List of banks in Laos

This is a list of banks in Laos.[1]

Central bank

Commercial banks

Government-owned banks

Name Abbv. Established Capital Website Notes
Banque pour le Commerce Exterieur Lao Public BCEL 2 December 1975 Laos bcel.com.la
Lao Development Bank LDB 9 April 2003 Laos ldblao.la
Agricultural Promotion Bank APB 19 June 1993 Laos apb.com.la
Specialized banks
Nayoby Bank NBB 15 September 2006 Laos nbb.com.la
Joint-state banks
Lao-Viet Bank LVB 22 June 1999 Laos-Vietnam laovietbank.com.la Agreement between BCEL and BIDV
Banque Franco-Lao BDL October 2008 Laos-France bfl-bred.com Agreement between BCEL and BRED
Lao China Bank LCNB 22 January 2014 Laos-China laochinabank.com Agreement between BCEL and Fudian Bank

Private banks

Name Abbv. Established Majority Owner Capital Website
Joint Development Bank JDB 21 January 1989 Simoung Group Laos jdbbank.com.la
Phongsavanh Bank 29 March 2007 Phongsavanh Group Laos phongsavanhbank.com
Indochina Bank 6 February 2009 LVMC Holdings[2] South Korea indochinabank.com
Booyoung Lao Bank September 2007 Booyoung Group[3] South Korea booyoungbank.com
Maruhan Japan Bank Lao MJB February 2013 Maruhan Japan maruhanjapanbanklao.com
Bank for Investment and Commerce BIC 22 June 2017 AIF Group Laos biclaos.com
ST Bank 3 July 2009 ST Group Laos stbanklaos.la
Subsidiary banks
ACLEDA Bank Lao 26 December 2007 ACLEDA Bank Cambodia acledabank.com.la
RHB Bank Lao 6 May 2014[4] RHB Bank Malaysia rhbgroup.com/laos
Kasikornthaibank Lao KBank 14 November 2014[5] Kasikornbank Thailand kasikornbank.com.la
Saigon Thuong Tin Bank Lao Sacombank 12 December 2008 Sacombank Vietnam sacombank.com.la
VietinBank Lao 27 January 2012 VietinBank Vietnam vietinbank.com.la
Vietcombank Lao VCB 19 October 2018[6] Vietcombank Vietnam
Canadia Bank Lao 1 September 2009 Canadia Bank Cambodia canadiabank.com.la
Saigon-Hanoi Bank Lao SHB 15 January 2016 SHB Bank Vietnam shb.la

Defunct bank(s)

  • Lao Construction Bank (LCB)[7]

Foreign banks

Name Abbv. Branch(es) Capital
Bangkok Bank Vientiane Thailand
Pakse
Krungthai Bank KTB Vientiane Thailand
Savannakhet
Bank of Ayudhya Krungsri Vientiane Thailand
TMBThanachart Bank TTB Vientiane Thailand
Siam Commercial Bank SCB Vientiane Thailand
Public Bank Vientiane Malaysia
Pakse
Savannakhet
Military CJS Bank MB Vientiane Vietnam
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China ICBC Vientiane China
CIMB Thai Vientiane Thailand
Cathay United Bank CUBC Vientiane Taiwan
Bank of China BOC Vientiane China
First Commercial Bank FCB Vientiane Taiwan
Maybank Vientiane Malaysia
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group ANZ Vientiane Australia
Taiwan Cooperative Bank TCB Vientiane Taiwan

References

  1. ^ "List of Banks". Bank of the Lao P.D.R. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  2. ^ LVMC Holdings - Lao PDR
  3. ^ Booyoung Group - Global Business
  4. ^ "RHB Bank receives licence to establish subsidiary in Laos". The Edge Markets. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  5. ^ "KBank opens in Vientiane". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Vietcombank opens first overseas subsidiary in Laos". Vietnamplus.vn. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Lao Construction Bank Depositors to Retrieve Funds Next Month". Laotian Times. Retrieved 29 October 2021.

External links

  • Bank of the Lao P.D.R.