Malaysia · Financial institution
Hong Leong Bank Berhad
Hong Leong Bank Berhad is a public company incorporated in Malaysia, with its registered office in Kuala Lumpur. It is a subsidiary of Hong Leong Financial Group Berhad, and its ultimate holding company is Hong Leong Company (Malaysia) Berhad. The bank offers personal, business, corporate and private banking and global markets services. It has branches in Singapore, Hong Kong and Labuan and banking subsidiaries in Vietnam and Cambodia. It traces its origins to 1905 and took its current name after the Hong Leong Group acquired MUI Bank Berhad on 3 January 1994.
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
- HLBBMYKLXXX 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 HLBBMYKL 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
- None: head-office BIC only
- Other BIC with this LEI
- HLBBSGSG
- BIC first registered
- 1994-06-06
- Last updated
- 2024-12-21
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Total assets
Not published
Employees
Not published
Ownership
Group subsidiary
Ticker HLBANK (5819)
Institution type
Commercial bank
Trades as Hong Leong Bank (HLB)
- Ownership
- Hong Leong Financial Group Berhad holds a controlling stake, and the bank's shares have been listed on Bursa Malaysia since 17 October 1994.
- Direct parent
- Hong Leong Financial Group Berhad ↗, Malaysia
- Ultimate owner
- Hong Leong Company (Malaysia) Berhad, Malaysia
- Stock listing
- Bursa Malaysia (Main Market) HLBANK (5819)
- Head office
- Level 30, Menara Hong Leong, No. 6, Jalan Damanlela, Bukit Damansara, 50490 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Company register
- 193401000023 (97141-X), Companies Commission of Malaysia
- Former names
- MUI Bank Berhad · Malayan United Bank Berhad · Kwong Lee Bank Berhad
Business lines
According to its FY2026 results, residential mortgages, vehicle loans and SME lending were the main loan segments at 30 June 2026. Islamic banking is provided through its subsidiary Hong Leong Islamic Bank Berhad.
Online
- Websites & references
- hlb.com.my ↗
hlbank.com.sg ↗ Singapore operations (HL Bank Singapore), linked from the hlb.com.my country selector
hlb.com.my/hk/en/personal-banking.html ↗ Hong Kong branch pages
Wikipedia ↗ - Official social accounts
- X ↗ · Facebook ↗
Sources · 7 pages consulted
- hlb.com.my/en/personal-banking/about-us/board-of-directors.html
- hlb.com.my/en/personal-banking/about-us.html
- hlb.com.my/en/personal-banking/news-updates/hlb-announces-fy2026-results.html
- hlb.com.my/en/personal-banking/help-support/contact-us.html
- hlb.com.my/en/personal-banking/home.html
- hlfg.com.my/about-us/our-story.html
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Leong_Bank
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
- Kevin Lam Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer
- Chair
- Tan Sri Quek Leng Chan Chairman/Non-Executive/Non-Independent
- Executive
- Tan Kong Khoon Executive Director/Non-Independent
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Malaysia
- Bank Negara Malaysia Central bankPrudential supervisorAML supervisorConduct
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Leadership
The bank appointed Marzida binti Mohd Noor as an independent non-executive director on 6 April 2026.
hlb.com.my ↗ -
Leadership
The bank appointed Alan Hamzah Sendut as an independent non-executive director on 28 October 2025.
hlb.com.my ↗
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
- HLBBMYKLXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- HLBBBank
- MYCountry · Malaysia
- KLLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 549300BUPYUQGB5BFX94
- 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
- Malaysia · 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
- No country programme
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
- Hong Leong Financial Group Berhad · Malaysia549300EGI40XD5GGWS62 ↗
The Hong Leong Financial Group Berhad group has 4 institutions in the directory, in 4 countries: all hold a BIC.
Including Hong Leong Bank Berhad Honk Kong Branch, Hong Leong Bank (Cambodia) PLC.
See the Hong Leong Financial Group Berhad group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Registered address
- 6 JALAN DAMANLELA BUKIT DAMANSARA FLOOR 19 KUALA LUMPUR 50490 MALAYSIA
- Operational address
- 6 JALAN DAMANLELA BUKIT DAMANSARA MENARA HONG LEONG FLOOR 18 KUALA LUMPUR KUALA LUMPUR 50490 MALAYSIA
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>HLBBMYKLXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>549300BUPYUQGB5BFX94</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>HLBBMYKLXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>549300BUPYUQGB5BFX94</LEI>
<Nm>HONG LEONG BANK BERHAD</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>KUALA LUMPUR</TwnNm>
<Ctry>MY</Ctry>
<AdrLine>6 JALAN DAMANLELA BUKIT DAMANSARA FLOOR 19 KUALA LUMPUR 50490</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.
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Sources & method
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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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