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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 The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) is Hong Kong's central banking institution. It is a government authority founded on 1 April 1993 when the Office of the Exchange Fund and the Office of the Commissioner of Banking merged. The organisati ...
(HKMA). As one of the top five
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s 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 of 2019, there were 164 ''licensed'' banks, 17 ''restricted licence'' banks and 13 ''deposit-taking'' companies in business, constituting a total of 194 ''authorized institutions''. In addition, there are 42 ''local representative offices'' of foreign banks in Hong Kong.HKMA Register of Authorized Institutions and Local Representative Offices 2018-05-17
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Licensed banks

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


Incorporated in Hong Kong


Virtual banks incorporated in Hong Kong


Incorporated outside Hong Kong


Restricted licence banks


Incorporated in Hong Kong


Incorporated outside Hong Kong


Deposit-taking companies

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. All deposit-taking companies are incorporated in Hong Kong


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.


Approved money brokers

*BGC Capital Markets (Hong Kong) Limited *Bloomberg Tradebook Hong Kong Limited *Currenex, Inc. *EBS Service Company Limited *FX Alliance, Llc *
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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 *Sendra Holdings Limited *Tradition (Asia) Limited *Tullett Prebon (Hong Kong) Limited


Defunct, renamed or acquired banks

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Asia Commercial Bank Asia Commercial Bank, often abbreviated to ACB, is the largest private bank in Vietnam by assets, headquartered at 442 Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai, Ward 5, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City. It was registered on 19 May 1993 and began operations in June 19 ...
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Bank of America (Asia) China Construction Bank (Asia) Corporation Limited (Traditional Chinese: 中國建設銀行(亞洲)股份有限公司) is a licensed bank incorporated in Hong Kong. History The Bank has over 100 years of history in Hong Kong, when its predecessor ...
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Bank of Canton Bank of Canton () was established in 1912 in Canton but registered as a British company in Hong Kong. This made it the first Chinese-owned bank in Hong Kong. At the time, all the other banks in Hong Kong were foreign, primarily British, including ...
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Bank of China Group Bank of China Group (中銀集團;BOCG) 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 (Hong Kong). The exception was the ...
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Bank of Credit and Commerce International The Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) was an 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. A decade after opening, BC ...
(Hong Kong) Limited *
Belgian Bank Belgian may refer to: * Something of, or related to, Belgium * Belgians, people from Belgium or of Belgian descent * Languages of Belgium, languages spoken in Belgium, such as Dutch, French, and German *Ancient Belgian language, an extinct languag ...
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Canton Trust Bank Canton Trust and Commercial Bank () was a Chinese bank in Hong Kong. History In 1965, bank runs occurred at branches of the bank after it suffered from heavy lending to property sector and fraud. Runs on branches of the bank in Aberdeen and Yuen ...
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Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China The Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China (informally The Chartered Bank) was a bank incorporated in London in 1853 by Scotsman James Wilson, under a Royal Charter from Queen Victoria.
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, Hong Kong branch * China & South Sea Bank Limited *
China State Bank China State Bank () was a bank in China. 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. *1980: Moved its headquarters to Beij ...
Limited * Chekiang First Bank * D.A.H. Private Bank Limited *
Daiwa Bank () is the holding company of , the fifth-largest banking group in Japan as of 2012. It is headquartered in the Kiba area of Koto, Tokyo. The main operating entities of the group are Resona Bank, a nationwide corporate and retail bank headqu ...
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Dao Heng Bank Dao Heng Bank Group Limited (former stock code: ) () was a bank holding company in Hong Kong and it had two major subsidiaries before being acquired, Dao Heng Bank Limited and Overseas Trust Bank Limited. Dao Heng Bank Limited was establishe ...
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Far East Bank Far East Bank was a bank in Hong Kong which has since merged into Bank of East Asia. Far East Bank was founded in 1959 by Mr. Deacon Chiu (), the founder of Far East Holdings. It started as a qianzhuang (native bank) in Tsuen Wan by collecting ...
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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 (FPB Bank Holdco). Its headquarters were in the First Pacific Bank Centre in Wan Cha ...
* Flemings Investment Banking, Hong Kong branch *
Fortis Bank Asia HK Fortis may refer to: Business * Fortis AG, a Swiss watch company * Fortis Films, an American film and television production company founded by actress and producer Sandra Bullock * Fortis Healthcare, a chain of hospitals in India * Fortis Inc ...
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Hang Lung Bank Hang Lung Bank () was a bank in Hong Kong which has since merged into DBS Bank (Hong Kong). In September 1982, a bank run on Hang Lung Bank began after the collapse of Che Lee Yuen Jewellery & Goldsmith Company and the spread of rumours, but ...
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Hongkong Chinese Bank The Hongkong Chinese Bank Limited (HKCB) (Traditional Chinese: 香港華人銀行有限公司) was a bank in Hong Kong. It was owned by HKCB Bank Holding Company Limited (), which in turn was majority owned by a joint venture company owned by ...
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Hongkong Industrial and Commercial Bank Industrial and Commercial Bank () was a bank in Hong Kong, established in 1917. Under the leadership of its general manager, Xue Xianzhou (), after 1919, its business was focused on operating money remittances of Overseas Chinese and its branc ...
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Hong Nin Savings Bank Hong Nin Savings Bank (Traditional Chinese: 康年儲蓄銀行) was a bank in Hong Kong, founded in 1921. The bank went into administration in September 1986 following defaults on several loans related to shipping, and was taken over by the colo ...
* Hua Chiao Commercial Bank Limited *
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Jian Sing Bank Industrial and Commercial Bank () was a bank in Hong Kong, established in 1917. Under the leadership of its general manager, Xue Xianzhou (), after 1919, its business was focused on operating money remittances of Overseas Chinese and its branc ...
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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 (, a native of Huai'an in Jiangsu), Mr. Ni Sichong (, Anhui General Commander) and Mr. Wang Zhilong (, Ni's treasure ...
* Kwangtung Provincial Bank *
Kwong On Bank Kwong On Bank Limited (KOB) (former stock code: ) () was a Hong Kong-based bank. It was established in 1935 by Mr Leung Kwai-Yee and later run by his son, Dr. Leung Ding Bong, the President of the former Urban Council of Hong Kong, and Japan-b ...
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Mercantile Bank of India, London and China The Mercantile Bank of India, London and China, later Mercantile Bank Ltd (), was an Anglo-Indian bank with business focus in the Far East. It was founded in Bombay in 1853 as the Mercantile Bank of Bombay; and later in 1857 was renamed to Mer ...
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Mingde Bank Ming Tak Bank () was a bank in Hong Kong. The bank was owned and managed by Poon Kai-kwong who was also involved in construction and property businesses. And Poon was very active in investing in the property boom in the early 1960s in Hong Kong. ...
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National Bank of China The National Bank of China () was a bank in Hong Kong. It was founded in 1891 by a wealthy and influential Guangzhou family. It is the first banknote issuer to be financed by Chinese merchants A merchant is a person who trades in commodities p ...
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Overseas Trust Bank Overseas Trust Bank Limited (OTB) () 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. It was the fourth largest bank in Hong Kong before ...
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Oriental Bank Corporation The Oriental Bank Corporation (), or "OBC", was a British imperial bank founded in India in 1842 which grew to be prominent throughout the Far East. As an Exchange bank, the OBC was primarily concerned with the finance of trade and exchanges of ...
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Po Sang Bank Po Sang Bank was a bank established in 1949 in British Hong Kong. All other banks operated by the Bank of China in the territory were merged into the legal person of Po Sang Bank in 2001, and the legal person was renamed to Bank of China (Hong ...
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Sin Hua Bank Limited In a religious context, sin is a transgression against divine law. Each culture has its own interpretation of what it means to commit a sin. While sins are generally considered actions, any thought, word, or act considered immoral, selfish, ...
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Sun Hung Kai Bank The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is a nearly perfect ball of hot plasma, heated to incandescence by nuclear fusion reactions in its core. The Sun radiates this energy mainly as light, ultraviolet, and infrared radi ...
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Union Bank of Hong Kong The Union Bank of Hong Kong (Former stock code: )(Traditional Chinese: 香港友聯銀行) was a bank in Hong Kong. It became the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia) (Traditional Chinese: 中國工商銀行 (亞洲)). The bank was establ ...
Limited * United Chinese Bank *
Wing On Bank The Wing On Bank (Chinese:永安銀行) was a bank in Hong Kong. It was majority owned by Wing On Holdings, a listed vehicle 68.8% controlled by the Kwok family, including Kwok Lam-po. History The bank was founded by the Kwok family, led by Kwo ...
* Yien Yieh Commercial Bank


See also

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Economy of Hong Kong The economy of Hong Kong is a highly developed free-market economy. It is characterised by low taxation, almost free port trade and a well-established international financial market. Its currency, called the Hong Kong dollar, is legally issue ...
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List of Hong Kong companies Hong Kong is an autonomous territory of the People's Republic of China on the Pearl River Delta of East Asia. Hong Kong is one of the world's most significant financial centres, with the highest Financial Development Index score and consiste ...
* Hong Kong Association of Banks *
List of insurance companies in Hong Kong This is a list of insurance companies in Hong Kong. ''Source: '' ''Source: '' See also *List of banks in Hong Kong External linksStatistics, Office of the Commissioner of Insurance


References


External links


Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA)Banks in Hong KongClearing Code and Branch Code List
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