Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

maintains a three-tier system of deposit-taking institutions, licensed banks, restricted-licence banks and deposit-taking companies. They are collectively known as authorised institutions by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority

Hong Kong Monetary Authority

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority or HKMA is Hong Kong's central banking institution . It is a government authority founded on 1 April 1993 via the consolidation of "Office of the Exchange Fund" and the "Office of the Commissioner of Banking"...

, which is responsible for regulations.

Hong Kong is the financial centre of East Asia

East Asia

East Asia or Eastern Asia is a subregion of Asia that can be defined in either geographical or cultural terms...

. It has one of the highest concentrations of banking institutions in the world. 71 of the largest 100 banks in the world have an operation in Hong Kong. At the end of September 2004, there were 133 licensed banks, 42 restricted-licence banks and 36 deposit-taking companies in business, giving a total of 211 authorised institutions, with 1295 local branches. 186 of these 211 authorised institutions are beneficially owned by interests from 31 countries. In addition, there are 85 local representative offices of overseas banks in Hong Kong.

Licensed banks

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

Licensed banks incorporated in Hong Kong

• Bank of China (Hong Kong)
  Bank of China (Hong Kong)
  Bank of China Limited is the second-largest commercial banking group in Hong Kong in terms of assets and customer deposits, with more than 300 branches in Hong Kong. It was established on 1 October 2001 from a merger of 12 subsidiaries and associates of the Bank of China in Hong Kong, and listed...
  
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• Bank of East Asia
  Bank of East Asia
  The Bank of East Asia Limited often abbreviated to BEA, is the largest independent local bank and the third largest bank in Hong Kong. Its chairman and chief executive is Sir David Li...
  
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• China Construction Bank (Asia) Corporation Limited
• Chiyu Banking Corporation
  Chiyu Banking Corporation
  Chiyu Banking Corporation Limited is a bank incorporated in Hong Kong.- History :It was founded by Tan Kah Kee in 1947, and it has 23 branches in Hong Kong and focuses on serving the community of residents of Fujian descent in Hong Kong.Chiyu was explicitly created by Chen to create a sustainable...
  
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• Chong Hing Bank Limited
• Citibank (Hong Kong)
  Citibank (Hong Kong)
  -History:Citibank began operations in Hong Kong in 1902, thus becoming the first foreign bank to offer its services there. Citibank Limited is a licensed bank incorporated in Hong Kong. It is traded with the Chinese trading name 花旗銀行...
  
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• CITIC Bank International Limited
• Dah Sing Bank Limited
• DBS Bank (Hong Kong)
  DBS Bank (Hong Kong)
  DBS Bank Limited , a subsidiary of DBS Bank headquartered in Singapore, is a licensed bank incorporated in Hong Kong. It is the sixth largest bank in Hong Kong as measured by assets.-History:...
  
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• Fubon Bank (Hong Kong) Limited
• Hang Seng Bank
  Hang Seng Bank
  Hang Seng Bank Limited is the second largest bank in Hong Kong. It is a listed company but it is majority owned by the HSBC Group via The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. Hang Seng is also one of the constituent shares of the Hang Seng Index...
  
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• Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (The)
• Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia)
  Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia)
  The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China , or more commonly known as ICBC is a licensed bank incorporated in Hong Kong...
  
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• MEVAS Bank
  MEVAS Bank
  MEVAS Bank is a bank based in Hong Kong. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dah Sing Financial Holdings Limited. It is formerly known as D.A.H. Private Bank Limited . In September 2000, Dah Sing Bank acquired the minority interests in D.A.H. Private Bank Limited...
  
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• Nanyang Commercial Bank
  Nanyang Commercial Bank
  Nanyang Commercial Bank is a bank based in Hong Kong and a wholly owned subsidiary of Bank of China , with 41 branches. NCB primarily focuses on corporate customers, in particular trading companies. However, since 2007 it has also taken over all of BOCHK's mainland business as well....
  
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• Public Bank (Hong Kong)
  Public Bank (Hong Kong)
  Public Bank Limited is a licensed bank in Hong Kong. Originally named Asia Commercial Bank Limited and owned by Asia Financial Holdings Limited , it was acquired by Public Financial Holdings Limited , completed on 30 May, 2006...
  
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• Shanghai Commercial Bank
  Shanghai Commercial Bank
  The Shanghai Commercial Bank and its subsidiary companies are engaged in the provision of banking and related financial services in Hong Kong, United States, United Kingdom and the People’s Republic of China. As a group, it employs over 1,790 people. The bank is a financial institution...
  
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• Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong)
  Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong)
  Standard Chartered Bank Limited is a licensed bank incorporated in Hong Kong, part of Standard Chartered Bank...
  
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• Tai Sang Bank Ltd.
• Tai Yau Bank Ltd.
• Wing Hang Bank
  Wing Hang Bank
  Wing Hang Bank Limited is Hong Kong's sixth biggest bank by total assets. In Macau it is known as Banco Weng Hang S.A. In fiscal 2003, the bank had total assets of HK$89 billion, and net profits of HK$864 million.- History :...
  
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• Wing Lung Bank
  Wing Lung Bank
  Wing Lung Bank is a medium-sized bank based in Hong Kong. As of 2010, it has 39 branches, including one branch in Los Angeles and one branch in the Cayman Islands....
  
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Mainland China

• Agricultural Bank of China
  Agricultural Bank of China
  Agricultural Bank of China Limited , also known as AgBank, is one of the "Big Four" banks in the People's Republic of China. It was founded in 1951, and has its headquarters in Beijing...
  
  
• Bank of China
  Bank of China
  Bank of China Limited is one of the big four state-owned commercial banks of the People's Republic of China. It was founded in 1912 by the Government of the Republic of China, to replace the Government Bank of Imperial China. It is the oldest bank in China...
  
   Limited
• Bank of Communications Hong Kong Branch
  Bank of Communications Hong Kong Branch
  The Bank of Communications Hong Kong Branch is a licensed bank in Hong Kong. It was opened in 1934.The Bank's Hong Kong Branch was consolated as part of "Joint Office of Joint Public-Private Banks" in 1952, and later part of the Bank of China Group, until April 14, 1998, when the Bank's head...
  
  
• China Merchants Bank
  China Merchants Bank
  China Merchants Bank is a bank headquartered in Shenzhen, China. Founded in 1987, it is the first share-holding commercial bank wholly owned by corporate legal entities.CMB has over five hundred branches in mainland China and one in Hong Kong...
  
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• Chinatrust Commercial Bank
  Chinatrust Commercial Bank
  Chinatrust Commercial Bank Limited or CTCB is one of the largest private banks in Taiwan. It is controlled by the family of Koo Chen-fu.-History:...
  
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• Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
  Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
  Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd. is the largest bank in the world by profit and market capitalization. It is one China's 'Big Four' state-owned commercial banks .It was founded as a limited company on January 1, 1984...
  
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• International Commercial Bank of China Co., Ltd. (The)

Europe

• ABN AMRO
  ABN AMRO
  ABN AMRO Bank N.V. is a Dutch state-owned bank with headquarters in Amsterdam. It was re-established, in its current form, in 2009 following the acquisition and break up of ABN AMRO Group by a banking consortium consisting of Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Santander and Fortis...
  
   Bank N.V.
• Baden-Württembergische Bank Aktiengesellschaft
• Banca di Roma, Societa' Per Azioni
• Banca Intesa
  Banca Intesa
  Banca Intesa S.p.A. was formed in 1998 from the merger of Cassa di Risparmio delle Provincie Lombarde and Banco Ambroveneto...
  
   S.P.A., also known as: Intesa S.P.A.
• Banca Monte Dei Paschi Di SienaS.P.A.
• Banca Nazionale del Lavoro
  Banca Nazionale del Lavoro
  Banca Nazionale del Lavoro SpA is an Italian banking firm. Founded in 1913 as Istituto di Credito per la Cooperazione, it was nationalized in 1929. It was re-privatized and listed on the Milan Stock Exchange in 1998, before being acquired by French banking group BNP Paribas in 2006...
  
   S.P.A.
• Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria
  Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria
  Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. is a multinational Spanish banking group. It was formed in 1999 from the merger of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya and Argentaria, both of which in turn had previously amalgamated three important banks in Spain, namely Banco de Bilbao, Banco de Vizcaya, Banco Exterior de...
  
   S.A.
• Barclays Bank Plc
• Bayerische Landesbank 
• BNP Paribas
  BNP Paribas Hong Kong
  BNP Paribas Hong Kong and BNP Paribas Private Bank are subsidiaries of BNP Paribas and licensed banks in Hong Kong. It is one of the top foreign banks operating in Hong Kong.BNP Paribas acquired Peregrine and renamed BNP Paribas Peregrine, a famous investment bank and brokerage in 1998...
  
   
• BNP Paribas Private Bank 
• Calyon
  Calyon
  Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank is Crédit Agricole's corporate and investment banking entity. With a staff of 13,000 employees in 58 countries, Crédit Agricole CIB is active in a broad range of capital markets, investment banking and financing activities...
  
   
• Commerzbank
  Commerzbank
  Commerzbank AG is the second-largest bank in Germany, after Deutsche Bank, headquartered in Frankfurt am Main.-Activities:Commerzbank is mainly active in commercial bank, retail banking and mortgaging. It suffered reversals in investment banking in early 2000s and scaled back its Securities unit...
  
   
• Coutts Bank Von Ernst AG, also known as: Coutts Bank Von Ernst SA, Coutts Bank Von Ernst Ltd
• Crédit Lyonnais
  Crédit Lyonnais
  Crédit Lyonnais is a historic French bank. In the early 1990s it was the largest French bank, majority state-owned at that point. Crédit Lyonnais was the subject of poor management during that period which almost led to its bankruptcy in 1993...
  
   
• Credit Suisse
  Credit Suisse
  The Credit Suisse Group AG is a Swiss multinational financial services company headquartered in Zurich, with more than 250 branches in Switzerland and operations in more than 50 countries.-History:...
  
   
• Deutsche Bank
  Deutsche Bank
  Deutsche Bank AG is a global financial service company with its headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany. It employs more than 100,000 people in over 70 countries, and has a large presence in Europe, the Americas, Asia Pacific and the emerging markets...
  
   Aktiengesellschaft
• DZ Bank AG (Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank), Frankfurt Am Main
• EFG Private Bank
  EFG International
  EFG International is a global private banking group, which offers private banking and asset management services. EFG International’s group of private banking businesses operates in more than 50 locations in 30 countries, with circa 2,400 employees . EFG International's registered shares are listed...
  
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• Equitable Pci Bank
  Equitable PCI Bank
  Equitable PCI Bank was one of the largest banks in the Philippines, being the third-largest bank in terms of assets. With PCI Bank the largest bank before it was overtaken by Metrobank in 1995. It is the result of the merger of Equitable Banking Corporation and Philippine Commercial International...
  
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• Erste Bank Der Oesterreichischen Sparkassen AG
• Fortis
  Fortis (finance)
  Fortis N.V./S.A. was a company active in insurance, banking and investment management. In 2007 it was the 20th largest business in the world by revenue but after encountering severe problems in the financial crisis of 2008, most of the company was sold in parts, with only insurance activities...
  
   Bank
• Governor and Company of The Bank of Scotland
  Bank of Scotland
  The Bank of Scotland plc is a commercial and clearing bank based in Edinburgh, Scotland. With a history dating to the 17th century, it is the second oldest surviving bank in what is now the United Kingdom, and is the only commercial institution created by the Parliament of Scotland to...
  
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• HSBC Bank International Limited 
• HSBC Bank plc
  HSBC Bank (Europe)
  HSBC Bank plc is one of the four major clearing banks in the United Kingdom and is a wholly owned subsidiary of HSBC Holdings. The business ranges from the traditional High Street roles of personal finance and commercial banking, to private banking, consumer finance as well as corporate and...
  
   
• HSBC Private Bank
  HSBC Private Bank
  HSBC Private Bank is the principal private banking business of the HSBC Group. The HSBC Private Banking Group's holding company is HSBC Private Banking Holdings S.A....
  
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• HSH Nordbank
  HSH Nordbank
  HSH Nordbank is a commercial bank in northern Europe with headquarters in Hamburg as well as Kiel, Germany. It is active in corporate and private banking. HSHs main focus is on shipping, transportation, real estate and renewable energy....
  
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• Bayerische Hypo- und Vereinsbank
  HypoVereinsbank
  UniCredit Bank Aktiengesellschaft is the sixth-largest private German financial institution, with a strong presence in Bavaria. The company is based in Munich, and together with Deutsche Bank, Dresdner Bank, Commerzbank and Deutsche Postbank, it belongs to the Cash Group...
  
   Aktiengesellschaft
• ING Bank N.V.
• KBC Bank
  KBC Bank
  KBC Bank N.V. is a Belgian universal multi-channel bank, focusing on private clients and small and medium-sized enterprises. Besides retail banking, insurance and asset management activities , KBC is active in European debt capital markets, domestic cash equity markets and in the field of corporate...
  
   N.V.
• LGT Bank in Liechtenstein, Hong Kong branch 
• Lloyds TSB Bank Plc Hong Kong branch 
• Natexis Banques Populaires ... Natixis
  Natixis
  Natixis is a French corporate and investment bank created in November 2006 from the merger of the asset management and investment banking operations of Natexis Banque Populaire and IXIS ....
  
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• Rabobank
  Rabobank
  Rabobank is a financial services provider with offices worldwide. Their main location is in the Netherlands. They are a global leader in Food and Agri financing and in sustainability-oriented banking...
  
   (Coöperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen - Boerenleenbank B.A.)
• Royal Bank of Scotland
  Royal Bank of Scotland
  The Royal Bank of Scotland Group is a British banking and insurance holding company in which the UK Government holds an 84% stake. This stake is held and managed through UK Financial Investments Limited, whose voting rights are limited to 75% in order for the bank to retain its listing on the...
  
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• Sanpaolo Imi
  Sanpaolo IMI
  The Gruppo Sanpaolo IMI was one of Italy's major banking and insurance groups, based in Turin. It employed about 44,000 people and had about 7 million customers....
  
   S.P.A.
• Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken
  Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken
  Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB is a Swedish financial group for corporate customers, institutions and private individuals with headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden. Its activities comprise mainly banking services, but SEB also carries out significant life insurance operations and also owns Eurocard...
  
   AB (publ)
• Société Générale
  Société Générale
  Société Générale S.A. is a large European Bank and a major Financial Services company that has a substantial global presence. Its registered office is on Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, while its head office is in the Tours Société Générale in the business district of La...
  
   
• Standard Chartered Bank
  Standard Chartered Bank
  Standard Chartered PLC is a multinational financial services company headquartered in London, United Kingdom with operations in more than seventy countries...
  
   
• Svenska Handelsbanken AB (publ)
• UBS AG
  UBS AG
  UBS AG is a Swiss global financial services company headquartered in Basel and Zürich, Switzerland, which provides investment banking, asset management, and wealth management services for private, corporate, and institutional clients worldwide, as well as retail clients in Switzerland...
  
  , also known as: UBS SA, UBS Ltd
• UniCredit
  UniCredit
  UniCredit SpA is an Italy-based, pan-European banking organization, with aprox 40 million customers and operations in 22 countries.- Geography :...
  
   Societa' Per Azioni
• United Commercial Bank
  United Commercial Bank
  United Commercial Bank was an overseas Chinese bank in the United States, based in San Francisco, CA. It was a subsidiary of UCBH Holdings. Founded in 1974 as United Federal Savings and Loan Association, it changed its name to United Savings Bank, and finally United Commercial Bank in 1998...
  
   
• WestLB
  WestLB
  WestLB AG is a European commercial bank based in Düsseldorf in Germany which is partly owned by the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The letters LB in the name stand for Landesbank. The Landesbanken are a group of state owned banks unique to Germany...
  
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Canada

• Bank of Montreal
  Bank of Montreal
  The Bank of Montreal , , or BMO Financial Group, is the fourth largest bank in Canada by deposits. The Bank of Montreal was founded on June 23, 1817 by John Richardson and eight merchants in a rented house in Montreal, Quebec. On May 19, 1817 the Articles of Association were adopted, making it...
  
  
• Bank of Nova Scotia (The)
• Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
  Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
  The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is one of Canada's chartered banks, fifth largest by deposits. The bank is headquartered at Commerce Court in Toronto, Ontario. CIBC's Institution Number is 010, and its SWIFT code is CIBCCATT....
  
  
• Toronto-Dominion Bank
  Toronto-Dominion Bank
  The Toronto-Dominion Bank , is the second-largest bank in Canada by market capitalization and based on assets. It is also the sixth largest bank in North America. Commonly known as TD and operating as TD Bank Group, the bank was created in 1955 through the merger of the Bank of Toronto and the...
  
  
• Royal Bank of Canada
  Royal Bank of Canada
  The Royal Bank of Canada or RBC Financial Group is the largest financial institution in Canada, as measured by deposits, revenues, and market capitalization. The bank serves seventeen million clients and has 80,100 employees worldwide. The company corporate headquarters are located in Toronto,...
  
  
• National Bank
  National bank
  In banking, the term national bank carries several meanings:* especially in developing countries, a bank owned by the state* an ordinary private bank which operates nationally...
  
  

United States

• Bank of New York
  Bank of New York
  The Bank of New York was a global financial services company established in 1784 by the American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton. It existed until its merger with the Mellon Financial Corporation on July 2, 2007...
  
   (The)
• Bank of America
  Bank of America
  Bank of America Corporation, an American multinational banking and financial services corporation, is the second largest bank holding company in the United States by assets, and the fourth largest bank in the U.S. by market capitalization. The bank is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina...
  
  , National Association
• Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
• Citibank
  Citibank
  Citibank, a major international bank, is the consumer banking arm of financial services giant Citigroup. Citibank was founded in 1812 as the City Bank of New York, later First National City Bank of New York...
  
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• JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
• State Street Bank and Trust Company
  State Street Bank and Trust Company
  State Street Bank and Trust Company or simply State Street is a custodian bank organized as a Massachusetts trust company specializing in services to mutual funds and their advisers, collective investment funds, corporate and public pension funds, insurance companies, operating companies and...
  
  
• First Commercial Bank
  First Commercial Bank
  -Asia:*First Commercial Bank, a bank headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan-United States:*First Commercial Bank , a regional bank headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama*First Commercial Bank , a bank in Jonesboro, Arkansas...
  
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• Fleet National Bank
• HSBC Bank USA
  HSBC Bank USA
  HSBC Bank USA, National Association, the American subsidiary of UK-based HSBC Holdings plc, is a bank with its operational head office in New York City and its nominal head office in McLean, Virginia . HSBC Bank USA, N.A...
  
  , National Association

Australia

• Westpac
  Westpac
  Westpac , is a multinational financial services, one of the Australian "big four" banks and the second-largest bank in New Zealand....
  
   Banking Corporation
• National Australia Bank
  National Australia Bank
  National Australia Bank is one of the four largest financial institutions in Australia in terms of market capitalisation and customers. NAB is ranked 17th largest bank in the world measured by market capitalisation...
  
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• Commonwealth Bank of Australia
• Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited
• Macquarie Group
  Macquarie Group
  Macquarie Group Limited is a global investment banking and diversified financial services group, providing banking, financial, advisory, investment and funds management services to institutional, corporate and retail clients and counterparties around the world...
  
   Limited

Japanese Banks

• Chiba Bank
  Chiba Bank
  is the biggest bank in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Listed on the Nikkei 225, it has branches in Osaka, New York, London, and Hong Kong.Chiba Bank is the third-largest of Japan’s 64 regional banking groups in terms of total assets. As of March 2008, it had total assets of ¥9.8 trillion and a loan...
  
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• Shiga Bank Limited (The)
• Shinkin Central Bank
• Shizuoka Bank
  Shizuoka Bank
  is a Japanese regional bank headquartered in Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture. It has 187 domestic branches, primarily concentrated in the Tokai region between Tokyo and Osaka and overseas offices in Los Angeles, New York, Brussels, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Singapore.-Profile:As of March 31, 2008: is...
  
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• Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation
  Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation
  is the trust banking arm of the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, a Japanese financial services group which is the largest in the world measured by assets...
  
   (The)
• Mizuho Corporate Bank
  Mizuho Corporate Bank
  , or MHCB, is the corporate and investment banking subsidiary of Mizuho Financial Group, the second-biggest Japanese financial services conglomerate...
  
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• Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
  Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
  is a Japanese bank based in Yurakucho, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It is a member of the Sumitomo Group and Mitsui Group. As of the year 2009, SMBC was the second largest bank in Japan in terms of assets.-History:...
  
  
• Iyo Bank, Ltd. (The)
• Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.(The)
• Hachijuni Bank, Ltd. (The)
• Chugoku Bank, Ltd. (The)

Singapore Banks

• DBS Bank
  DBS Bank
  DBS Bank Ltd is a bank incorporated in Singapore. It was previously known as The Development Bank of Singapore Limited, before the present name was adopted in July 2003 to reflect its changing role as a regional bank....
  
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• United Overseas Bank
  United Overseas Bank
  United Overseas Bank Limited , abbreviated as UOB is a bank incorporated in Singapore. It was founded 6 August 1935 by Kuching-born Datuk Wee Kheng Chiang, father of the present United Overseas Bank Group Chairman, Mr...
  
   Ltd.
• Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation
  Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation
  The Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited , abbreviated as OCBC Bank , is a publicly listed financial services organisation with its head office in Singapore. OCBC Bank is one of Singapore's leading local banks, with group assets of more than 224 billion SGD. It has one of the highest bank...
  
   Ltd.

Taiwanese Banks

• Industrial Bank of Taiwan
• Chinatrust Commercial Bank
  Chinatrust Commercial Bank
  Chinatrust Commercial Bank Limited or CTCB is one of the largest private banks in Taiwan. It is controlled by the family of Koo Chen-fu.-History:...
  
  
• International Bank of Taipei
• Bank of Taiwan
  Bank of Taiwan
  The Bank of Taiwan is a bank headquartered in Taipei, Republic of China . It is administered and owned by the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China.-History:...
  
  
• Cathay United Bank Company, Limited
• Taipei Fubon Commercial Bank Co., Ltd.
• Taishin International Bank
  Taishin International Bank
  Established in 1992 Taishin International Bank is headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan. Taishin International Bank merged Dah An Commercial Bank and established the Taishin Financial Holdings through share swap/share exchange in Feb. 2002.-See also:...
  
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• E.Sun Commercial Bank, Ltd.
• Hua Nan Commercial Bank, Ltd.
• Taiwan Business Bank
• Bank Sinopac
  Bank Sinopac
  Bank SinoPac, or SinoPac Financial Holdings Company Ltd, is a Taiwan-based banking holding company which operates through 18 divisions and 129 branches in Taiwan.-History:...
  
  
• Chang Hwa Commercial Bank, Ltd.

Indian Banks

• UCO Bank
  UCO Bank
  Uco Bank, formerly United Commercial Bank, established in 1943 in Kolkata, is one of the oldest and major commercial bank of India. Ghanshyam Das Birla, an eminent Indian industrialist, during the Quit India movement of 1942, had conceived the idea of organizing a commercial bank with Indian...
  
  
• Bank of India
  Bank of India
  Bank of India is a state-owned commercial bank with headquarters in Mumbai. Government-owned since nationalization in 1969, It is India's 4th largest bank, after State Bank of India, Punjab National Bank and Bank of Baroda. It has 3415 branches, including 29 branches outside India...
  
  
• State Bank of India
  State Bank of India
  The State Bank of India is the largest Indian banking and financial services company with its headquarters in Mumbai, India. It is state-owned. The bank traces its ancestry to British India, through the Imperial Bank of India, to the founding in 1806 of the Bank of Calcutta, making it the oldest...
  
  
• Indian Overseas Bank
  Indian Overseas Bank
  Indian Overseas Bank is a major bank based in Chennai , with 2018 domestic branches and six branches overseas. Indian Overseas Bank has an ISO certified inhouse Information Technology department, which has developed the software that 2018 branches use to provide online banking to customers; the...
  
  
• Punjab National Bank
  Punjab National Bank
  Punjab National Bank , was founded in 1894 and is currently the second largest state-owned commercial bank in India ahead of Bank of Baroda with about 5000 branches across 764 cities. It serves over 37 million customers. The bank has been ranked 248th biggest bank in the world by the Bankers...
  
  
• Allahabad Bank
  Allahabad Bank
  Allahabad Bank , , which began operations in 1865, has its head-quarters in Kolkata. Currently the bank has 2500 branches across the country. The Chairman and Managing Director of the bank is Shri J. P. Dua. The bank has a branch in Hong Kong and a representative office in Shenzen.-19th...
  
  
• Union Bank of India
  Union Bank of India
  Union Bank of India is one of India's largest state-owned banks , is listed on the Forbes 2000. It has assets of USD 13.45 billion and all the bank's branches have been networked with its 1135 ATMs. Its online Telebanking facility are available to all its Core Banking Customers - individual as...
  
  
• Canara Bank
  Canara Bank
  Canara Bank is a state-owned financial services company in India. It was established in 1906, making it one of the oldest banks in the country. As on 2009 November, the bank had a network of 3057 branches, spread across India...
  
  
• Axis Bank
  Axis Bank
  Axis Bank Limited, formerly UTI Bank, is a financial services firm that had begun operations in 1994, after the Government of India allowed new private banks to be established...
  
  
• Corporation Bank
  Corporation Bank
  Corporation Bank is an India-based banking company based in Mangalore, India. The bank was founded with an initial capital of Rs. 5000 , and first day’s canvassed resources of less than one USD 1, has currently 12,724 full time employees, and operates from several branches in India.The Bank is a...
  
  
• ICICI Bank
  ICICI Bank
  ICICI Bank Ltd. is India's second largest financial services company headquartered in Mumbai, India. It offers a wide range of banking products and financial services to corporate and retail customers through a variety of delivery channels and through its specialised subsidiaries in the areas of...
  
  
• Bank of Baroda
  Bank of Baroda
  Bank of Baroda is the third largest bank in India, after the State Bank of India and the Punjab National Bank and ahead of ICICI Bank. BoB is ranked 763 in Forbes Global 2000 list. BoB has total assets in excess of Rs. 3.58 lakh crores, or Rs. 3,583 billion, a network of over 3,409 branches and...
  
  

Other Banks

• Banco de Oro Unibank, Inc. 
• Bangkok Bank
  Bangkok Bank
  Bangkok Bank Public Company Limited , is a Thai commercial bank, with approximately US$64.6 billion in total assets. Its branch network includes over 1000 branches within Thailand, with 25 international branches or representative offices in 13 economies, spanning ASEAN and major economic countries,...
  
   Public Company Limited
• Bank Melli Iran
  Bank Melli Iran
  Bank Melli Iran , also called the National Bank of Iran, is the first national Iranian bank. The bank was established in 1927 by the order of the Majlis and since then has consistently been one of the most influential Iranian banks.In 1931 the Iranian Majlis authorized the bank to print and...
  
   
• National Bank of Pakistan
  National Bank of Pakistan
  National Bank of Pakistan is one of the largest commercial bank operating in Pakistan. It has redefined its role and has moved from a public sector organisation into a modern commercial bank...
  
   
• Korea Exchange Bank
  Korea Exchange Bank
  Korea Exchange Bank is a specialized foreign exchange bank in South Korea. It is headquartered in Seoul, and was established in 1967.Korea Exchange Bank is the fifth largest bank in South Korea measured in assets and the largest foreign exchange bank in South Korea, providing the largest range of...
  
   
• Philippine National Bank
  Philippine National Bank
  The Philippine National Bank is one of the largest banks in the Philippines, ranking fourth in terms of assets...
  
   
• Pt. Bank Negara Indonesia
  Bank Negara Indonesia
  Bank Negara Indonesia , commonly known as BNI, is an Indonesian bank. It branches primarily in Indonesia, but it can also found in Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo, London and New York. It had 1,000 branches and 9 million customers in 2006. It is quoted on the Indonesia Stock Exchange as...
  
   (Persero) Tbk.
• Hana Bank 
• Woori Bank
  Woori Bank
  Woori Bank is a bank headquartered in Seoul, Korea. The bank changed its name in 2002, and includes the former Commercial Bank of Korea, Hanil Bank, and Peace Bank. It was known from 1999 through 2002 as Hanvit Bank...
  
   

Restricted license banks

Restricted licence banks are principally engaged in merchant banking and capital market activities. They may take deposits of any maturity of HK$

Hong Kong dollar

The Hong Kong dollar is the currency of the jurisdiction. It is the eighth most traded currency in the world. In English, it is normally abbreviated with the dollar sign $, or alternatively HK$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies...

500,000 and above.

Restricted license banks incorporated in Hong Kong

• Allied Banking Corporation (Hong Kong) Limited
• Bank of America Securities Asia Limited
• Bank of Baroda
  Bank of Baroda
  Bank of Baroda is the third largest bank in India, after the State Bank of India and the Punjab National Bank and ahead of ICICI Bank. BoB is ranked 763 in Forbes Global 2000 list. BoB has total assets in excess of Rs. 3.58 lakh crores, or Rs. 3,583 billion, a network of over 3,409 branches and...
  
   (Hong Kong) Limited
• Bank of China International Limited
• Canadian Eastern Finance Limited
• Citicorp Commercial Finance (H.K.) Limited
• Citicorp International Limited
• GE Capital (Hong Kong) Limited
• Hang Seng Finance Limited
• Indover Bank (Asia) Limited
• Industrial And Commercial International Capital Ltd.
• J. P. Morgan Securities (Asia Pacific) Limited
• KDB Asia Limited
• Kookmin Bank
  Kookmin Bank
  KB Kookmin Bank or KB is the largest bank by both asset value and market capitalization in South Korea.The bank is led by Kang Chung-Won who previously worked for Seoulbank and oversaw its sale to competitor Hana Bank before moving to Kookmin.Kookmin intended to take over Korea Exchange Bank, a...
  
   Hong Kong Limited
• Mitsubishi Securities (HK), Limited
• Mizuho Corporate Asia (HK) Limited
• N.M. Rothschild & Sons (Hong Kong) Limited
• Orix Asia Limited
• Pacific Finance (Hong Kong) Limited
• Quam Limited
• Scotiabank (Hong Kong) Limited
• Shinhan Finance Limited
• Société Générale
  Société Générale
  Société Générale S.A. is a large European Bank and a major Financial Services company that has a substantial global presence. Its registered office is on Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, while its head office is in the Tours Société Générale in the business district of La...
  
   Asia Limited
• UBAF (Hong Kong) Limited
• Chartered Bank Limited

Restricted license banks incorporated outside Hong Kong

• Bank of Ayudhya Public Company Limited
• Bumiputra-Commerce Bank Berhad
• Dexia Banque Internationale À Luxembourg
• Hypo Real Estate Bank International
• Industrial Bank of Korea
• Kasikornbank Public Company Limited
• Lloyds TSB
  Lloyds TSB
  Lloyds TSB Bank Plc is a retail bank in the United Kingdom. It was established in 1995 by the merger of Lloyds Bank, established in Birmingham, England in 1765 and traditionally considered one of the Big Four clearing banks, with the TSB Group which traces its origins to 1810...
  
   Bank Plc
• Mashreq Bank - Public Shareholding Company, also known as: Mashreqbank Psc
• Nedbank Limited
• Pt. Bank Mandiri
  Bank Mandiri
  Bank Mandiri , headquartered in Jakarta, is the largest bank in Indonesia in term of assets, loans and deposits. Total assets as of Q2 2010 were IDR 402.1 trillion . It also has Capital Adequacy Ratio of 23% , Return on Asset of 0.71 %, and Return on Equity of 7.38 %...
  
   (Persero) TBK
• Siam Commercial Bank
  Siam Commercial Bank
  Siam Commercial Bank is a bank from Thailand, based in Bangkok.- History :Established by Royal Charter in 1907, Siam Commercial Bank PCL was Thailand's first bank. At the time of its establishment, the only banks in the country were branch offices of foreign banks...
  
   Public Company Ltd. (The)
• TMB Bank
  TMB Bank
  TMB Bank, formally known as The Thai Military Bank, is one of the largest retail banks in Thailand. It is listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand on ....
  
   Public Company Limited
• Union Bank of California
  Union Bank of California
  Union Bank, N.A., formerly known as Union Bank of California, N.A., is a full-service commercial bank providing an array of financial services to individuals, small businesses, middle-market companies, and major corporations...
  
  , N.A.
• Wachovia Bank, National Association
• Hk Group Corp

Deposit-taking companies

Deposit-taking companies are mostly owned by, or associated with, banks. These companies engage in specialised activities such as consumer finance and securities business. They may take deposits of HK$

Hong Kong dollar

The Hong Kong dollar is the currency of the jurisdiction. It is the eighth most traded currency in the world. In English, it is normally abbreviated with the dollar sign $, or alternatively HK$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies...

100,000 or above with an original term of maturity of at least three months.

Deposit-taking companies incorporated in Hong Kong

• Argo Enterprises Co. Ltd.
• BCOM Finance (Hong Kong) Limited
• BII Finance Company Limited
• BPI International Finance Limited
• C.F. Finance Co. Ltd.
• Chau's Brothers Finance Company Limited
• Chohung Finance Limited
• Commonwealth Finance Corporation Limited
• Corporate Finance (D.T.C.) Limited
• Delta Asia Credit Limited
• Edward Wong Credit Limited
• First Metro Int'l Investment Company Limited
• Gunma Finance (Hong Kong) Limited
• Habib Finance International Limited
• Hachijuni Asia Limited
• HBZ Finance Limited
• Henderson International Finance Limited
• HKCB Finance Limited
• Hung Kai Finance Co. Ltd.
• IBA Credit Limited
• Inchroy Credit Corporation Ltd.
• Indo Hong Kong International Finance Ltd.
• Kexim Asia Limited
• Korea First Finance Ltd.
• Liu Chong Hing Finance Ltd.
• Michinoku Finance (Hong Kong) Limited
• Octopus Cards Limited
• Orient First Capital Limited
• Primecredit Limited
• Public Finance Co., Ltd.
• Shacom Finance Ltd.
• Sumitomo Trust Finance (H.K.) Limited (The)
• Vietnam Finance Company Limited
• Wing Hang Finance Co. Ltd.
• Wing Lung Finance Ltd.

Local representative offices in Hong Kong

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

• Antwerpse Diamantbank NV, also known as: Antwerp diamond Bank Nv
• Arab Bank
  Arab Bank
  Arab Bank is one of the largest financial institutions in the Middle East. Established in Jerusalem in Palestine in 1930 as a small bank, it has evolved into a group with the largest worldwide Arab network with over 500 branches in 30 countries on five continents, participating in financial markets...
  
   Plc
• Banca Antoniana-Popolare Veneta S.C.A R.L.
• Banca del Gottardo
• Banca Popolare dell'Emilia Romagna Soc.Coop. A R.L.
• Banca Popolare di Ancona Societa' per Azioni
• Banca Popolare di Bergamo S.P.A.
• Banca Popolare di Novara – Società per Azioni
• Banca Popolare di Sondrio Soc. Coop. A R.L.
• Banca Popolare di Vicenza Soc. Coop. A R.L.
• Banco do Brasil
  Banco do Brasil
  Banco do Brasil S.A. is the largest Brazilian and Latin American bank by assets, and the third by market value. The bank, headquartered in Brasília, was founded in 1808 and is the oldest active bank in Brazil — and one of the oldest financial institutions in the world.Banco do Brasil is controlled...
  
   S.A.
• Banco Popolare di Verona E Novara S.C.R.L.
• Banco Popular Español
  Banco Popular Español
  Banco Popular Español is the fourth largest banking group in Spain. The group consists of the following companies:*A national bank: Banco Popular Español...
  
  , S.A.
• Banco Santander, S.A.
• Bank Für Arbeit und Wirtschaft Aktiengesellschaft
• Bank Leumi Le-Israel B.M.
• Bank of Fukuoka, Ltd. (The)
• Bank of Kyoto, Ltd. (The)
• Bank of New York
  Bank of New York
  The Bank of New York was a global financial services company established in 1784 by the American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton. It existed until its merger with the Mellon Financial Corporation on July 2, 2007...
  
   – Inter Maritime Bank, Geneva
• Bank of Yokohama
  Bank of Yokohama
  Bank of Yokohama is a Japanese bank. It is listed on the Nikkei 225....
  
   Ltd. (The)
• Banque Cantonale Vaudoise
• Banque privée Edmond de Rothschild
  Banque privée Edmond de Rothschild
  Banque Privée Edmond de Rothschild S.A. is a private bank headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. It is exclusively dedicated to wealth management for private and institutional clients. It is a part of Edmond de Rothschild Group. It is listed on the Swiss Exchange...
  
   S.A.
• BSI
  BSI
  BSI is a three letter acronym that can stand for:* Backside illumination, a type of digital image sensor* The Baker Street Irregulars, a fictional group featured in Sherlock Holmes stories* Banca della Svizzera Italiana* Bentley Systems Inc....
  
   Ltd
• Cariprato - Cassa di Risparmio di Prato S.P.A.
• Cathay Bank
  Cathay Bank
  Cathay Bank is a Chinese American bank based in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1962, it has since expanded its network throughout California and into Massachusetts, New York, Texas, Washington, Illinois, and New Jersey...
  
  
• China Development Bank
  China Development Bank
  The China Development Bank is a financial institution in the People's Republic of China under the direct jurisdiction of the State Council. It is the only bank in China whose governor is a full minister...
  
   Co., Ltd.
• China Everbright Bank
• China Minsheng Banking Corporation Limited
• Chinese Bank
  Chinese Bank
  Chinese Bank may refer to the following things:*List of Chinese banks*Hongkong Chinese Bank: a defunct bank in Hong Kong, now merged to CITIC Ka Wah Bank*Macau Chinese Bank: a bank in Macau...
  
   (The)
• CITIC Group
• Clariden Bank
• Clearstream Banking
• Credit Industriel et Commercial
  Crédit Industriel et Commercial
  Crédit Industriel et Commercial is a financial services group in France, founded in 1859 With its parent-company, Crédit Mutuel it is the fourth largest bank in the country...
  
  
• Credito Bergamasco S.P.A.
• D.A.H. Hambros Bank (Channel Islands) Limited
• Depfa Investment Bank Limited
• DVB Bank N.V.
• EFG Private Bank Limited
• Euroclear Bank
• Far Eastern International Bank
• Fiduciary Trust Company International
• Fuhwa Commercial Bank Co., Ltd.
• Guangdong Development Bank
  Guangdong Development Bank
  China Guangfa Bank , previously Guangdong Development Bank , is a bank based in Guangzhou, Guangdong in People's Republic of China. The bank was established in September 1988 as a joint stock commercial bank....
  
   Co., Ltd.
• Habib Bank
  Habib Bank PLC
  Habib Bank PLC Zurich was founded in 1967 as a branch of Habib Bank Limited in Pakistan. Following the nationalisation of the Habib Bank Limited in Pakistan in 1974, Hyder Mohamedali Habib moved from Pakistan to Zurich and ensured that the Zurich branch has become a well respected international...
  
   A.G. Zurich
• HSBC Bank Australia
  HSBC Bank Australia
  HSBC Bank Australia Limited was granted a banking license in 1986 having been established as HSBC Finance Company Limited in 1965. It is a fully owned subsidiary of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited and part of the worldwide HSBC Group...
  
   Limited
• HSBC Bank Canada
  HSBC Bank Canada
  HSBC Bank Canada, formerly the Hongkong Bank of Canada , is a bank in Canada that is part of British banking giant HSBC - one of the largest banking groups in the world. HSBC Canada is the seventh largest bank in Canada, with offices in every province except Prince Edward Island, and is the...
  
  
• HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt
  HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt
  HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt AG, operating as HSBC Trinkaus, is a German financial services company. It traces its history back to 1785 and is one of the longest-established members of the HSBC Group. HSBC Trinkaus has operations in private, commercial and investment banking and asset management...
  
   (International) S.A.
• Investec Bank
  Investec Bank
  Investec is an international specialist banking and asset management group. It provides a range of financial products and services to a select client base in three principal markets: the United Kingdom, South Africa and Australia. Investec is listed on the London Stock Exchange and the...
  
   Limited
• Japan Bank for International Cooperation
  Japan Bank for International Cooperation
  The , also known by its acronym, JBIC, is a Japanese public financial institution and export credit agency, and was created on October 1, 1999, through the merging of the Japan Export-Import Bank and the Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund ....
  
  
• Juroku Bank, Ltd. (The)
• Kagoshima Bank Ltd. (The)
• Korea Development Bank
  Korea Development Bank
  Korea Development Bank is a wholly state-owned policy bank in South Korea It was founded in 1954 in accordance with The Korea Development Bank Act to finance and manage major industrial projects to expedite industrial development and enhance the national economy. As Korea’s representative...
  
   (The)
• Kredietbank S.A. Luxembourgeoise
• Land Bank of Taiwan
  Land Bank of Taiwan
  Land Bank of Taiwan is a wholly state-owned bank of the Republic of China .It was owned by the Taiwan Provincial Government before its downsizing on December 21, 1998, when it was transferred to the jurisdiction of the Executive Yuan....
  
  
• LGT Bank in Liechtenstein AG, also known as: LGT Bank in Liechtenstein Ltd., LGT Banque de Liechtenstein S.A., LGT Banca di Liechtenstein S.A.
• Lloyds TSB
  Lloyds TSB
  Lloyds TSB Bank Plc is a retail bank in the United Kingdom. It was established in 1995 by the merger of Lloyds Bank, established in Birmingham, England in 1765 and traditionally considered one of the Big Four clearing banks, with the TSB Group which traces its origins to 1810...
  
   offshore Limited
• Merrill Lynch Bank (Suisse) S.A
• Merrill Lynch
  Merrill Lynch
  Merrill Lynch is the wealth management division of Bank of America. With over 15,000 financial advisors and $2.2 trillion in client assets it is the world's largest brokerage. Formerly known as Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., prior to 2009 the firm was publicly owned and traded on the New York...
  
   International Bank Limited
• Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company
• Nanto Bank
  Nanto Bank
  is a regional bank that mainly operates in Nara Prefecture, Japan. The bank, established in June 1934, has 130 domestic branches as well as representative offices in Hong Kong and Shanghai, China....
  
  , Ltd. (The)
• National Bank of Canada
  National Bank of Canada
  National Bank of Canada is the 6th largest bank and 8th largest financial institution in Canada. The bank's headquarters are in Montreal, Quebec....
  
  
• Norinchukin Bank
  Norinchukin Bank
  The Norinchukin Bank is a Japanese cooperative bank serving over 5612 agricultural, fishing and forestry cooperatives from its headquarters in Tokyo. Its members include cooperative federations such as the Japan Agricultural Cooperatives and the Japan Fishery Cooperatives...
  
   (The)
• Nishi-Nippon City Bank, Ltd. (The)
• Oita Bank, Limited (The)
• Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank, Ltd. (The)
• P.T. Bank Central Asia
  Bank Central Asia
  Bank Central Asia is an Indonesian bank founded on August 10, 1955.The Asian monetary crisis in 1997 had a tremendous impact on Indonesia’s entire banking system. In particular, it affected BCA’s cash flow and even threatened its survival. Panic rush forced the bank to seek assistance from the...
  
  
• P.T. Bank Rakyat Indonesia
  Bank Rakyat Indonesia
  Bank Rakyat Indonesia or PT. Bank Rakyat Indonesia , , is one of the larger banks in Indonesia. It specialises in small scale and microfinance style borrowing from and lending to its approximately 30 million retail clients through its over 4,000 branches, units and rural service posts...
  
   (Persero)
• Raiffeisen Zentralbank Osterreich AG
• Resona Bank, Limited
• Rothschild Bank AG
• Schroder & Co Bank AG, also Known As: Schroder & Co Banque SA, Schroder & Co Banca SA, Schroder & Co Bank Ltd, Schroder & Co Banco SA
• Shanghai Pudong Development Bank
  Shanghai Pudong Development Bank
  Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co. Ltd , incorporated on January 9, 1993 with the approval of the People's Bank of China , is a joint-stock commercial bank with its headquarters located in Shanghai....
  
   Co. Ltd.
• Shenzhen Development Bank
  Shenzhen Development Bank
  Shenzhen Development Bank Co., Ltd. is a bank based in Shenzhen, Guangdong, People's Republic of China. It is listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.-External links:*...
  
   Limited
• Shoko Chukin Bank (The)
• Standard Bank of South Africa
  Standard Bank of South Africa
  The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited is one of South Africa's largest financial services groups. It operates in 30 countries around the world, including 17 in Africa.-History:...
  
   Ltd. (The)
• Standard Chartered (Jersey) Limited
• Taiwan Cooperative Bank
  Taiwan Cooperative Bank
  The Taiwan Cooperative Bank is a publicly listed bank headquartered in Taipei City, Taiwan. Originally formed by the Japanese during the Taiwan under Japanese rule in 1923, TCB was taken over by the Republic of China government since 1946 and has been prospering...
  
  
• UFJ Bank (Schweiz) AG, also known as: UFJ Bank (Switzerland) Ltd., UFJ Banque (Suisse) SA, UFJ Banca (Svizzera) SA
• Union Bank of Taiwan
• Veneto Banca
  Veneto Banca
  The Veneto Banca is an Italian cooperative bank headquartered in Montebelluna, Italy. Established in 1877 as Banca Popolare di Montebelluna, in the 60s the bank started its expansion acquiring some local cooperative banks and savings banks...
  
   S.C.A.R.L.
• Yamaguchi Bank
  Yamaguchi Bank
  The Yamaguchi Bank, Ltd. is a major regional bank in Japan, primarily in the Yamaguchi prefecture. It has 156 branches and offices in Japan and four overseas offices....
  
  , Ltd. (The)
• Yamanashi Chuo Bank, Ltd.

Approved money brokers in Hong Kong

• 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 America (Asia)
  China Construction Bank Corporation Limited is a licensed bank incorporated in Hong Kong.-History:...
  
  
• Bank of Canton
  Bank of Canton
  Bank of Canton was the first Chinese-owned bank in Hong Kong. At the time, all the other banks in Hong Kong were foreign, primarily British, including the locally incorporated but British-run Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation....
  
  
• Bank of China Group
  Bank of China Group
  Bank of China Group was the brand used to denote 13 banks that were almost entirely owned by the Chinese government that operated in Hong Kong, until their merger in 2001 to form Bank of China . The exception was the Hong Kong branch of the Bank of Communications, which left BOCG in 1998...
  
  
• Bank of Credit and Commerce International
  Bank of Credit and Commerce International
  The Bank of Credit and Commerce International was a major international bank founded in 1972 by Agha Hasan Abedi, a Pakistani financier. The Bank was registered in Luxembourg with head offices in Karachi and London. Within a decade BCCI touched its peak...
  
   (Hong Kong) Limited
• Belgian Bank
  Belgian Bank
  Belgian Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of ICBC . "Belgian Bank" was also the trading name of its founding predecessor, the Generale Belgian Bank. It is a licensed bank incorporated in Hong Kong. On October 10, 2005, all branches of Belgian Bank were rebranded as "ICBC "....
  
  
• Canton Trust Bank
• Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China
  Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China
  The Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China was a bank founded in London in 1851/1853 by Scotsman James Wilson following the grant of a Royal Charter from Queen Victoria. It opened its first branches in 1858 in Calcutta and Bombay and then in 1863 in Karachi and Shanghai...
  
   (The)
• Chase Manhattan Bank
  Chase Manhattan Bank
  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., doing business as Chase, is a national bank that constitutes the consumer and commercial banking subsidiary of financial services firm JPMorgan Chase. The bank was known as Chase Manhattan Bank until it merged with J.P. Morgan & Co. in 2000...
  
  , Hong Kong branch
• China & South Sea Bank Limited (The)
• China State Bank
  China State Bank
  The China State Bank, Limited was a bank in Hong Kong.- History :*1928: Established in Shanghai with its Chinese name of 國華銀行.*1938: Set up Hong Kong branches.*1948: Change its Chinese name to 國華商業銀行....
  
   Limited (The)
• Chekiang First Bank
  Chekiang First Bank
  Chekiang First Bank was a bank in Hong Kong. It is now merged to Wing Hang Bank. At the time of the merger with Wing Hang, Chekiang First Bank had 17 branches in Hong Kong, a wholly owned subsidiary in Luxembourg, an agency in San Francisco and a representative office in Shanghai. As of 31...
  
  
• D.A.H. Private Bank Limited
• Daiwa Bank, Hong Kong branch
• Dao Heng Bank
  Dao Heng Bank
  Dao Heng Bank Group Limited was a bank in Hong Kong and it had two subsidiaries before acquisition, Dao Heng Bank Limited and Overseas Trust Bank Limited....
  
   Limited
• DBS Kwong On Bank
• Far East Bank
  Far East Bank
  Far East Bank was a bank in Hong Kong. It is now merged to Bank of East Asia.It was founded in 1959 by Mr. Deacon Chiu , the founder of Far East Holdings. It is started as a small bank in Tsuen Wan by collecting deposits from farmers. In 1960s, it suffered heavily from heavy lending to property...
  
  
• First Pacific Bank
  First Pacific Bank
  First Pacific Bank Limited was a bank based in Hong Kong. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of the investment holding company FPB Bank Holding Company Limited...
  
  
• Flemings Investment Banking, Hong Kong branch
• Fortis Bank Asia HK
• Hang Lung Bank
  Hang Lung Bank
  Hang Lung Bank was a bank in Hong Kong. It is now merged to DBS Bank .On September 1982, a bank run happened on Hang Lung Bank after the collapse of Che Lee Yuen Jewellery & Goldsmith Company and the spread of rumours. But the run subsided on the second day...
  
  
• Hongkong Chinese Bank
  Hongkong Chinese Bank
  The Hongkong Chinese Bank Limited was a bank in Hong Kong. It was owned by HKCB Bank Holding Company Limited , a joint venture company owned by the Lippo Group and the China Resources Group. It was acquired and merged to CITIC Ka Wah Bank...
  
   (The)
• Hongkong Industrial and Commercial Bank Limited
• Hong Nin Savings Bank
  Hong Nin Savings Bank
  Hong Nin Savings Bank was a bank in Hong Kong, founded in the 1930s. The bank went into administration in September 1986 following defaults on several loans related to shipping, and was taken over by the colonial Government of Hong Kong.Hong Nin was subsequently acquired by First Pacific and...
  
  
• Hua Chiao Commercial Bank
  Hua Chiao Commercial Bank
  Hua Chiao Commercial Bank was a bank in Hong Kong. It was established in Hong Kong in 1962 by several Indonesian Chinese. After 1965, it became a member of Bank of China Group. It used to involving remittance and deposit account businesses, but it switched to engage in export and import trading...
  
   Limited
• International Bank of Asia
  International Bank of Asia
  International Bank of Asia Limited or IBA was acquired by Taiwan-based Fubon Group in 2004 and now operates under the name "Fubon Bank Limited"...
  
   Limited
• Jian Sing Bank Limited
• Kincheng Banking Corporation
  Kincheng Banking Corporation
  Kincheng Banking Corporation or Kincheng Bank was a bank in Hong Kong. It was established in Tianjin in 1917 by Mr. Zhou Zuomin , Mr. Ni Sichong and Mr. Wang Zhilong...
  
  
• Kwangtung Provincial Bank
  Kwangtung Provincial Bank
  The Kwangtung Provincial Bank was a bank latterly based in Hong Kong. Also known as the Provincial Bank of Kwangtung Province. The largest of the provincial banks, there were however a succession of at least seven distinct organisations functioning as The Kwangtung Provincial Bank from 1905...
  
   (The)
• Kwong On Bank
  Kwong On Bank
  Kwong On Bank Limited was a Hong Kong-based bank. It was established in 1935 and owned by Dr. Leung Ding Bong family, the President of the former Urban Council of Hong Kong, and Japan-based Fuji Bank. It is acquired and privatized by DBS Bank and renamed as DBS Kwong On Bank Limited in 1999...
  
  
• Mercantile Bank of India, London and China
  Mercantile Bank of India, London and China
  The Mercantile Bank of India, London and China was an Anglo-Indian with business focus in the Far East.-History:The bank was established in October 1853 in Bombay , but its headquarters moved to London in 1858...
  
  , Hong Kong branch
• Mingde Bank
• National Bank of China
  National Bank of China
  The National Bank of China was a bank in Hong Kong. It was founded in 1891 by the Poon's family, a wealthy and influential Guangzhou family. It is the first banknote issuer to be financed by Chinese merchants, began operations and issued banknotes of denominations of HK$5 and HK$10. But the bank...
  
   (The)
• National Commercial Bank Limited (The)
• National Industrial Bank of China
  National Industrial Bank of China
  National Industrial Bank of China was a bank established in September 1915 in Tianjin. It moved its headquarters to Shanghai in 1932. The bank merged with Bank of Communications in 1935, although its branch in Hong Kong remained in operations under the National Industrial Bank name until 1954....
  
  
• Overseas Trust Bank
  Overseas Trust Bank
  Overseas Trust Bank Limited was a bank in Hong Kong. It was established in 1955 by Chang Ming Thien, a Malaysian businessman and it was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 1972...
  
   Limited
• Oriental Bank Corporation
  Oriental Bank Corporation
  The Oriental Bank Corporation was a bank in India in the 19th century. It was also the first bank in Hong Kong and the first bank to issue banknotes in Hong Kong....
  
   (The), Hong Kong branch
• Po Sang Bank
  Po Sang Bank
  Po Sang Bank was a bank established in 1949 in Hong Kong. All other banks operated by the Bank of China in the territory were merged into it in 2001, and the bank was renamed Bank of China ....
  
  
• Sin Hua Bank Limited
• Sun Hung Kai Bank
  Sun Hung Kai Bank
  Sun Hung Kai Bank , originally established as Sun Hung Kai Finance Company , was acquired in 1985 by Arab Banking Corporation and in 1986 Sun Hung Kai Bank was renamed International Bank of Asia...
  
   Limited
• Union Bank of Hong Kong
  Union Bank of Hong Kong
  Union Bank of Hong Kong was a bank in Hong Kong. It now becomes Industrial and Commercial Bank of China ....
  
   Limited
• United Chinese Bank
• Wing On Bank
  Wing On Bank
  The Wing On Bank was a bank in Hong Kong that collapsed in 1986. It was majority owned by Wing On Holdings, a listed vehicle 68.8% controlled by the Kwok family, including Kwok Lam-po.-History:...
  
  
• Yien Yieh Commercial Bank
  Yien Yieh Commercial Bank
  Yien Yieh Commercial Bank was a bank in Hong Kong. It was established in Beijing in 1915 by Mr. Zhang Zhenfang , the cousin of Yuan Shikai, to specialize salt industry with official funds under government supervision...
  
  

See also

• Hong Kong Association of Banks
  Hong Kong Association of Banks
  The Hong Kong Association of Banks is an association created based on a series of Bank Ordinances enacted since 1948. In 1981 the association was established and replaced the Exchange Bank Association...
  
  
• Economy of Hong Kong
  Economy of Hong Kong
  As one of the world's leading international financial centres, Hong Kong has a major capitalist service economy characterised by low taxation and free trade, and the currency, Hong Kong dollar, is the ninth most traded currency in the world. Hong Kong has remained as the world's freest economy,...
  
  
• List of Hong Kong companies
• List of insurance companies in Hong Kong

External links

• Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA)
• HKMA - Banking policy and supervision
• Working in Investment Banking in Hong Kong