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title: "Asset Custody Department — Bank of Communications (Hong Kong) Limited SWIFT/BIC COMMHKHKACD · Central | Elucidate"
description: "SWIFT/BIC code COMMHKHKACD: Asset Custody Department, a branch of Bank of Communications (Hong Kong) Limited in Central, Hong Kong SAR China. Head office COMMHKHKXXX."
url: https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-communications-hong-kong-limited-commhkhk-acd
---
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Hong Kong SAR China · Financial institution
# Asset Custody Department
Branch code of [Bank of Communications (Hong Kong) Limited (COMMHKHKXXX)](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-communications-hong-kong-limited-commhkhk)
FSB G-SIB list 2025
1
Bucket 1 of 5 · listed since 2023
In a G-SIB group · Bank of Communications (BoCom)
[FSB 2025 list ↗](https://www.fsb.org/2025/11/2025-list-of-global-systemically-important-banks-g-sibs/) [What is a G-SIB? ↗](https://www.fsb.org/work-of-the-fsb/market-and-institutional-resilience/post-2008-financial-crisis-reforms/ending-too-big-to-fail/global-systemically-important-financial-institutions-g-sifis/)
BIC **COMMHKHKACD** Head-office LEI **[254900BIDL79UKUMX541](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/254900BIDL79UKUMX541)** Licence no. **Not on a tracked register** [Head office **COMMHKHKXXX**](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-communications-hong-kong-limited-commhkhk) Connected to Swift Securities & custody [Claim this profile](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-communications-hong-kong-limited-commhkhk#claim)
## Licences and registrations
Held by the legal entity, not by a branch code
This branch code belongs to the legal entity of Bank of Communications (Hong Kong) Limited. None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers.
Licences belong to the legal entity. Each applies in the country of the regulator that granted it.
## Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- **BIC:** COMMHKHKACD
- **Head-office BIC:** [COMMHKHKXXX](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-communications-hong-kong-limited-commhkhk)
- **Connection to Swift:** Connected to Swift
- **Swift GPI · COMMHKHK:** Not on the member list
- **Payment schemes and systems:** No entry in the EPC registers, the ECB T2 and TIPS lists or the SIX Bank Master cites this BIC
- **Branch codes:** [One of 2 branch codes of Bank of Communications (Hong Kong) Limited](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-communications-hong-kong-limited-commhkhk#branches)
- **BIC first registered:** 2023-03-18
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-12
## Identifiers
Branch record
- **BIC:** COMMHKHKACD
- **How the BIC breaks down:** 1. COMM Bank 2. HK Country · Hong Kong SAR China 3. HK Location 4. ACD Branch
- **Head-office BIC:** [COMMHKHKXXX](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-communications-hong-kong-limited-commhkhk) · Bank of Communications (Hong Kong) Limited
- **Branch LEI:** No LEI mapped to this branch. Head-office LEI: [254900BIDL79UKUMX541](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-communications-hong-kong-limited-commhkhk)
## Profile
- **Branch description:** ASSET CUSTODY DEPARTMENT
- **Function:** Securities & custody
- **City:** Central
- **Country · region:** Hong Kong SAR China · East Asia & Pacific
- **Institution type:** Financial institution
Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.
## Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
- **Direct parent:** [交通银行股份有限公司](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-communications-co-ltd-commcnsh) · China[549300AX1UM10U30HK09 ↗](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/549300AX1UM10U30HK09)
- **FSB G-SIB list:** [In a G-SIB group · Bank of Communications (BoCom)](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/549300AX1UM10U30HK09) bucket 1 · 2025 list GLEIF records a G-SIB entity as this legal entity’s ultimate parent. The bucket applies to the group, and membership does not make this entity a bank.
The Bank of Communications Co.,Ltd group has 25 institutions in the directory, in 20 countries: all hold a BIC.
Including [Bank of Communications, CO. Ltd.](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-communications-co-ltd-commcnsh), [Bank of Communications Co.,ltd Sydney Branch](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-communications-co-ltd-sydney-branch-commau2s), [Bank of Communications CO., LTD Hong Kong Branch](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-communications-co-ltd-hong-kong-branch-commhkhh), [Bank of Communications CO., Ltd. Seoul Branch](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-communications-co-ltd-seoul-branch-commkrse), [Bank of Communications (Luxembourg) S.A.](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-communications-luxembourg-s-a-commitrr).
[See the Bank of Communications Co.,Ltd group →](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/549300AX1UM10U30HK09)
Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
## Addresses
- **Branch address:** 20 PEDDER STREET CENTRAL N/ A CENTRAL HONG KONG
- **Head-office address:** 20 PEDDER STREET CENTRAL HONG KONG
## ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
A CBPR+ message identifies this branch by its BIC, and may add its LEI or a clearing code. CBPR+ does not allow a name and postal address next to a BIC.
- **Identified by:** BIC, with the head office’s LEI
- **Roles in CBPR+:** Any agent, including the instructing and instructed agents
### CBPR+
For cross-border payments on Swift: the BIC, with the LEI and clearing code where known
```xml
COMMHKHKACD
254900BIDL79UKUMX541
```
### Full record
Every ISO 20022 element the directory holds. Base ISO 20022 allows them together. CBPR+ does not allow a name and address next to a BIC
```xml
COMMHKHKACD
254900BIDL79UKUMX541
BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS (HONG KONG) LIMITED
CENTRAL
HK
20 PEDDER STREET CENTRAL N/ A CENTRAL
```
No LEI is mapped to this branch BIC. The blocks use the head office’s LEI, which identifies the same legal entity.
The BIC, name and address are as published in Swift’s BIC directory. The LEI comes from the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. Check them against your own records before use.
## Where this branch sits
Linked to its head office. No other branch shares a distinctive function, city, address or registration day with it.
## Related institutions
### Institution
- [Bank of Communications (Hong Kong) Limited BIC COMMHKHK Financial institution Not on a tracked register Hong Kong SAR China · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900BIDL79UKUMX541](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-communications-hong-kong-limited-commhkhk)
The BIC8 this branch code belongs to: COMMHKHK.
Sources & method
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Swift GPI membership is matched on names and is indicative. A missing sanctions match does not mean that no listing applies. Always screen against the official lists.
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