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.
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 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.

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.

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
Bank NameChinese NameEstablishedCountry of Origin
BCOM Finance 交通財務有限公司1979 People's Republic of China
BPI International Financenil1974 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 Corporation1982 Hong Kong
Corporate Finance Hong Kong
Fubon Credit 富邦財務有限公司1977 Taiwan
Gunma Finance 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 Asia1976 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 Company2009 Vietnam
Woori Global Markets Asia1899 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.
Bank NameChinese NameEstablishedCountry of Origin
Antwerp Diamond Bank1934 Belgium
Japan
BPER Banca1867 Italy
Banca Popolare di Sondrio1871 Italy
Banco BPM2017 Italy
Chile
Bank Central Asia1957 Indonesia
Bank of Beijing北京銀行1996 People's Republic of China
東莞銀行股份有限公司1999 People's Republic of China
2007 Japan
Bank Hapoalim 1921 Switzerland
京都銀行 Japan
Bank Rakyat Indonesia1895 Indonesia
Bank of Yokohama, The株式會社橫浜銀行1920 Japan
Banque cantonale de Genève1953 Switzerland
Luxembourg
Banque Transatlantique1881 Luxembourg
Central Bank of India1911 India
China Guangfa Bank廣發銀行1988 People's Republic of China
Clearstream Banking2000 Luxembourg
Credit Industriel et Commercial1859 France
Corporation Bank1906 India
1979 Qatar
Dukascopy Bank2004 Switzerland
1991 Latvia
Fiduciary Trust Company International1931 United States of America
First Gulf Bank1979 United Arab Emirates
Habib Bank AG Zurich1967 Switzerland
HSH Nordbank2003 Germany
Investec Bank1974 South Africa
Japan Post Bank2006 Japan
日盛銀行1990 Taiwan
十六銀行 Japan
Korea Development Bank韓國産業銀行1954 South Korea
Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company1962 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
1944 Japan
Norinchukin Bank農林中央金庫1923 Japan
大垣共立銀行1986 Japan
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 Bank1811 United Kingdom
Schroder & Co Bank1804 United Kingdom
Shinkin Central Bank信金中央金庫1950 Japan
Silicon Valley Bank1982 United States of America
1996 Switzerland
Latvia
聯邦銀行1989 Taiwan
UBI Banca 2003 Italy
VP Bank Liechtenstein
Yamaguchi Bank山口銀行1878 Japan
Yamanashi Chuo Bank山梨中央銀行1941 Japan
元大銀行1992 Taiwan

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