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The Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement, or Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) for short, is an economic agreement between the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China, signed on 29 June 2003.
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 ...
Following World War II, Hong Kong's banking sector played a central role in the region's post-war recovery, financing reconstruction and trade. In the wake of World War II, Hong Kong faced the massive task of rebuilding its infrastructure and economy. The banking sector was pivotal in this recovery phase, offering loans for reconstruction ...
On 21 August 2000, ICBC acquired the Union Bank of Hong Kong, which was founded in Hong Kong in 1964 and traded on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange since 1973. The bank was renamed as ICBC (Asia) after the acquisition by ICBC in July 2001. On 30 April 2004, ICBC (Asia) acquired the retail banking business (but not the wholesale banking business) of ...
In 2009, Hong Kong's real economic growth fell by 2.8% as a result of the Great Recession. [33] By the late 20th century, Hong Kong was the seventh largest port in the world and second only to New York City and Rotterdam in terms of container throughput. Hong Kong is a full Member of the World Trade Organization. [34]
In the early 1990s, Albania reformed its banking system to establish a two-tier banking system.In 1991, Banka Tregtare Shqiptare (BTSH) was established from the sub-division of the activities of the Albanian State Bank, the main activity of which was managing the foreign trade operations of the state-owned entities with former socialist countries.
Banking in Albania, in its present form dating from 1992, consists of the nation's central bank - the Bank of Albania - and an expanding network of secondary banks.The Bank of Albania has the task of supervising the financial system, which currently contains 16 privately owned banks and many other financial institutions.
HSBC is one of the three commercial banks which are authorised to issue banknotes for Hong Kong - the other two being the Bank of China (Hong Kong) and Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong). [5] Of the total notes in circulation measured by value, HSBC is the most prolific issuer, its notes representing 67.7% of those in issue.