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title: "Erste Group Bank AG SWIFT/BIC code GIBAHKHHXXX · Hong Kong SAR China | Elucidate"
description: "Significant institution directly supervised by the ECB. SWIFT/BIC code GIBAHKHHXXX for Erste Group Bank AG, Hong Kong SAR China. Head-office BIC."
url: https://elucidate.co/directory/erste-group-bank-ag-gibahkhh
---
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2. [Hong Kong SAR China](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/hk)
3. Erste Group Bank AG
Hong Kong SAR China · Credit institution
# Erste Group Bank AG
ECB · Single Supervisory Mechanism
Directly supervised by the ECB
Total assets EUR 300–500 bn
Supervised group head
BIC **GIBAHKHHXXX** LEI **[PQOH26KWDF7CG10L6792](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/PQOH26KWDF7CG10L6792)** Licence no. **Not on a tracked register** Connected to Swift [ECB significant institution](https://elucidate.co/directory/erste-group-bank-ag-gibahkhh#regulatory) Market operator · MIC **EGSI** Head-office BIC only [Group: Erste Group Bank AG](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/PQOH26KWDF7CG10L6792) [Claim this profile](https://elucidate.co/directory/erste-group-bank-ag-gibahkhh#claim)
## Licences and registrations
Held by the legal entity, not by this BIC
This BIC is mapped to LEI PQOH26KWDF7CG10L6792 (Erste Group Bank AG) in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. The legal entity’s page is [Erste Group Bank AG (GIBAATWG)](https://elucidate.co/directory/erste-group-bank-ag-gibaatwg). 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, not to every BIC that carries the LEI.
## Regulatory status
### ECB banking supervision
List of supervised entities as of 2026-07-01
- **Classification:** Significant institution
- **Supervisor:** European Central Bank (direct supervision)
- **Listed as:** Erste Group Bank AG
- **Entity type:** Credit institution
- **Supervisory group:** Heads its own group
- **Why significant:** Size (Total assets EUR 300-500 bn)
## European registers
### ECB · monetary financial institutions
List as at 2026-09-25
- **Category:** Credit institution
- **Minimum reserves:** Subject to minimum reserves
- **Listed as:** Erste Group Bank AG
- **RIAD code:** AT0000019554466
- **Listed in:** AT
### ESMA · MiFID II register
Register as at 2026-09-28
| Entry | Competent authority | Authorised | Services or instruments |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Investment services (MiFID II) | Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) | 2002-04-01 | A1 A4 A5 B5 |
| Systematic internaliser | Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) | 2018-01-03 | SHRS |
Service codes follow MiFID II Annex I: A for investment services, B for ancillary services. Hover a code for its meaning.
Entries are matched on the LEI. Each register is quoted as its publisher lists it.
## Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- **BIC:** GIBAHKHHXXX head office
- **Connection to Swift:** Connected to Swift
- **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:** None: head-office BIC only
- **Other BICs with this LEI:** [GIBAATWG](https://elucidate.co/directory/erste-group-bank-ag-gibaatwg) · [GIBAUS33](https://elucidate.co/directory/erste-group-bank-ag-new-york-branch-gibaus33)
- **BIC first registered:** 1998-09-05
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-01
## Identifiers
Head-office record
- **BIC:** GIBAHKHHXXX
- **How the BIC breaks down:** 1. GIBA Bank 2. HK Country · Hong Kong SAR China 3. HH Location 4. XXX Branch · head office
- **Branch description:** Not recorded in the directory
- **LEI:** [PQOH26KWDF7CG10L6792](https://elucidate.co/directory/erste-group-bank-ag-gibaatwg)
- **LEI record:** [View on GLEIF ↗](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/PQOH26KWDF7CG10L6792)
- **How the LEI was matched:** BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
## Profile
- **Type:** Credit institution
- **Regulation:** Prudentially supervised (ECB list)
- **Register licences:** None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers
- **Country · region:** Hong Kong SAR China · East Asia & Pacific
- **Banking supervision:** [Significant · supervised by the ECB](https://elucidate.co/directory/erste-group-bank-ag-gibahkhh#regulatory) as of 2026-07-01
- **Trading venues (MIC):** [Operates MIC EGSI](https://elucidate.co/directory/erste-group-bank-ag-gibahkhh#markets) 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
- **Founded:** 2008
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
The Erste Group Bank AG group has 68 institutions in the directory, in 15 countries: 67 hold a BIC and 1 does not.
Including [Erste Bank der Oesterreichischen Sparkassen AG](https://elucidate.co/directory/erste-bank-der-oesterreichischen-sparkassen-ag-gibaatww), [Sparkasse Oberosterreich Bank AG](https://elucidate.co/directory/sparkasse-oberosterreich-bank-ag-aspkat2l), [Sparkasse Eferding- Peuerbach- Waizenkirchen](https://elucidate.co/directory/sparkasse-eferding-peuerbach-waizenkirchen-sppbat21), [Kaerntner Sparkasse Aktiengesellschaft](https://elucidate.co/directory/kaerntner-sparkasse-aktiengesellschaft-kspkat2k), [Erste Steiermaerkische Bank D.D.](https://elucidate.co/directory/erste-steiermaerkische-bank-d-d-esbchr22).
[See the Erste Group Bank AG group →](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/PQOH26KWDF7CG10L6792)
Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
## Addresses
- **Registered address:** FAR EAST FINANCE CNTR FLOOR 3 308-313 16 HARCOURT ROAD, ADMIRALTY HONG KONG HONG KONG
- **Operational address:** FAR EAST FINANCE CENTRE FLOOR 3 16 HARCOURT ROAD, ADMIRALTY UNIT 308-313 HONG KONG 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
```xml
GIBAHKHHXXX
PQOH26KWDF7CG10L6792
```
### 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
GIBAHKHHXXX
PQOH26KWDF7CG10L6792
ERSTE GROUP BANK AG
HONG KONG
HK
FAR EAST FINANCE CNTR FLOOR 3 308-313 16 HARCOURT ROAD
ADMIRALTY HONG KONG
```
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.
## Market identifiers
One trading venue or reporting service run under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
| MIC | Market | Kind | Category |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| EGSI | ERSTE GROUP BANK AG | Operating MIC | Systematic internaliser |
## About
From Wikidata, matched on this institution's BIC or LEI
Photo: Erstebank · [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Erste-campus-gartendeck-copyright-erste-bank-christian_wind.jpg) · [original](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Erste-campus-gartendeck-copyright-erste-bank-christian_wind.jpg/960px-Erste-campus-gartendeck-copyright-erste-bank-christian_wind.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- **Founded:** 2008
- **Headquarters:** Vienna
- **Website:** [erstegroup.com ↗](https://www.erstegroup.com/)
- **Wikipedia:** [Erste Group ↗](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erste_Group)
- **Wikidata:** [Q1310001 ↗](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1310001)
## Related institutions
### Legal entity
- [Erste Group Bank AG BIC GIBAATWG Credit institution Prudential licence Austria · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI PQOH26KWDF7CG10L6792](https://elucidate.co/directory/erste-group-bank-ag-gibaatwg)
The page that carries this LEI’s licences and group facts.
### Same legal entity
- [Erste Group Bank AG New York Branch BIC GIBAUS33 Credit institution Prudential licence United States · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI PQOH26KWDF7CG10L6792](https://elucidate.co/directory/erste-group-bank-ag-new-york-branch-gibaus33)
Other BICs mapped to the same LEI.
### Subsidiaries in the directory
- [Erste Bank der Oesterreichischen Sparkassen AG BIC GIBAATWW Credit institution Prudential licence Austria · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI 549300HUKIA1IZQHFZ83](https://elucidate.co/directory/erste-bank-der-oesterreichischen-sparkassen-ag-gibaatww)
- [Sparkasse Oberosterreich Bank AG BIC ASPKAT2L Credit institution Prudential licence Austria · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI V0VY22PV9D0HFTF8EI62](https://elucidate.co/directory/sparkasse-oberosterreich-bank-ag-aspkat2l)
- [Sparkasse Eferding- Peuerbach- Waizenkirchen BIC SPPBAT21 Credit institution Prudential licence Austria · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI 529900XDISRMBH5UBL39](https://elucidate.co/directory/sparkasse-eferding-peuerbach-waizenkirchen-sppbat21)
- [Kaerntner Sparkasse Aktiengesellschaft BIC KSPKAT2K Credit institution Prudential licence Austria · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI 529900TKQRJNCFUQI507](https://elucidate.co/directory/kaerntner-sparkasse-aktiengesellschaft-kspkat2k)
- [Erste Steiermaerkische Bank D.D. BIC ESBCHR22 Credit institution Prudential licence Croatia · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI 549300A2F46GR0UOM390](https://elucidate.co/directory/erste-steiermaerkische-bank-d-d-esbchr22)
- [Bausparkasse der Oesterreichischen Sparkassen AG BIC BAOSATWW Credit institution Prudential licence Austria · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI 529900GZ42KYYPY7HZ06](https://elucidate.co/directory/bausparkasse-der-oesterreichischen-sparkassen-ag-baosatww)
- [Die Zweite Wiener Vereins-Sparcasse BIC GIBAAT21 Credit institution Prudential licence Austria · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI 529900Z9G1PRYZSX4O63](https://elucidate.co/directory/die-zweite-wiener-vereins-sparcasse-gibaat21)
- [Dornbirner Sparkasse Bank AG BIC DOSPAT2D Credit institution Prudential licence Austria · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI 529900HC8KY7N0HNY191](https://elucidate.co/directory/dornbirner-sparkasse-bank-ag-dospat2d)
- [Kremser Bank Und Sparkassen Aktiengesellschaft BIC SPKDAT21 Credit institution Prudential licence Austria · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI 52990080J4AQ0O07WO29](https://elucidate.co/directory/kremser-bank-und-sparkassen-aktiengesellschaft-spkdat21)
- [Lienzer Sparkasse BIC LISPAT21 Credit institution Prudential licence Austria · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI 529900L8FZJJC3JGYK56](https://elucidate.co/directory/lienzer-sparkasse-lispat21)
- [Slovenska Sporitelna A.S BIC GIBASKBX Credit institution Prudential licence Slovakia · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI 549300S2T3FWVVXWJI89](https://elucidate.co/directory/slovenska-sporitelna-a-s-gibaskbx)
- [Sparkasse Baden BIC SPBDAT21 Credit institution Prudential licence Austria · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI 549300X1FFW399TI1820](https://elucidate.co/directory/sparkasse-baden-spbdat21)
Entities that GLEIF records with this LEI as their direct parent.
46 more not shown.
### Same group
- [Banka Sparkasse D.D. BIC KSPKSI22 Credit institution Prudential licence Slovenia · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI 315700RO18UEKF9GP419](https://elucidate.co/directory/banka-sparkasse-d-d-kspksi22)
- [Sparkasse Bludenz Bank AG BIC SSBLAT21 Credit institution Prudential licence Austria · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI 5299006FZT79EKTMK255](https://elucidate.co/directory/sparkasse-bludenz-bank-ag-ssblat21)
- [Sparkasse Bregenz Bank AG BIC SPBRAT2B Credit institution Prudential licence Austria · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI 529900IZ69LR7SRU9V71](https://elucidate.co/directory/sparkasse-bregenz-bank-ag-spbrat2b)
- [Sparkasse der Gemeinde Egg BIC SPEGAT21 Credit institution Prudential licence Austria · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI 5299007CQAM6HN45CF82](https://elucidate.co/directory/sparkasse-der-gemeinde-egg-spegat21)
- [Sparkasse der Stadt Amstetten BIC SPAMAT21 Credit institution Prudential licence Austria · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI 529900XA7RHLU8ECBK28](https://elucidate.co/directory/sparkasse-der-stadt-amstetten-spamat21)
- [Sparkasse der Stadt Feldkirch BIC SPFKAT2B Credit institution Prudential licence Austria · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI 5299007FR13EUF82L493](https://elucidate.co/directory/sparkasse-der-stadt-feldkirch-spfkat2b)
- [Sparkasse der Stadt Kitzbuhel BIC SPKIAT2K Credit institution Prudential licence Austria · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI 5299005F2A4SAXE4PE25](https://elucidate.co/directory/sparkasse-der-stadt-kitzbuhel-spkiat2k)
- [Sparkasse Feldkirchen/Karnten BIC SPFNAT21 Credit institution Prudential licence Austria · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI 5299004LQR2P5LDTH233](https://elucidate.co/directory/sparkasse-feldkirchen-karnten-spfnat21)
[All 68 institutions in the Erste Group Bank AG group →](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/PQOH26KWDF7CG10L6792)
### Same name, different BIC
- [Erste Group Bank AG BIC ESIETRI1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Türkiye · Not on a tracked register · LEI 52990090AU9DIA5A3P85](https://elucidate.co/directory/erste-group-bank-ag-esietri1)
- [Erste Group Bank AG BIC GIBAATWA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Austria · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/erste-group-bank-ag-gibaatwa)
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[See every BIC in Hong Kong SAR China →](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/hk#bics)
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Credits for this page
- **Banking supervision**—Source: European Central Bank, list of supervised entities.
- **Wikidata**—CC0, matched on the BIC or LEI recorded in Wikidata. It is community-edited, so check key facts.
- **Ownership and group**—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
- **European registers**—Source: European Central Bank (ECB), list of monetary financial institutions and list of institutions subject to minimum reserves. Source: European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), MiFID II/MiFIR register (investment firms, trading venues, systematic internalisers, data reporting services providers). Matched on LEI by Elucidate.
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