Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Canada)

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Canada)

Type	Public company
Industry	Financial services
Headquarters	Canada
Key people	Jiang Jianqing (Chairman & Executive Director)
Products	Retail banking Corporate Banking
Owner	PRC Government, through its subsidiary the ICBC
Number of employees	650
Website	(English) ICBK.ca

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Canada), formerly The Bank of East Asia (Canada), was founded in 1991; it was the Canadian unit of the Bank of East Asia Group (BEA) in Hong Kong. The bank operates five branches in Canada and offers retail banking products catering to expatriate Hong Kong Chinese in Canada. The bank operated at Hong Kong Chinese themed malls or areas with large Hong Kong Chinese population. A 70% stake of the bank was sold by former parent Bank of East Asia in January 2010 to Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and on July 2 the bank changed its name to the current name.^[1] BEA retains a 30% stake as BEA focuses business in Hong Kong. Signage at all Canadian branches were changed to reflect the new ownership. BEA Canada is the second Hong Kong based bank to pull its Canadian operations. Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) sold its Canadian branches and operations to Bank of Montreal and Scotiabank respectively in the 1990s.

Services

• Personal and business accounts
• Loans
• Business financing

Operations

• Source:^[2]
• Head office, Ontario
• Toronto Downtown, Ontario
• Markham, Ontario
• Mississauga, Ontario
• Richmond, British Columbia
• Richmond Hill, Ontario
• Scarborough, Ontario
• Vancouver, British Columbia
• Calgary, Alberta

Membership

ICBC Canada is a member of the Canadian Bankers Association (CBA) and registered member with the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation (CDIC), a federal agency insuring deposits at all of Canada's chartered banks. It is also a member of:

• Interac
• MasterCard International
• Cirrus Network for MasterCard

References

1. "ICBC acquires 70% stake of Bank of East Asia (Canada)". China Internet Information Center. Xinhua News Agency. January 29, 2010. Retrieved February 21, 2011.
2. "Local Branches". Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Canada). Retrieved February 21, 2011.

External links

• Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Canada)