Hong Kong SAR China · Financial institution
The Bank of East Asia, Limited
The Bank of East Asia, Limited is a limited liability company incorporated in Hong Kong in 1918, with its registered office at 10 Des Voeux Road Central. Its shares are listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong, and its largest disclosed shareholders are Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Criteria Caixa and Guoco Management Company. It provides wholesale banking, personal banking, wealth management and investment services in Hong Kong, the Chinese Mainland and other markets. It owns The Bank of East Asia (China) Limited and has branches in Macau, Taiwan, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States.
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
- BEASHKHHXXX 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 BEASHKHH 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
- 1 branch code
- BIC first registered
- 1984-02-20
- Last updated
- 2026-06-16
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Ownership
Publicly listed
Ticker 23
Institution type
Commercial bank
Trades as BEA
- Ownership
- At 30 June 2026, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation held about 19.5%, Criteria Caixa 19.23% and Guoco Management Company 16.48%, with no controlling shareholder.
- Major shareholders
- Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (wholly owned by Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.) 19.48% · 30 Jun 2026
Criteria Caixa, S.A., Sociedad Unipersonal (wholly owned by Fundación Bancaria Caixa d'Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona, la Caixa) 19.23% · 30 Jun 2026
Guoco Management Company Limited (Guoco Group Limited) 16.48% · 30 Jun 2026
Sir David LI Kwok-po (beneficial, spouse and corporate interests) 5.46% · 30 Jun 2026 - Stock listing
- The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong 23
- Head office
- 10 Des Voeux Road Central, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China
- Name in the local language
- 東亞銀行有限公司
Business lines
According to its 2026 interim report, its Hong Kong operations cover personal banking, wholesale banking, treasury markets and wealth management, and it reports its Chinese Mainland and overseas operations separately.
Online
- Websites & references
- hkbea.com ↗
hkbea.com.sg ↗ Singapore branch site
hkbea.co.uk ↗ United Kingdom branch site
hkbea-beany.com ↗ New York branch site
hkbea.com.mo ↗ Macau branch site
hkbea.com.tw ↗ Taiwan branch site
Wikipedia ↗ - Official social accounts
- Facebook ↗ · Instagram ↗ · YouTube ↗
Sources · 11 pages consulted
- hkbea.com/html/en/bea-about-director.html
- hkbea.com/html/en/bea-about-senior-management.html
- hkbea.com/html/en/bea-about-bea-company-profile.html
- hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2026/0916/2026091600356.pdf
- hkbea.com/pdf/en/about-bea/new-release/2026/20260820en.pdf
- hkbea.com/html/en/bea-personal-banking-inward-remittance.html
- hkbea.com/pdf/Remittances/Useful%20Information%20%28Inward%20Remittance%29.pdf
- vpr.hkma.gov.hk/eng/regulatory-resources/registers/register-of-ais-and-lros/info/100013
- theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/stocks/BKEAF/pressreleases/4394111/bank-of-east-asia-appoints-new-compa
- simplywall.st/stocks/us/banks/otc-bkea.f/bank-of-east-asia/management
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_East_Asia
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
- Adrian David LI Man-kiu Co-Chief Executive
- Chief executive
- Brian David LI Man-bun Co-Chief Executive
- Chair
- Dr the Hon. Sir David LI Kwok-po Executive Chairman
- Executive
- Samson LI Kai-cheong Deputy Chief Executive & Chief Investment Officer
- Executive
- TONG Hon-shing Deputy Chief Executive & Chief Operating Officer
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Hong Kong SAR China
- Hong Kong Monetary Authority Prudential supervisorCentral bankAML supervisorResolution
- Hong Kong SAR China
- Securities and Futures Commission Securities
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Leadership
Company secretary Alson Law Chun-tak retired on 1 September 2026. The bank appointed Hanifa Ramjahn as company secretary and authorised representative.
theglobeandmail.com ↗ -
Leadership
Non-executive directors Masayuki Oku and Winston Lo Yau-lai retired from the board at the 2025 annual general meeting.
simplywall.st ↗ -
Leadership
The bank appointed Bi Mingqiang as Deputy Chief Executive of the Group with effect from 5 December 2024.
simplywall.st ↗
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
- BEASHKHHXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- BEASBank
- HKCountry · Hong Kong SAR China
- HHLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- CO6GC26LCGGRTUESIP55
- 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
- Hong Kong SAR China · 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
- 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
The The Bank of East Asia, Limited group has 7 institutions in the directory, in 7 countries: all hold a BIC.
Including The Bank of East Asia (China) Limited.
See the The Bank of East Asia, Limited group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Registered address
- 10 DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL HONG KONG HONG KONG
- Operational address
- 10 DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL HONG KONG N/ A 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+
- 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>BEASHKHHXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>CO6GC26LCGGRTUESIP55</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>BEASHKHHXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>CO6GC26LCGGRTUESIP55</LEI>
<Nm>THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LIMITED</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>HONG KONG</TwnNm>
<Ctry>HK</Ctry>
<AdrLine>10 DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL HONG KONG</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.
Network
Branches and correspondent banking
One branch BIC connects to the head office. The bank publishes 20 accounts at other banks, across 3 regions. O-Bank Co.,ltd. publishes 1 account held with this bank.
- Own offices
- Correspondent banks: it holds accounts there
- Respondent banks: they hold accounts here
Hover over a branch, account or group to see its details
Correspondent accounts
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
20 accounts at other banks and 2 routes through its own offices, in 17 currencies, as the bank publishes them: hkbea.com ↗ dated Jul 2022
| Currency | Correspondent | BIC | Account | Purpose | Directory check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUD | National Australia Bank Limited, Melbourne Australia Australia | NATAAU33033 | — | inward remittance | Matches the Swift directory |
| CAD | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Toronto, Canada Canada | CIBCCATT | — | inward remittance | Matches the Swift directory |
| CAD | Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Canada), Toronto, Canada Canada | ICBKCAT2 | — | inward remittance | Matches the Swift directory |
| CHF | UBS Switzerland AG, Zurich, Switzerland Switzerland | UBSWCHZH80A | — | inward remittance | Matches the Swift directory |
| CNY | The Bank of East Asia (China) Limited (if processed by CIPS) China | BEASCNSH | — | inward remittance via CIPS | Matches the Swift directory |
| CNY | Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited Hong Kong SAR China | BKCHHKHH838 | — | inward remittance | Matches the Swift directory |
| DKK | Nordea Danmark, Copenhagen Denmark Denmark | NDEADKKK | — | inward remittance | Matches the Swift directory |
| EUR | Caixabank, S.A., Barcelona, Spain Spain | CAIXESBB | — | inward remittance | Matches the Swift directory |
| GBP | Lloyds Bank Plc, London, UK United Kingdom | LOYDGB2L | — | inward remittance | Matches the Swift directory |
| HKD | RTGS to our Bank Code 015 Hong Kong SAR China | BEASHKHH | — | local RTGS to the bank's own clearing code | Settles directly |
| JPY | Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Tokyo, Japan Japan | SMBCJPJT | — | inward remittance | Matches the Swift directory |
| MYR | Malayan Banking Berhad, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Malaysia | MBBEMYKL | — | inward remittance | Matches the Swift directory |
| NOK | Nordea Bank AB (publ), Oslo, Norway Norway | NDEANOKK | — | inward remittance | Matches the Swift directory |
| NZD | Bank of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand New Zealand | BKNZNZ22985 | — | inward remittance | Matches the Swift directory |
| PHP | Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company, Makati City, Philippines Philippines | MBTCPHMM | — | inward remittance | Matches the Swift directory |
| SEK | Nordea Bank ABP, Stockholm Sweden Sweden | NDEASESS | — | inward remittance | Matches the Swift directory |
| SGD | The Bank of East Asia Limited, Singapore Singapore | BEASSGSG | — | inward remittance | Own branch |
| THB | Bangkok Bank Public Company Limited, Bangkok, Thailand Thailand | BKKBTHBK | — | inward remittance | Matches the Swift directory |
| USD | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. New York, USA United States | CHASUS33 | — | inward remittance | Matches the Swift directory |
| USD | Citibank N.A. New York, USA United States | CITIUS33 | — | inward remittance | Matches the Swift directory |
| USD | Wells Fargo Bank, New York, USA United States | PNBPUS3NNYC | — | inward remittance | Matches the Swift directory |
| USD | Bank of America N.A. New York, USA United States | BOFAUS3N | — | inward remittance | Directory name differs BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. |
One-page PDF linked from the Inward Remittance page on hkbea.com, titled Our major overseas correspondent bank network, for BEASHKHH. It lists correspondents and BICs by currency but gives no account numbers. All 22 rows are extracted. The HKD row is RTGS to the bank's own clearing code 015, not a correspondent account. The CNY row names the bank's subsidiary and the SGD row its own Singapore branch. The list is dated 07/2022 and may be stale. The Singapore branch publishes separate SSIs that are not included here. Each correspondent BIC is checked against the Swift directory: a BIC missing from it, or registered to a differently named bank, may be a typo or out of date. Confirm settlement instructions with the bank before relying on them.
Respondent banks
From the correspondent lists other banks publish
O-Bank Co.,ltd. publishes 1 account held with this bank.
| Currency | Respondent bank | Held at | Account | Purpose | Published in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HKD | O-Bank Co.,ltd. Taiwan | BEASHKHH | — | inward foreign-currency remittances | o-bank.com ↗ dated May 2024 |
Each row is an account the respondent bank lists as held with this bank, as published. Only banks that publish their correspondent accounts, and that Elucidate has researched, can appear, so the list is not complete. Confirm settlement instructions with either bank before relying on them.
Branch codes
| BIC | Branch | City | Address | LEI | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEASHKHHMTG | — | Hong Kong | 10 DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL HONG KONG HONG KONG HONG KONG | — | 2026-06-16 |
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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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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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