jump to navigation search industrial and commercial bank of china canada type public company industry financial services headquarters canada key people jiang jianqing chairman & executive director products retail banking corporate banking owner prc government through its subsidiary the icbc number of employees 650 website english icbk.ca industrial and commercial bank of china canada formerly the bank of east asia canada was founded in 1991 ; it was the canadian unit of the bank of east asia group bea in hong kong . the bank operates five branches in canada and offers retail banking products catering to expatriate hong kong chinese in canada . the bank operated at hong kong chinese themed malls or areas with large hong kong chinese population . a 70 % stake of the bank was sold by former parent bank of east asia in january 2010 to industrial and commercial bank of china and on july 2 the bank changed its name to the current name . 1 bea retains a 30 % stake as bea focuses business in hong kong . signage at all canadian branches were changed to reflect the new ownership . bea canada is the second hong kong based bank to pull its canadian operations . standard chartered bank hong kong sold its canadian branches and operations to bank of montreal and scotiabank respectively in the 1990s . contents 1 services 2 operations 3 membership 4 references 5 external links services edit personal and business accounts loans business financing operations edit source 2 head office ontario toronto downtown ontario markham ontario mississauga ontario richmond british columbia richmond hill ontario scarborough ontario vancouver british columbia calgary alberta membership edit icbc canada is a member of the canadian bankers association cba and registered member with the canada deposit insurance corporation cdic a federal agency insuring deposits at all of canada s chartered banks . it is also a member of interac mastercard international cirrus network for mastercard references edit icbc acquires 70 % stake of bank of east asia canada . china internet information center . xinhua news agency . january 29 2010 . retrieved february 21 2011 . local branches . industrial and commercial bank of china canada . retrieved february 21 2011 . external links edit industrial and commercial bank of china canada retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title industrial and commercial bank of china canada & oldid 683189536 categories bank of east asiabanks of canadaschedule ii banks in canadacanada china relations navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 28 september 2015 at 18 50 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view