The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Hongkong Bank Malaysia Berhad was incorporated on 1 October 1984. On 1 January 1994, the Malaysian branch operations of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation were localised and transferred to Hongkong Bank Malaysia. The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation sold its Malaysian banking business to the intermediate holding company of the HSBC Group that time, but the bank still has the offshore banking unit in Labuan. Later, in conjunction with the HSBC Group's global rebranding exercise, the legal name HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad was adopted on 23 February 1999. The bank become the subsidiary of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation on 1 January 2009, due to the reorganization of the HSBC Group.