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title: "Asia Holdings (UK) — HSBC Holdings PLC SWIFT/BIC HSBCGB2LAHU · London | Elucidate"
description: "SWIFT/BIC code HSBCGB2LAHU: Asia Holdings (UK), a branch of HSBC Holdings PLC in London, United Kingdom. Head office HSBCGB2LXXX, LEI 2HI3YI5320L3RW6NJ957."
url: https://elucidate.co/directory/hsbc-holdings-plc-hsbcgb2l-ahu
---
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United Kingdom · Credit institution
# Asia Holdings (UK)
Branch code of [HSBC Holdings PLC (HSBCGB2LXXX)](https://elucidate.co/directory/hsbc-holdings-plc-hsbcgb2l)
FSB G-SIB list 2025
3
Bucket 3 of 5 · listed since 2011
Main operating bank of a G-SIB · HSBC
[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 **HSBCGB2LAHU** LEI **[2HI3YI5320L3RW6NJ957](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/2HI3YI5320L3RW6NJ957)** Licence no. **Not on a tracked register** [Head office **HSBCGB2LXXX**](https://elucidate.co/directory/hsbc-holdings-plc-hsbcgb2l) Connected to Swift [Claim this profile](https://elucidate.co/directory/hsbc-holdings-plc-hsbcgb2l#claim)
## Licences and registrations
Held by the legal entity, not by a branch code
This branch code belongs to the legal entity of HSBC Holdings PLC. 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:** HSBCGB2LAHU
- **Head-office BIC:** [HSBCGB2LXXX](https://elucidate.co/directory/hsbc-holdings-plc-hsbcgb2l)
- **Connection to Swift:** Connected to Swift
- **Swift GPI · HSBCGB2L:** 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 7 branch codes of HSBC Holdings PLC](https://elucidate.co/directory/hsbc-holdings-plc-hsbcgb2l#branches)
- **BIC first registered:** 2022-11-05
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-10
## Identifiers
Branch record
- **BIC:** HSBCGB2LAHU
- **How the BIC breaks down:** 1. HSBC Bank 2. GB Country · United Kingdom 3. 2L Location 4. AHU Branch
- **Head-office BIC:** [HSBCGB2LXXX](https://elucidate.co/directory/hsbc-holdings-plc-hsbcgb2l) · HSBC Holdings PLC
- **Branch LEI:** [2HI3YI5320L3RW6NJ957](https://elucidate.co/directory/the-hongkong-and-shanghai-banking-corporation-limited-hsbchkhh)
## Profile
- **Branch description:** ASIA HOLDINGS (UK)
- **Function:** Not stated in the description
- **City:** London
- **Country · region:** United Kingdom · Europe & Central Asia
- **Institution type:** Credit 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:** HSBC Asia Holdings B.V. · United Kingdom[213800AOW7YS4UDSJ663 ↗](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/213800AOW7YS4UDSJ663)
- **Ultimate parent:** HSBC Holdings PLC · United Kingdom[MLU0ZO3ML4LN2LL2TL39 ↗](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/MLU0ZO3ML4LN2LL2TL39)
- **FSB G-SIB list:** [Main operating bank of a G-SIB · HSBC](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/MLU0ZO3ML4LN2LL2TL39) bucket 3 · 2025 list The G-SIB group’s principal bank, as identified by Elucidate from the FSB list and GLEIF.
The HSBC Holdings PLC group has 118 institutions in the directory, in 46 countries: 117 hold a BIC and 1 does not.
Including [HSBC Bank PLC](https://elucidate.co/directory/hsbc-bank-plc-midlgb22), [HSBC Continental Europe](https://elucidate.co/directory/hsbc-continental-europe-ccfrfrpp), [HSBC Bank PLC](https://elucidate.co/directory/hsbc-bank-plc-midlggs1), [HSBC Bank PLC](https://elucidate.co/directory/hsbc-bank-plc-midljeh1), [HSBC Bank PLC](https://elucidate.co/directory/hsbc-bank-plc-midlfrpx).
[See the HSBC Holdings PLC group →](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/MLU0ZO3ML4LN2LL2TL39)
Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
## Addresses
- **Branch address:** 8 CANADA SQUARE LONDON LONDON E14 5HQ UNITED KINGDOM
- **Head-office address:** 8 CANADA SQUARE LONDON E14 5HQ UNITED KINGDOM
## 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 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
HSBCGB2LAHU
2HI3YI5320L3RW6NJ957
```
### 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
HSBCGB2LAHU
2HI3YI5320L3RW6NJ957
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
LONDON
GB
8 CANADA SQUARE LONDON LONDON E14 5HQ
```
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
- [HSBC Holdings PLC BIC HSBCGB2L Credit institution Prudential licence United Kingdom · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI 2HI3YI5320L3RW6NJ957](https://elucidate.co/directory/hsbc-holdings-plc-hsbcgb2l)
The BIC8 this branch code belongs to: HSBCGB2L.
### Legal entity
- [The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited BIC HSBCHKHH Credit institution Prudential licence Hong Kong SAR China · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI 2HI3YI5320L3RW6NJ957](https://elucidate.co/directory/the-hongkong-and-shanghai-banking-corporation-limited-hsbchkhh)
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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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The sanctions facts on this page cover the BIC and its LEI only.
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