Number of authorized institutions and local representative offices

API Detailed Documentation

API URL:

https://api.hkma.gov.hk/public/market-data-and-statistics/monthly-statistical-bulletin/banking/number-of-ais-lros

Output Fields (JSON)

Swagger Format

Name	Type	Description
end_of_month	Date	As at end of Year and Month in ISO format yyyy-mm, For example, 1997-01
lb_incorp_hk	Number	Licensed banks Incorporated in HK
lb_incorp_outside_hk	Number	Licensed banks Incorporated outside HK
rlb_incorp_hk	Number	Restricted licence banks Incorporated in HK
rlb_incorp_outside_hk	Number	Restricted licence banks outside HK
dtc_incorp_hk	Number	Deposit-taking companies Incorporated in HK
dtc_incorp_outside_hk	Number	Deposit-taking companies Incorporated outside HK
all_ais	Number	All authorized institutions
lros	Number	Local representative offices

Footnotes:

1. The figures in this table may not correspond with number of reporting authorized institutions in Tables 3.9.1 – 3.9.4 since the former include those which have been licensed/registered but are not yet in operation.

API Examples

Javascript Example

$.ajax({
url: 'https://api.hkma.gov.hk/public/market-data-and-statistics/monthly-statistical-bulletin/banking/number-of-ais-lros?offset=0',
dataType:'json',
success:function(data){
alert('results found:'+ data.result.datasize)
}
});

Python Example

import urllib.request
url = 'https://api.hkma.gov.hk/public/market-data-and-statistics/monthly-statistical-bulletin/banking/number-of-ais-lros?offset=0'
with urllib.request.urlopen (url) as req:
print (req.read())

How to use the APIs

To learn more, please visit API documentation.