Unione di Banche Italiane Banca Popolare Commercio e Industria Banca Popolare di Ancona Banca Popolare di Bergamo Banca Regionale Europea Banco di Brescia		2003	Italy
VP Bank (Liechtenstein)			Liechtenstein
Yamaguchi Bank	山口銀行	1878	Japan
Yamanashi Chuo Bank	山梨中央銀行	1941	Japan
Yuanta Commercial Bank	元大銀行	1992	Taiwan

Approved money brokers

• BGC Capital Markets (Hong Kong) Limited
• Bloomberg Tradebook Hong Kong Limited
• Currenex, Inc.
• EBS Service Company Limited
• FX Alliance, Llc
• Fxmarketspace Limited
• GFI (HK) Brokers Limited
• ICAP (Hong Kong) Limited
• iMarkets Limited
• Korea Money Brokerage Corporation
• Lotus Forex Limited
• Nittan Capital Asia Limited
• Reuters Transaction Services Limited
• SMBC Capital Markets Limited
• Tradition (Asia) Limited
• Tullett Prebon (Hong Kong) Limited

Defunct, renamed or acquired banks

• Asia Commercial Bank
• Bank of America (Asia)
• Bank of Canton
• Bank of China Group
• Bank of Credit and Commerce International (Hong Kong) Limited
• Belgian Bank
• Canton Trust Bank
• Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China
• Chase Manhattan Bank, Hong Kong branch
• China & South Sea Bank Limited
• China State Bank Limited
• Chekiang First Bank
• D.A.H. Private Bank Limited
• Daiwa Bank, Hong Kong branch
• Dao Heng Bank Limited
• DBS Kwong On Bank
• Far East Bank
• First Pacific Bank
• Flemings Investment Banking, Hong Kong branch
• Fortis Bank Asia HK
• Hang Lung Bank
• Hongkong Chinese Bank
• Hongkong Industrial and Commercial Bank Limited
• Hong Nin Savings Bank
• Hua Chiao Commercial Bank Limited
• International Bank of Asia Limited
• Jian Sing Bank Limited
• Kincheng Banking Corporation
• Kwangtung Provincial Bank
• Kwong On Bank
• Mercantile Bank of India, London and China, Hong Kong branch
• Mingde Bank
• National Bank of China
• National Commercial Bank Limited
• National Industrial Bank of China
• Overseas Trust Bank Limited
• Oriental Bank Corporation, Hong Kong branch
• Po Sang Bank
• Sin Hua Bank Limited
• Sun Hung Kai Bank Limited
• Union Bank of Hong Kong Limited
• United Chinese Bank
• Wing On Bank
• Yien Yieh Commercial Bank

See also

• Economy of Hong Kong
• List of Hong Kong companies
• Hong Kong Association of Banks
• List of insurance companies in Hong Kong

References

1. Hong Kong Monetary Authority - The Three-tier Banking System
2. HKMA Register of Authorized Institutions and Local Representative Offices

External links

• Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA)
• Banks in Hong Kong
• List of Banks and Branches in Hong Kong