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Standard Chartered Hong Kong (officially Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited, Chinese: 渣打銀行(香港)有限公司) is a licensed bank incorporated in Hong Kong and a subsidiary of Standard Chartered. It is also one of the three commercial banks licensed by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority to issue banknotes for the Hong Kong dollar.
Standard Chartered Bank Building. The Standard Chartered Bank Building (Chinese: 渣打銀行大廈) is a skyscraper located in Central, Hong Kong. The tower rises 42 storeys and 191 metres (627 ft) in height. The building was completed in 1990. It was designed by architectural firm P & T Architects & Engineers Ltd.
The amendment replaced Standard Chartered Bank with its newly incorporated subsidiary - Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd - as one of the note-issuing banks in Hong Kong. [22] The same year, Standard Chartered Bank and Astra International (an Indonesian conglomerate, a subsidiary of Jardine Matheson ) took over PermataBank and in 2006 ...
Kwangtung Provincial Bank. Kwong On Bank. Mercantile Bank of India, London and China, Hong Kong branch. Mingde Bank. National Bank of China. National Commercial Bank Limited. National Industrial Bank of China. Overseas Trust Bank Limited. Oriental Bank Corporation, Hong Kong branch.
In 1985, 20-dollar notes were introduced, whilst, in 1993, a 10-dollar coin was introduced and the banks stopped issuing 10-dollar notes. In 1994, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), gave authority to the Bank of China to issue notes. The 1-cent note issued by the Government was demonetised and ceased to be legal tender on 1 October 1995.
He joined the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, serving throughout the Far East from 1954 to 1975. He became the Area General Manager, Hong Kong from 1975–87 and Senior General Manager (London) for Asia Pacific Region, and the Executive Director of the Standard Chartered Bank PLC (SCB) in 1987.
Henry Steiner designed the Hong Kong banknote for the Standard Chartered Bank. [7] He noted that banknotes of the city had the rare practice of not featuring portraits, therefore he incorporated mythical Chinese creatures in his designs on the obverse side – the notes appeared in five denominations and showcased a hierarchy of aquatic ...
The Hong Kong one hundred and fifty dollar note is a commemorative banknote issued by the Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) on 1 October 2009 and HSBC on 2015 to commemorate on the 150th Anniversary of the Standard Chartered Hong Kong branch [ 1] and HSBC respectively. It is the world's first 150 base unit denomination banknote. [ 2]