HKMA Background Brief No. 2 Banking Supervision in Hong Kong (Second edition)
August 2010
Banking Supervision in Hong Kong is the second of a series of HKMA Background Briefs designed to explain the workings of Hong Kong's monetary and banking systems. Other background briefs in the series cover monetary, financial-infrastructure and reserves management issues.
- Available in bilingual format
- Price:
HK$20 (local including postage)
US$6 (non-local including postage)
Order form - Full text (PDF File, 343KB)
Table of contents
Cover (PDF File, 49KB)
Contents (PDF File, 18KB)
- Introduction (PDF File, 18KB)
- Structure of the banking system (PDF File, 23KB)
- Why banking stability is important (PDF File, 17KB)
- Licensing requirements for banks (PDF File, 24KB)
- How the HKMA supervises banks (PDF File, 42KB)
- Conclusion (PDF File, 18KB)
- Further reading (PDF File, 21KB)
HKMA Background Brief No.2 : Banking Supervision in Hong Kong (First edition, March 2003) (PDF File, 343KB)