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title: "Melli Bank PLC SWIFT/BIC code MELIHKH1XXX · Hong Kong SAR China | Elucidate"
description: "On the OFAC SDN list and the EU asset-freeze list. SWIFT/BIC code MELIHKH1XXX for Melli Bank PLC, Hong Kong SAR China. Head-office BIC."
url: https://elucidate.co/directory/melli-bank-plc-melihkh1
---

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3.  Melli Bank PLC

Hong Kong SAR China · Financial institution

# Melli Bank PLC

Sanctions listings

OFAC · SDN list

Sdgt · Ifsr

EU · asset freeze

Iran · since 2025-09-29

[See the listings ↓](https://elucidate.co/directory/melli-bank-plc-melihkh1#sanctions)

BIC **MELIHKH1XXX** LEI **[213800BC4TEGCCQH9V07](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/213800BC4TEGCCQH9V07)** Licence no. **Not on a tracked register** [On the OFAC SDN list](https://elucidate.co/directory/melli-bank-plc-melihkh1#sanctions) [On the EU sanctions list](https://elucidate.co/directory/melli-bank-plc-melihkh1#sanctions) Passive participant (no connection) Head-office BIC only [Claim this profile](https://elucidate.co/directory/melli-bank-plc-melihkh1#claim)

## Sanctions

### OFAC · United States

On the SDN list since 2018-11-05

- **Listed as:** MELLI BANK PLC
- **List:** Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list
- **Sanctions programmes:** SDGT IFSR
- **BIC cited:** MELIHKHH
- **Designated:** SDN 2018-11-05
- **OFAC record:** [Entry 25420 on OFAC ↗](https://sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov/Details.aspx?id=25420)

### EU · asset freeze

On the EU consolidated list since 2025-09-29

- **Listed as:** Melli Bank plc
- **Sanctions regime:** Iran (IRN)
- **Matched on:** Registration number 04152338 · This BIC shares its LEI with MELLI BANK PLC, registered in the United Kingdom.
- **Designated:** 2025-09-29
- **EU reference:** EU.13729.87
- **Legal act:** [EUR-Lex ↗](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L_202501980)

## Licences and registrations

Held by the legal entity, not by this BIC

This BIC is mapped to LEI 213800BC4TEGCCQH9V07 (Melli Bank PLC) in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. The legal entity’s page is [Melli Bank PLC (MELIGB21)](https://elucidate.co/directory/melli-bank-plc-meligb21). 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.

## Swift network

Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory

- **BIC:** MELIHKH1XXX head office
- **Connection to Swift:** Passive participant (no connection)
- **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:** [MELIGB21](https://elucidate.co/directory/melli-bank-plc-meligb21) · [MELIGB31](https://elucidate.co/directory/melli-bank-plc-meligb31) · [MELIFR21](https://elucidate.co/directory/melli-bank-plc-paris-branch-melifr21)
- **BIC first registered:** 2018-11-12
- **Last updated:** 2018-11-12

## Identifiers

Head-office record

- **BIC:** MELIHKH1XXX
- **How the BIC breaks down:** 1. MELI Bank 2. HK Country · Hong Kong SAR China 3. H1 Location · passive 4. XXX Branch · head office
- **Branch description:** Not recorded in the directory
- **LEI:** [213800BC4TEGCCQH9V07](https://elucidate.co/directory/melli-bank-plc-meligb21)
- **LEI record:** [View on GLEIF ↗](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/213800BC4TEGCCQH9V07)
- **How the LEI was matched:** BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.

## Profile

- **Type:** Financial institution
- **Regulation:** Not on a tracked register
- **Register licences:** None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers
- **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:** [On the SDN list](https://elucidate.co/directory/melli-bank-plc-melihkh1#sanctions) since 2018-11-05
- **EU sanctions:** [On the EU consolidated list](https://elucidate.co/directory/melli-bank-plc-melihkh1#sanctions) since 2025-09-29
- **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

GLEIF’s relationship records name no parent for this LEI, and no group page is published for it.

## Addresses

- **Registered address:** THREE GARDEN ROAD CHAMPION TOWER FLOOR 20 HONG KONG HONG KONG
- **Operational address:** CHAMPION TOWER SUITE 2010-2011 FLOOR 20 THREE GARDEN ROAD HONG KONG ISLAND 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+:** Debtor agent, creditor agent or an intermediary agent

### CBPR+

For cross-border payments on Swift: the BIC, with the LEI and clearing code where known

```xml
<FinInstnId>
  <BICFI>MELIHKH1XXX</BICFI>
  <LEI>213800BC4TEGCCQH9V07</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

```xml
<FinInstnId>
  <BICFI>MELIHKH1XXX</BICFI>
  <LEI>213800BC4TEGCCQH9V07</LEI>
  <Nm>MELLI BANK PLC</Nm>
  <PstlAdr>
    <TwnNm>HONG KONG</TwnNm>
    <Ctry>HK</Ctry>
    <AdrLine>THREE GARDEN ROAD CHAMPION TOWER FLOOR 20 HONG KONG</AdrLine>
  </PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>
```

This BIC is not connected to Swift. Messages reach the institution through a correspondent bank, so it cannot be the instructing or instructed agent.

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.

## Related institutions

### Legal entity

-   [Melli Bank PLC BIC MELIGB21 Financial institution Not on a tracked register OFAC SDN · EU list · United Kingdom · Not on a tracked register · LEI 213800BC4TEGCCQH9V07](https://elucidate.co/directory/melli-bank-plc-meligb21)

The page that carries this LEI’s licences and group facts.

### Same legal entity

-   [Melli Bank PLC BIC MELIGB31 Financial institution Not on a tracked register OFAC SDN · EU list · United Kingdom · Not on a tracked register · LEI 213800BC4TEGCCQH9V07](https://elucidate.co/directory/melli-bank-plc-meligb31)
-   [Melli Bank Plc. Paris Branch BIC MELIFR21 Financial institution Not on a tracked register OFAC SDN · EU list · France · Not on a tracked register · LEI 213800BC4TEGCCQH9V07](https://elucidate.co/directory/melli-bank-plc-paris-branch-melifr21)

Other BICs mapped to the same LEI.

### Same name, different BIC

-   [Melli Bank PLC BIC MELIHK21 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Hong Kong SAR China · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/melli-bank-plc-melihk21)

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Sources & method

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