What does Bank of East Asia do?

The Bank of East Asia is a Hong Kong bank, founded in 1918, that serves individuals and businesses. It takes deposits and makes loans, including mortgages and business loans. It also offers credit cards, online banking, investment and wealth management, and brokerage services. It has operations in Hong Kong, the Chinese Mainland, Macau, Taiwan and other overseas markets.

Financial Services · Banks - Regional · 0023.HK

What Bank of East Asia Does & How It Makes Money (0023.HK)

Updated October 2026 · reflects Bank of East Asia's latest reported financials

Hong Kong bank serving individuals and businesses, founded 1918. It earns interest income by lending out customer deposits at higher rates through mortgages, consumer loans, syndicated loans and trade finance.

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How Bank of East Asia makes money

It earns interest income by lending out customer deposits at higher rates through mortgages, consumer loans, syndicated loans and trade finance. It also earns fees and commissions from cards, remittances, foreign exchange, brokerage, wealth management and MPF services.

What Bank of East Asia does

The Bank of East Asia (BEA) is a long-established Hong Kong bank, incorporated in 1918 and headquartered in Central. Its Hong Kong business is split into personal banking, wholesale banking, treasury markets and wealth management. It also has separate segments for the Chinese Mainland and for Overseas, Macau and Taiwan. BEA offers a full range of banking services. For individuals, these include deposits, foreign currency savings, mortgages, consumer loans, credit cards, cyberbanking and retail investment. For businesses and wealthier clients, it provides syndicated loans, trade finance, private banking, Renminbi services, FX margin trading, broking and MPF products. Most of its income comes from lending and from fees on these services.

Products & services

Personal deposits, mortgages and consumer loans
Credit cards and cyberbanking
Corporate syndicated loans and trade finance
Wealth management and private banking
Securities broking and FX margin trading
Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) services

Fair value: not published

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