Hong Kong SAR China · Payments & e-money
PayPal Hong Kong Limited
PayPal Hong Kong Limited is a private company incorporated in Hong Kong, with its office at Central Plaza in Wan Chai. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) licenses it as an issuer of a stored value facility under licence number SVF0008, granted on 4 November 2016. PayPal Holdings, Inc. reports the firm as a consolidated subsidiary in the firm's Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) record. The firm contracts with Hong Kong residents and businesses for PayPal personal and business accounts, online payment acceptance and Braintree card-processing services.
Licences and registrations
Held by PayPal Hong Kong Limited (LEI 549300SKO1BSTONRKQ46). 1 entry on 1 of the 22 tracked registers, retrieved 25 September 2026.
| Register | Licence | Number | Jurisdiction | Status | Registered | Ends | Activities | Register entry |
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| Register of Stored Value Facility LicenseesHong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) | Stored Value Facility licenseeE-Money / Stored Value Institution | SVF0008 | Hong Kong SAR China | Active | 2016-11-04 | — |
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- Each licence applies in the country of the regulator that granted it.
- Registers are tracked in 37 countries. Licences granted elsewhere are not recorded here.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
Holds no BIC in Swift’s directory.
Its LEI is not mapped to a BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Customers
Not published
Employees
Not published
Ownership
Group subsidiary
PayPal Holdings, Inc.
Firm type
E-money and accounts
Trades as PayPal
- Ownership
- According to its LEI record, PayPal Holdings, Inc. consolidates the firm as its direct and ultimate parent.
- Direct parent
- PayPal Holdings, Inc. ↗, United States
- Head office
- Room 1506-1507, 15/F, Central Plaza, 18 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China
- Company register
- Hong Kong Companies Registry 1144926
Online
- Websites & references
- paypal.com ↗
paypal.com.hk ↗ Hong Kong domain, which redirects to the Hong Kong country site - Official social accounts
- None found
Sources · 7 pages consulted
- info.gov.hk/gia/general/201611/04/P2016110400483p.htm
- paypal.com/hk/legalhub/paypal/useragreement-full
- paypal.com/hk/legalhub/braintree/bank-agreement?country.x=HK&locale.x=en_HK
- paypal.com/hk/legalhub/braintree/payment-services-agreement?locale.x=en_US
- paypal.com.hk/
- paypal.com/hk/smarthelp/article/FAQ1676
- unwire.pro/2026/02/05/paypal-q4-2025-earnings-analysis-payment-trends/news/
Authorisation
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Operates under
- Its own licences
The HKMA licenses the firm as an issuer of a stored value facility under the Payment Systems and Stored Value Facilities Ordinance, licence number SVF0008. The firm states that it is not an authorised institution under the Banking Ordinance and that its balances are not protected by the Hong Kong Deposit Protection Scheme.
| Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong Monetary Authority Hong Kong SAR China | Stored Value Facility Licence | SVF0008 | In its own name | Active | paypal.com ↗ |
Licences and registrations the research found, at home and abroad, as the firm and its regulators publish them. The Licences and registrations card shows the entries on the registers the directory tracks.
Partners and safeguarding
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Safeguarding
- Segregated safeguarding accountsThe firm states that it pools customer balances and invests them in liquid investments. It says the pooled funds are kept separate from its corporate funds and are not used for its operating expenses.
- Acquirer / processor · Settlement bank
- First Data Merchant Solutions (Hong Kong) Private Limited Hong Kong SAR China
- Payment schemes and card networks
- Visa Through a partner paypal.com ↗
Mastercard Through a partner paypal.com ↗
UnionPay Through a partner paypal.com ↗
JCB Through a partner paypal.com ↗
Banks and regulated firms the firm says hold its customers’ money, issue its cards, sponsor its accounts or settle its payments, as it discloses them in its terms and notices.
Products and markets
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
It offers PayPal personal and business accounts that can hold balances in several currencies. The accounts are used to pay, send and receive money, including cross-border payments. For merchants it offers online checkout, invoicing, payouts and Braintree card processing.
Its user agreement requires individual customers to be Hong Kong residents and business customers to be organised and operating in Hong Kong.
- Sells to
- Small businesses · Enterprises · Consumers
- Serves customers in
- Hong Kong SAR China
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Leadership
PayPal Holdings, Inc., the group parent, announced that Enrique Lores would succeed Alex Chriss as group chief executive from 1 March 2026.
unwire.pro ↗
Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, security incidents, licence changes, funding rounds, acquisitions and leadership changes. Each links to its source.
Identifiers
- Licence no. · HKMA-SVF
- SVF0008
- BIC
- Holds no BIC in Swift’s directory
- How the LEI was matched
- Matched by Elucidate to GLEIF on name, country and address
- Elucidate firm ID
- 408d5f83d4db
Profile
- Type
- Payments & e-moneyPayment institutions, e-money and stored-value issuers, and account-information providers. Licensed under payment-services law (e.g. PSD2 in the EU and UK, the Payment Services Act in Singapore). Taken from the licences on the tracked registers.
- Regulation
- Prudential licenceAuthorised with capital, safeguarding and conduct requirements, e.g. an authorised payment or e-money institution in the EU or UK, a major payment institution in Singapore, or a MiCA crypto-asset service provider.
- Main licence class
- E-Money / Stored Value Institution
- Activities
- E-money / stored value
- Licensed in
- Hong Kong SAR China · East Asia & Pacific
- First registered
- 2016-11-04
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
- Paypal Holdings, Inc. · United States5493005X2GO78EFZ3E94 ↗
The Paypal Holdings, Inc. group has 11 institutions in the directory, in 7 countries: 6 hold a BIC and 5 do not.
Including Paypal Europe, S.A R.L et Cie, S.C.A., Paypal Pte. Ltd., Paypal UK LTD, Paypal Canada Co., Hyperwallet Systems Australia PTY LTD.
See the Paypal Holdings, Inc. group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Address on the register
- Room 1506-1507, 15/F., Central Plaza, 18 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Country
- Hong Kong SAR China
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
This institution holds no BIC. A CBPR+ message identifies it by name and postal address, and may add its LEI or a clearing code.
- Identified by
- Name and postal address, with its LEI
- Postal address
- Does not fit the CBPR+ limits
- The address does not fit in the two address lines of 35 characters that CBPR+ allows next to a town and country.
The LEI record in GLEIF holds a structured legal address.
CBPR+ identifies the instructing and instructed agents by BIC only. An institution without a BIC can be the debtor, creditor or an intermediary agent.
The values are as published by the register. Check them against your own records before use.
Sources & method
Register entries come from the public registers of financial regulators, standardised into one taxonomy. LEIs are matched through GLEIF, and a BIC is linked only through a shared LEI.
An institution missing from these registers is not necessarily unregulated.
Register entries are not matched against the OFAC or EU sanctions lists. Where the legal entity also holds a BIC, the matches for that BIC are on its page. Always screen against the official lists.
An institution is one entry in the directory: a BIC8 in Swift’s directory, or a firm on a tracked register that holds no BIC. Licences held by an institution with a BIC are shown on its page.
Read the methodology →Register for this page
- Register of Stored Value Facility Licensees—Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) · source ↗ as at 25 September 2026
- Ownership and group—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
- Overview, authorisation, partners, products, leadership and events—researched per institution by an AI model with web search, from the firm's own website, terms and filings, regulators' registers and notices, company registers and news. Licences, partners, 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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