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

Central bank edit

Commercial banks edit

Government-owned banks edit

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

Private banks edit

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

Defunct bank(s) edit

  • Lao Construction Bank (LCB)[7]

Foreign banks edit

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

References edit

  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.

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