Bank · Hong Kong
The Bank of East Asia
The Bank of East Asia, Limited · hkbea.com (opens source in new tab)
Crypto readiness score
2/3 status dimensions verified · 1 initiative · last verified 2026-11-10
Score breakdown
How the number above is built — every input is a verified tracker status with a dated source.
| Component | Weight | Points | Basis (verified input) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial availability | 35 | 10.5 | Pilot / proof of concept · initiative |
| Regulatory standing | 25 | — | No verified status — not scored |
| Technical delivery | 20 | 8 | Pilot / proof of concept · initiative |
| Product breadth | 15 | 5 | 1 product category with a verified status: Tokenized deposits |
| Recent verified activity | 5 | 5 | Last verified change 2026-11-02 |
Score = sum of points, rounded. Only verified tracker statuses count; “Unknown” earns nothing and is never estimated. Methodology
Initiatives (1)
Regulatory, technical and commercial status are kept separate: an authorisation is not a launch.
Tokenized deposits · Hong Kong
The Bank of East Asia: tokenised deposit bank on HKMA Ensemble TX
- regulatory
- Unknown
- technical
- Pilot / proof of concept2025-11-13
- commercial
- Pilot / proof of concept2026-11-02
The HKMA lists The Bank of East Asia, Limited among the seven tokenised deposit banks that joined Ensemble TX, the pilot phase of Project Ensemble, in 2025; the HKMA defines these as commercial banks that provide tokenised deposits to customers in Hong Kong and settle interbank tokenised deposit transactions via Ensemble TX in a real-value setting.
Scope: Hong Kong; HKMA Ensemble TX pilot phase (real-value setting).
In tracker · last verified 2026-11-10
Licences & registrations
Regulator records (or MiCA Art. 60 notifications — a notification, not an authorisation).
No licence or registration record in our verified data. This means “not reviewed”, not “unlicensed”.
Partners & providers
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No partner or provider named in our verified sources yet.
Regulator records & actions
Register entries and regulator publications that name this institution.
- 2026-11-02Primary record · Hong Kong Monetary AuthorityAnnex A – Tokenised Deposit Banks of EnsembleTX (2026) (row: The Bank of East Asia, Limited) (opens source in new tab)
- 2026-11-02Primary record · Hong Kong Monetary AuthorityAnnex A – Tokenised Deposit Banks of EnsembleTX (2 Nov 2026 HKMA press release “Ensemble TX enters a new chapter”) (opens source in new tab)
- 2026-11-02Pilot · Hong Kong Monetary AuthorityHKMA moves Ensemble TX to 24/7 interbank settlement of tokenised deposits in tokenised central bank money, with 12 banks and 20 industry pioneers
- 2025-11-13Primary record · Hong Kong Monetary AuthorityAnnex A – Tokenised Deposit Banks of EnsembleTX (2025) (row: The Bank of East Asia, Limited) (opens source in new tab)
Markets (from stated target markets): Hong Kong
Timeline
Status changes (tracker history), verified items and regulatory dates, newest first.
2026-11-02 · Status
HKMA again lists The Bank of East Asia as a tokenised deposit bank (joined 2025) providing tokenised deposits to customers in a real-value setting.
2026-11-02 · Item
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
2025-11-13 · Status
HKMA lists The Bank of East Asia among the initial tokenised deposit banks of Ensemble TX.
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