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Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited (Chinese: 中國銀行(香港)有限公司), abbreviated as BOCHK (Chinese: 中銀香港), is a subsidiary of the Bank of China (via the Hong Kong-listed intermediate holding company BOC Hong Kong Holdings). Bank of China (Hong Kong) is the second-largest commercial banking group in Hong Kong in terms of assets ...
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 ...
The building was initially built by the Hong Kong Branch of the Bank of China; its Garden Road entrance continues to display the name "Bank of China", rather than BOCHK. The top four and the bottom 19 stories are used by the Bank, while the other floors are leased out.
Banknotes of the Hong Kong Dollar, the official currency of the HKSAR, is issued by Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Bank of China (Hong Kong), HSBC and Standard Chartered (Hong Kong). [citation needed] Part of commercial banks in Hong Kong are listed below. Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited; Bank of East Asia Limited
In 1917, Tsuyee Pei opened the branch of the Bank of China in Hong Kong. [13] [14] In 1928, the bank moved its head office from Beijing to Shanghai. In 1920, the bank opened the Investigative Office of the Bank of China. [15] The Investigative Office was the earliest research body in China's banking sector. [15]
Bank of China Building viewed from Cheung Kong Center. Bank hall interior in 1950s architectural style Des Voeux Road Central entrance. Bank of China Building (Chinese: 中國銀行大廈) is located at no.2A Des Voeux Road Central, Central, Hong Kong. It is a sub-branch of Bank of China (Hong Kong).
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 Hong Kong branch of the Bank of Communications, which left BOCG in 1998.
In 2010, Agricultural Bank of China broke ICBC's IPO record when it raised $22.1 billion. China's largest commercial bank was also the first company to debut simultaneously on both the Hong Kong and Shanghai stock exchanges. ICBC raised at least US$14 billion in Hong Kong and another US$5.1 billion in Shanghai .