FAQs

EBL Finance (HK) Limited is the largest Bangladeshi financial institution in Hong Kong by asset size and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eastern Bank PLC — one of Bangladesh's leading commercial banks. This unique positioning gives our clients three distinct advantages:

• Seamless end-to-end support through our dedicated team in Bangladesh, ensuring every transaction is closely followed up from origin to destination.
• Uncompromising compliance and corporate governance, which we prioritize above short-term profit.
• Strong credit ratings- rated AAA by leading local credit rating agency and B2 by Moody's — a reflection of our financial strength and reliability.

When you choose EBL Finance, you're not just working with an advising bank — you're partnering with a trusted bridge between Hong Kong and Bangladesh.

Yes, we are a licensed money lender in Hong Kong. Our money lending license number is 97/2026.

Please fill up the account opening forms and submit the original forms along with copy of necessary documents (click here for the documents checklist ). Our team will contact with you if we have any further requirements.

Please click here for account opening forms and list of necessary documents.

No there is no charge for opening a trade account.

No. It is strictly a trade account only. We do not take or keep any deposit from customers.

upon receiving all the necessary documents it will take maximum 2-3 working days. In most cases, it is opened within 1 day after receiving all the necessary documents.

Submit a board resolution if your company is a limited company, or a request letter if it is a proprietorship company. The letter should accompany the specimen signature of new signatory, his/her identity document and address proof.

We handle transactions mainly in USD, HKD, CNY & EUR. However, we can accommodate transactions of other currencies as well on a case to case basis.

If Issuing bank has RMA with us, they can use following details for sending LC through us:

L/C Advising Bank:  EBL FINANCE (HK) Limited.

SWIFT: EBLDHKHH

If the issuing bank does not have any RMA with us, they can use following details instead:

L/C Advising Bank: Eastern Bank PLC

SWIFT:  EBLDBDDH

Advise Through Bank: EBL FINANCE (HK) Limited.

SWIFT: EBLDHKHH

Yes, we can!

You can submit the export documents to our office address by post or in person.

Our office address is:

EBL Finance (HK) Limited

Room-1201-02, 12^th Floor, Albion Plaza, 2-6 Granville Road,

Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Tel: +852-23120540

Yes, you need to submit the original LC together with the export documents. However, if the LC is advised by us and still kept at our counter, you may only submit the export documents.

We can process and send documents to the issuing bank within the same day of receiving documents from customer if received within the cut off time.

3:30pm

Our documents team will send you tracking details by email. You can track the delivery status by yourself directly.

You can download all the necessary forms from this link. If you still need any help, please contact at eblhk@eblfinancehk.com or call us at +852 2312 0540-42

Trade applications can be submitted digitally or via email for initial checking and background works. However, original signed forms need to be submitted to us eventually.

Yes, we do offer export bills discounting upon receiving acceptance from the issuing bank, subject to having sufficient counterparty bank limit.

Our fees are almost always more affordable than those of local banks and other peer institutions.