Oriental Bank Corporation

For other uses of "Oriental Bank", see Oriental Bank (disambiguation).

Oriental Bank Corporation
FormerlyBank of Western India
Company typePrivate
IndustryBanking
FoundedBombay, Bombay Presidency, British India (1842 (1842))
Defunct1892 (1892)
Headquarters
London
,
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Areas served
Asia, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, San Francisco

The Oriental Bank Corporation (Chinese: 東藩滙理銀行), or "OBC", was a British imperial bank founded in India in 1842 which grew to be prominent throughout the Far East. As an Exchange bank, the OBC was primarily concerned with the finance of trade and exchanges of different currencies.[1] It was the first bank in Hong Kong and the first bank to issue banknotes in Hong Kong.[2][3]

  1. ^ McGuire, John (2005). "Exchange banks, India and the world economy: 1850–1914". Asian Studies Review. 29:2 (2): 143–163. doi:10.1080/10357820500221154. S2CID 145514068.
  2. ^ "Banks and Banknotes" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
  3. ^ "World Paper Money Catalog and History History = Hongkong Dollar". Archived from the original on 19 February 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2012.