History
The bank was founded in 1937 in Guangzhou, and opened its first branch in Macau in 1941. It was incorporated as a banking company in 1960.
Irving Trust acquired a majority stake in 1973, but when Irving Trust merged with Bank of New York in 1988, the latter gradually started to sell down its stake in Wing Hang. As of 2005, the Bank of New York owns 20% of Wing Hang Bank.
Wing Hang acquired Chekiang First Bank in 2003 for HK$4.8 billion. At the time, Wing Hang had 27 branches in Hong Kong and 11 branches in Macau through its Macau subsidiary. It also had a branch office in Shenzhen and representative offices in Guangzhou and Shanghai. As of 31 December 2002, Wing Hang had total assets of HK$57.1 billion.
In 2010, Wing Hang Bank was allowed to issue UnionPay debit cards to its mainland customers. At that time, Wing Hang Bank (China) had already upgraded its representative offices to full branches (adding a branch in Zhuhai). It also had added sub-branches to its branches in Shenzhen, Foshan, Guangzhou, and Shanghai.
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