Hong Kong SAR China · Financial institution
China Citic Bank International Limited
China CITIC Bank International Limited is a limited company incorporated in Hong Kong. CITIC International Financial Holdings Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of China CITIC Bank Corporation Limited, holds 75% of its shares. CITIC Group Corporation is the ultimate parent. The bank describes itself as a Hong Kong-based full-service commercial bank. It offers personal, wholesale, private banking and treasury services, with branches in Hong Kong, the US, Singapore and Macau and a banking subsidiary on the Chinese Mainland. The entity was formerly The Hongkong Chinese Bank, Limited. It was renamed CITIC Ka Wah Bank Limited in 2002, CITIC Bank International on 10 May 2010 and China CITIC Bank International Limited on 19 November 2012.
Licences and registrations
Matched by LEI on the 22 tracked registers
None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers.
- The tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- KWHKHKHHXXX head office
- Connection to Swift
- Connected to SwiftThis BIC is registered as a live address on the Swift network. The institution sends and receives Swift messages under KWHKHKHH directly.
- Swift GPI
- Live member
- 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
- 3 branch codes
- BIC first registered
- 1984-02-20
- Last updated
- 2026-06-16
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Employees
Not published
Ownership
Group subsidiary
75% CITIC International Financial Holdings Limited
Institution type
Commercial bank
Trades as CNCBI
- Ownership
- CITIC International Financial Holdings Limited, wholly owned by China CITIC Bank Corporation Limited, holds 75%, and five financial investors introduced in 2017 hold the remaining 25%.
- Direct parent
- CITIC International Financial Holdings Limited, Hong Kong SAR China 75%
- Ultimate owner
- CITIC Group Corporation, China
- Head office
- 80th Floor, International Commerce Centre, 1 Austin Road West, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR China (registered office: 61-65 Des Voeux Road Central, Hong Kong)
- Name in the local language
- 中信銀行（國際）有限公司
- Former names
- CITIC Bank International Limited · CITIC Ka Wah Bank Limited · The Hongkong Chinese Bank, Limited
Business lines
The bank reports wholesale banking, personal and business banking, treasury and markets and a Mainland banking subsidiary as its segments, and it describes itself as China CITIC Bank's primary offshore business platform.
Online
- Websites & references
- cncbinternational.com ↗
ibanking.cncbinternational.com ↗ online banking portal
corponline.cncbinternational.com ↗ corporate online account opening
Wikipedia ↗ - Official social accounts
- None found
Sources · 12 pages consulted
- cncbinternational.com/home/en/index.jsp
- cncbinternational.com/about-us/about-citic-bank-international/en/index.jsp
- cncbinternational.com/about-us/our-management/en/index.jsp
- cncbinternational.com/about-us/our-heritage/en/index.jsp
- cncbinternational.com/about-us/investor-relations/en/index.jsp
- cncbinternational.com/_document/about-us/investor-relations-announcements/en/2026/int.pdf
- cncbinternational.com/_document/cross-border-banking/quick_reference_guide_en.pdf
- cncbinternational.com/contact-us/en/index.jsp
- hkma.gov.hk/eng/news-and-media/press-releases/2024/12/20241206-6/
- fintechnews.hk/39980/fintechchina/china-citic-bank-wang-junwei-ceo/
- finance.sina.com.cn/money/bank/gsdt/2026-09-14/doc-inirutnw7230919.shtml
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_CITIC_Bank_International
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
-
Jeffery Bai (Bai Lijun)
Executive Director, Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Head of Wholesale Banking Group; assuming the Chief Executive Officer's responsibilities on an interim basis pending regulatory approval of Wang Junwei
- Executive
-
Christine Yau
Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Chief Compliance and Operations Officer
- Executive
-
Clement Woo
Chief Risk Officer
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Hong Kong SAR China
- Hong Kong Monetary Authority Prudential supervisorCentral bankAML supervisorResolution
Recent events 1 enforcement or investigation item
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Leadership
Chief Financial Officer Sui Yang left the bank in early September 2026 to join Chong Hing Bank, according to media reports.
finance.sina.com.cn ↗ -
Leadership
The board appointed Wang Junwei as Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, subject to regulatory approval. Shen Qiang resigned from these roles.
fintechnews.hk ↗ -
Enforcement
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority fined the bank HKD 4 million for AMLO contraventions linked to transaction monitoring failures between 2015 and 2018.
hkma.gov.hk ↗ -
Leadership
The bank appointed Shen Qiang as Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer on 27 December 2024.
cncbinternational.com ↗
Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, incidents, leadership changes, mergers and licence changes. Each links to its source.
Identifiers
Head-office record
- BIC
- KWHKHKHHXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- KWHKBank
- HKCountry · Hong Kong SAR China
- HHLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 54930034UPFJV0NHXV95
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- How the LEI was matched
- BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
Profile
- Type
- Financial institutionClassified as a financial institution in Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory, with no licence on a tracked register. This includes banks that neither the ECB nor the FSB lists, as well as brokers, fund managers, insurers and market infrastructure.
- Regulation
- Not on a tracked registerNo licence or registration was found for this entity on the registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
- Register licences
- None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registersThe tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
- Country · region
- Hong Kong SAR China · East Asia & Pacific
- Trading venues (MIC)
- No MIC registered under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
- OFAC sanctions
- No listing cites this BIC
- EU sanctions
- No listing matched this BIC or its LEI
- Country sanctions
- Targeted listings only OFAC
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.
No licence or registration was found for this entity on the 22 registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
- Direct parent
- 中国中信集团有限公司 · China300300NIFA1100057377 ↗
Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Registered address
- 61-65 DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL HONG KONG
- Operational address
- 61 - 65 DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL N/A CENTRAL HONG KONG
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
A CBPR+ message identifies this institution 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 its 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
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>KWHKHKHHXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>54930034UPFJV0NHXV95</LEI>
</FinInstnId>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
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>KWHKHKHHXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>54930034UPFJV0NHXV95</LEI>
<Nm>CHINA CITIC BANK INTERNATIONAL LIMITED</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>CENTRAL</TwnNm>
<Ctry>HK</Ctry>
<AdrLine>61-65 DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>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.
Network
Branches and correspondent banking
All 3 branch BICs connect to the head office. They are all in Central, and no function or registration year splits them further. The bank publishes 13 accounts at other banks, across 3 regions.
- Own offices
- Correspondent banks: it holds accounts there
Hover over a branch, account or group to see its details
Correspondent accounts
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
13 accounts at other banks, in 13 currencies, for inward remittances (MT103/pacs.008), as the bank publishes them: cncbinternational.com ↗ dated Jan 2025
| Currency | Correspondent | BIC | Account | Directory check |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUD | Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. Australia | ANZBAU3MXXX | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| CAD | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Canada | CIBCCATTXXX | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| CHF | UBS Switzerland AG Switzerland | UBSWCHZH80A | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| CNY | Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited (Renminbi Clearing Centre) Hong Kong SAR China | BKCHHKHH838 | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| EUR | Deutsche Bank AG Germany | DEUTDEFFXXX | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| GBP | National Westminster Bank Plc United Kingdom | NWBKGB2LXXX | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| JPY | MUFG Bank Ltd. Japan | BOTKJPJTXXX | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| NOK | DNB Bank ASA Norway | DNBANOKKXXX | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| NZD | Bank of New Zealand New Zealand | BKNZNZ22985 | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| SEK | Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB Sweden | ESSESESSXXX | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| SGD | United Overseas Bank Ltd. Singapore | UOVBSGSGXXX | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| THB | Bangkok Bank Public Company Limited Thailand | BKKBTHBKXXX | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| USD | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. United States | CHASUS33XXX | — | Matches the Swift directory |
This is the Inward Remittance Quick Reference Guide, dated January 2025. It lists the 'major correspondent banks' by currency with location and BIC, but it prints no account numbers. The 13 third-party correspondent rows are extracted. Four rows naming the bank itself as beneficiary bank for HKD, CNY, EUR and USD via CHATS are omitted because they are not correspondent accounts. The bank marks the list as for reference only and subject to change. The document gives 61-65 Des Voeux Road Central as the bank address. Each correspondent BIC is checked against the Swift directory: a BIC missing from it, or registered to a differently named bank, may be a typo or out of date. Confirm settlement instructions with the bank before relying on them.
Branch codes
| BIC | Branch | City | Address | LEI | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KWHKHKHHCUS | — | Central | 61-65 DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL CENTRAL CENTRAL HONG KONG | — | 2026-07-18 |
| KWHKHKHHFAS | — | Central | 61-65 DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL N/ A CENTRAL HONG KONG | — | 2026-07-18 |
| KWHKHKHHMTG | — | Central | 61-65 DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL N/ A CENTRAL HONG KONG | — | 2026-07-18 |
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Sources & method
Every value comes from a public source, such as Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory, GLEIF or the OFAC and EU sanctions lists. Most sources are matched on a BIC or an LEI, not on a name.
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Read the methodology →Credits for this page
- Ownership and group—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
- Overview, leadership, regulators and events—researched per institution by an AI model with web search, from the institution's own website and reports, regulators, company registers and news. Figures, people and events link to their source, and each card shows the research date. AI research can be wrong or out of date, so check key facts at the source.
- Images—logos and photos from Wikimedia Commons (credited with their author and licence) or from the institution's own website, where Wikimedia has none. Elucidate keeps a copy of each; the links lead to the source and the original image. Jeffery Bai (Bai Lijun): cncbinternational.com (official website) · original; Christine Yau: cncbinternational.com (official website) · original; Clement Woo: cncbinternational.com (official website) · original.
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