Belgian Bank (Chinese: T: 華比銀行, S: 华比銀行, P:Huábǐ Yínháng, "China-Belgium Bank") is a wholly owned subsidiary of ICBC (Asia). "Belgian Bank" was also the trading name of its founding predecessor, the Generale Belgian Bank. It is a licensed bank incorporated in Hong Kong. On October 10, 2005, all branches of Belgian Bank were rebranded as "ICBC (Asia)".
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