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(Hong Kong:BANKCOMM)
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Bank of Communications Co., Ltd.
188 Yinchengzhong Rd.
Shanghai 200120, China
Tel. +86-21-5878-1234

Type: Public
On the web: http://www.bankcomm.com
 Employees: 77,734
Employee growth: 14.2%

Bank of Communications (BOCOM) is one of the largest commercial banks in China, based on total assets. The company offers services in corporate banking, personal banking, and treasury operations; offerings include personal savings accounts, personal loans, corporate loans, trade financing, wealth management, e-banking, and credit card services. BOCOM has a network of some 2,700 branches in more than 80 major cities -- including overseas branches in New York, Tokyo, and Singapore, and representative offices in London and Frankfurt. The bank is also one of the oldest in China. HSBC Holdings holds close to a 20% interest in BOCOM.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2008:
Sales: $11,184.7M
One year growth: 131,284,629.2%
Net income: $4,161.1M
Income growth: 148390746.3%

Officers:
Chairman: Hu Huaibang
Vice Chairman and President: Li Jun
CFO: Yu Yali

Competitors:
Bank of China
Bank of China (Hong Kong)
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China

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Bank of Communications Limited
交通银行股份有限公司
Type Public
Founded 1908
Headquarters Shanghai, People's Republic of China
Key people Chaoliang Jiang, Chairman
Jianguo Zhang, President
Industry Finance and Insurance
Products Financial services
Revenue ▲ $20.274 billion RMB (2007)
Employees 68,083 (2007)
Subsidiaries BOCOM International, BOCOM Insurance, BOCOM Leasing, BOCOM Schroder
Website www.bankcomm.com

Bank of Communications Limited (BoCom or BoComm) SEHK: 3328 SSE: 601328 (simplified Chinese: 交通银行; traditional Chinese: 交通銀行; pinyin: Jiāotōng Yínháng; often abbreviated as 交行) was founded in 1908 (the 34th year of the Guangxu reign period, Qing Dynasty) and emerged as one of the first few major national and note-issuing banks in the early days of the Republic of China. It was chartered as "the Bank for developing the country's industries". In order to expand business into the overseas arena, the Bank opened its first Hong Kong Branch on 27 November 1934.

After the Chinese Civil War ended in 1949, the Bank of Communications, like the Bank of China, was effectively split into two operations, part of it relocating to Taiwan with the Kuomintang government. In Taiwan, the bank is also known as Bank of Transportation (交通銀行, Chiao Tung Bank). It eventually merged with the International Commercial Bank of China (中國國際商業銀行), the renamed Bank of China in Taiwan after its 1971 privatization to become the Mega International Commercial Bank (兆豐國際商業銀行). The mainland operation is the current Bank of Communications.

Following the State Council's decision to restructure the Bank in 1986, the Bank was then restructured and re-commenced operations on 1 April 1987. Since then, its Head Office has been relocated from Beijing to Shanghai.

Today, the Bank of Communications is amongst the top 5 leading commercial banks in China and has an extensive network of over 2,800 branches covering over 80 major cities. Apart from Hong Kong, the Bank has also established overseas branches in New York, Tokyo, Singapore and representative offices in London and Frankfurt. As of end-2002, the Bank had over 45,000 employees and a total asset reaching RMB 766.874 billion. The Bank was awarded "The Best Bank in China" by international acclaimed magazines Euromoney and Global Finance in 1998 and 1999 respectively. According to the latest ranking of 1000 banks worldwide conducted by the authoritative magazine The Banker, Bank of Communications was ranked 94th, its first time to join the Top-100 list. In addition, the Feb 2003 edition of The Banker also ranked Bank of Communications 92nd amongst the 100 most efficient lending banks of the world.

A sub-branch of the Bank of Communications Hong Kong Branch.

Events in 2005

As of January 2005, 19.9% of the bank is owned by HSBC. An HSBC spokeswoman said HSBC Holdings Plc and its 19.9% held Bank of Communications (BoComms) affiliate, would seek to acquire a brokerage in order to expand their operations in China. The plan was part of HSBC's broader China expansion strategy, but "there is nothing further to disclose at the present." HSBC's operations in China include its own banking operations, its stake in BoCom and an 8% stake in Bank of Shanghai. HSBC also holds a 19.9% stake in Ping An Insurance (Group) Co of China through its wholly owned subsidiary HSBC Insurance Holdings. The South China Morning Post today cited Peter Wong Tung-shun, executive director at The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, as saying that the acquisition is being considered in the light of the Chinese government's reforms of the country's securities brokerages. This includes a provision allowing foreign companies to get management control of brokerage firms. Wong did not provide a timetable for any acquisition or identify any acquisition target. The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp is a wholly owned HSBC subsidiary.

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