Hong Kong SAR China · Financial institution

Glo Interface Departement

BICMLFEHKHHGLO Head-office LEI549300VDY6P7FVMD4W57 Licence no.Not on a tracked register Head office MLFEHKHHXXX Connected to SwiftThis BIC is registered as a live address on the Swift network. The institution sends and receives Swift messages under MLFEHKHH directly. Claim this profile

Licences and registrations

Held by the legal entity, not by a branch code

This branch code belongs to the legal entity of Merrill Lynch Far East Ltd.. 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
MLFEHKHHGLO
Head-office BIC
MLFEHKHHXXX
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 MLFEHKHH directly.
Swift GPI · MLFEHKHH
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
BIC first registered
2000-08-26
Last updated
2022-10-28

Identifiers

Branch record

BIC
MLFEHKHHGLO
How the BIC breaks down
  1. MLFEBank
  2. HKCountry · Hong Kong SAR China
  3. HHLocation
  4. GLOBranch
Head-office BIC
MLFEHKHHXXX · Merrill Lynch Far East Ltd.
Branch LEI
No LEI mapped to this branch. Head-office LEI: 549300VDY6P7FVMD4W57

Profile

Branch description
GLO INTERFACE DEPARTEMENT
Function
Not stated in the description
City
Hong Kong
Country · region
Hong Kong SAR China · East Asia & Pacific
Institution type
Financial 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
Merrill Lynch Hk Services Limited · Hong Kong SAR China549300H37OC30ULJBE30 ↗
Ultimate parent
Bank of America Corporation · United States9DJT3UXIJIZJI4WXO774 ↗
FSB G-SIB list
In a G-SIB group · Bank of America bucket 3 · 2025 listGLEIF records a G-SIB entity as this legal entity’s ultimate parent. The bucket applies to the group, and membership does not make this entity a bank.

The Bank of America Corporation group has 75 institutions in the directory, in 36 countries: all hold a BIC.

Including Bank of America, N.A., Bank of America Europe Designated Activity Company, Bank of America National Association, Hong Kong Branch, Bank of America, N.A., Bofa Securities Europe S.A..

See the Bank of America Corporation group →

Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.

Addresses

Branch address
HONG KONG HONG KONG HONG KONG
Head-office address
LEVEL 55 CHEUNG KONG CENTER,2 QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL HONG KONG

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 the head office’s 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>MLFEHKHHGLO</BICFI>
  <LEI>549300VDY6P7FVMD4W57</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>MLFEHKHHGLO</BICFI>
  <LEI>549300VDY6P7FVMD4W57</LEI>
  <Nm>MERRILL LYNCH FAR EAST LTD.</Nm>
  <PstlAdr>
    <TwnNm>HONG KONG</TwnNm>
    <Ctry>HK</Ctry>
    <AdrLine>HONG KONG HONG KONG</AdrLine>
  </PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>

No LEI is mapped to this branch BIC. The blocks use the head office’s LEI, which identifies the same legal entity.

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.

Head office MLFEHKHHXXX · MERRILL LYNCH FAR EAST LTD. HQ Merrill Lynch Far East Ltd. GLO

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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