Hong Kong SAR China · Financial institution
Cmb Wing Lung Bank Limited
CMB Wing Lung Bank Limited is a licensed bank incorporated in Hong Kong, with its head office on Des Voeux Road Central. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd. It provides retail, commercial, corporate and private banking. It has branches in mainland China, Macau and the United States. The bank was founded in 1933 as Wing Lung Bank. China Merchants Bank acquired control in September 2008 and full ownership in January 2009, when the shares were delisted. The bank took its current name in October 2018.
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
- WUBAHKHHXXX 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 WUBAHKHH directly.
- Swift GPI
- 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
- 3 branch codes
- BIC first registered
- 1980-02-04
- Last updated
- 2025-12-20
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Employees
Not published
Ownership
Group subsidiary
100% China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd. (招商银行股份有限公司)
Institution type
Commercial bank
Trades as CMB Wing Lung Bank
- Standing
- Renamed from Wing Lung Bank Limited in October 2018. It remains a licensed bank on the Hong Kong Monetary Authority register.
- Ownership
- China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd. holds 100% of the bank directly.
- Direct parent
- China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd. (招商银行股份有限公司), China 100%
- Major shareholder
- China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd. 100% · 31 Dec 2024
- Head office
- 43-49 Des Voeux Road Central, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China (registered office: 45 Des Voeux Road Central, Hong Kong)
- Company register
- HKMA Register of Authorized Institutions, entry 100042 (licensed bank)
- Name in the local language
- 招商永隆銀行有限公司
- Former name
- Wing Lung Bank, Limited
Business lines
The bank offers deposits, loans, mortgages, cards, securities and insurance distribution to individuals and SMEs. Its corporate lending includes syndicated and project finance. It also offers global custody, private banking and cross-border services linked to mainland China.
Online
- Websites & references
- cmbwinglungbank.com ↗
winglungbank.com ↗ former domain, still linked from the bank's site
Wikipedia ↗ - Official social accounts
- None found
Sources · 11 pages consulted
- vpr.hkma.gov.hk/eng/regulatory-resources/registers/register-of-ais-and-lros/info/100042
- vpr.hkma.gov.hk/statics/assets/doc/100042/fd_int/fd_int_0626_pt01_eng.pdf
- cmbwinglungbank.com/wlb_corporate/en/index.html
- cmbwinglungbank.com/wlb_corporate/en/about-us/investor-communication/corporate-governance.html
- cmbwinglungbank.com/wlb_corporate/en/personal/remittance/major-correspondent-bank.html
- cmbwinglungbank.com/wlb_corporate/en/about-us/corporate-information/company-history.html
- cmbwinglungbank.com/wlb_corporate/hk/about-us/corporate-information/company-history.html
- cmbwinglungbank.com/wlb_corporate/files/cn/upload/about-us/investor-communication/2024_Annual_report.pdf
- cmbwinglungbank.com/wlb_corporate/files//xx/upload/about-us/investor-communication/2025_cn_Annual_report.pdf
- cmbwinglungbank.com/wlb_corporate/files/xx/upload/about-us/service-guide/XxMacauAnnualReport20241231.pdf
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CMB_Wing_Lung_Bank
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
- LIU Jun Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer
- Chair
- WANG Liang Chairman
- Chief financial officer
- SU Jian Assistant General Manager and Chief Financial Officer
- Executive
- CHEUNG Yan Leung Stephen Vice-Chairman and Independent Non-executive Director
- Executive
- YAN Minzhong Executive Director, Deputy General Manager and Chief Risk Officer
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Hong Kong SAR China
- Hong Kong Monetary Authority Prudential supervisorAML supervisorConductResolution
- Hong Kong SAR China
- Securities and Futures Commission Securities
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Other
The bank issued USD 2,000 million of undated non-cumulative subordinated additional tier 1 capital securities on 27 March 2026.
vpr.hkma.gov.hk ↗ -
Leadership
The bank appointed Liu Jun as executive director and chief executive officer on 21 March 2024.
cmbwinglungbank.com ↗ -
Leadership
Hong Bo resigned as chief executive officer on 15 January 2024 and as executive director on 25 September 2024.
cmbwinglungbank.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
- WUBAHKHHXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- WUBABank
- HKCountry · Hong Kong SAR China
- HHLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 549300O8T6I5A7FBMN18
- 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
- 招商银行股份有限公司 · China549300MKO5B60FFIHF58 ↗
The China Merchants Bank Co.,Ltd. group has 12 institutions in the directory, in 8 countries: all hold a BIC.
Including China Merchants Bank (Europe) S.A., China Merchants Bank H.O., China Merchants Bank CO., Ltd., China Merchants Bank Singapore Branch, China Merchants Bank CO., Limited London Branch.
See the China Merchants Bank Co.,Ltd. group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Registered address
- 43-49 DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL HONG KONG HONG KONG
- Operational address
- 43-49 DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL HONG KONG N/ A HONG KONG 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>WUBAHKHHXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>549300O8T6I5A7FBMN18</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>WUBAHKHHXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>549300O8T6I5A7FBMN18</LEI>
<Nm>CMB WING LUNG BANK LIMITED</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>HONG KONG</TwnNm>
<Ctry>HK</Ctry>
<AdrLine>43-49 DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL HONG KONG</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 Hong Kong, and no function or registration year splits them further. The bank publishes 14 accounts at other banks, across 3 regions. 3 other banks publish 6 accounts held with this bank.
- Own offices
- Correspondent banks: it holds accounts there
- Respondent banks: they hold accounts here
Hover over a branch, account or group to see its details
Correspondent accounts
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
14 accounts at other banks, in 14 currencies, as the bank publishes them: cmbwinglungbank.com ↗
| Currency | Correspondent | BIC | Account | Purpose | Directory check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | Bank of America NA, New York United States | BOFAUS3N | — | general payments | Matches the Swift directory |
| AUD | Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd, Melbourne Australia | ANZBAU3M | — | general payments | Matches the Swift directory |
| CAD | Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto Canada | ROYCCAT2 | — | general payments | Matches the Swift directory |
| CHF | UBS AG, Zurich Switzerland | UBSWCHZH80A | — | general payments | Matches the Swift directory |
| CNY | BANK OF CHINA (HONG KONG) LIMITED Hong Kong SAR China | BKCHHKHH838 | — | general payments | Matches the Swift directory |
| DKK | Danske Bank A/S. Denmark A/C Commerzbank AG, Frankfurt | — | — | general payments; published BIC field reads 'DABADKK A/C COBADEFF' | No BIC published |
| EUR | Deutsche Bank AG Frankfurt Germany | DEUTDEFF | — | general payments | Matches the Swift directory |
| GBP | HSBC BANK PLC, LONDON United Kingdom | MIDLGB22 | — | general payments | Matches the Swift directory |
| JPY | Mizuho Corporate Bank Ltd. Tokyo Japan | MHCBJPJT | — | general payments | Matches the Swift directory |
| MOP | Banco Nacional Ultramarino SA, Macau Macao SAR China | BNULMOMX | — | general payments | Matches the Swift directory |
| NZD | ANZ Bank New Zealand Ltd, Wellington New Zealand | ANZBNZ22058 | — | general payments | Matches the Swift directory |
| SEK | Nordea Bank AB(PUBL), Sweden A/C Commerzbank AG, Frankfurt | — | — | general payments; published BIC field reads 'NDEASESS A/C COBADEFF' | No BIC published |
| SGD | DBS Bank Ltd, Singapore Singapore | DBSSSGSG | — | general payments | Matches the Swift directory |
| THB | Kasikornbank Public Company Ltd, Bangkok Thailand | KASITHBK | — | general payments | Matches the Swift directory |
The page is titled 'Major Correspondent Bank' and sits under Personal > Remittance. It lists one settlement correspondent per currency with its BIC but gives no account numbers. There are 15 rows. Fourteen are extracted here. The HKD row shows only the bank's own BIC, WUBAHKHH, and no correspondent, so it is left out. For DKK and SEK the page prints 'DABADKK A/C COBADEFF' and 'NDEASESS A/C COBADEFF', which means settlement goes via Commerzbank Frankfurt. Those two BIC fields are left empty because the printed strings are not single valid BICs. The page has no date and its footer reads © 2022, so it may be stale. The JPY correspondent is still published under the name 'Mizuho Corporate Bank Ltd.' 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.
Respondent banks
From the correspondent lists other banks publish
3 other banks publish 6 accounts held with this bank, in 3 currencies.
| Currency | Respondent bank | Held at | Account | Purpose | Published in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | Beijing Rural Commercial Bank China | WUBAHKHH | — | inward remittances from Hong Kong banks only (intermediary bank) | bjrcb.com ↗ dated Jul 2025 |
| USD | Guangdong Shunde Rural Commercial Bank Company Limited China | WUBAHKHH | — | inward foreign-currency remittances | sdebank.com ↗ dated 14 May 2024 |
| HKD | Guangdong Shunde Rural Commercial Bank Company Limited China | WUBAHKHH | — | inward foreign-currency remittances | sdebank.com ↗ dated 14 May 2024 |
| EUR | Guangdong Shunde Rural Commercial Bank Company Limited China | WUBAHKHH | — | inward foreign-currency remittances | sdebank.com ↗ dated 14 May 2024 |
| HKD | Yantai Bank CO., Ltd. China | WUBAHKHH | 0119700704 | inward remittances | yantaibank.net ↗ |
| USD | Yantai Bank CO., Ltd. China | WUBAHKHH | 0119700719 | inward remittances | yantaibank.net ↗ |
Each row is an account the respondent bank lists as held with this bank, as published. Only banks that publish their correspondent accounts, and that Elucidate has researched, can appear, so the list is not complete. Confirm settlement instructions with either bank before relying on them.
Branch codes
| BIC | Branch | City | Address | LEI | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WUBAHKHHACD | — | Hong Kong | 43-49 DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL HONG KONG N/ A HONG KONG HONG KONG | — | 2025-12-20 |
| WUBAHKHHMTG | MORTGAGE LOAN | Hong Kong | 43-49 DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL HONG KONG N/ A HONG KONG HONG KONG | — | 2025-12-20 |
| WUBAHKHHWLT | CMB WING LUNG (TRUSTEE) LIMTIED | Hong Kong | 43-49 DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL HONG KONG N/ A HONG KONG HONG KONG | — | 2025-12-20 |
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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.
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