BANK OF CHINA LIMITED Zweigniederlassung Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt Branch

BANK OF CHINA LIMITED Zweigniederlassung Frankfurt am Main (Frankfurt Branch) is the German branch of Bank of China Limited, operating in Frankfurt as a licensed third-country branch under the German Banking Act (KWG) and supervised by BaFin and the Deutsche Bundesbank. Established in 1989, it concentrates on corporate and institutional banking, offering deposits and lending, trade finance (letters of credit, collections, guarantees), cash management, and treasury services such as foreign exchange and interest rate hedging. The branch was designated by the People’s Bank of China in 2014 as the renminbi clearing bank for Germany, enabling offshore RMB accounts, clearing and settlement, and cross-border payment services for banks and corporates; euro transactions are processed via standard German and Eurosystem payment rails. It is not a separate legal entity, and the branch’s liabilities are direct obligations of Bank of China Limited. Eligible deposits taken in Germany are covered by the German statutory deposit guarantee scheme (Entschädigungseinrichtung deutscher Banken, EdB) up to 100,000 EUR per depositor, with investor-compensation limits for investment services applying under German law; coverage limits and exclusions follow statutory rules. The SWIFT/BIC for the Frankfurt Branch is BKCHDEFF. The franchise in Germany is oriented toward corporate clients involved in Sino-German trade and investment rather than mass-market retail, and product scope, onboarding requirements, and fee schedules are determined by the branch. Activities are subject to German anti-money-laundering and EU sanctions regimes.