This is a list of banks in Asia (alphabetically)

Afghanistan

Central Bank

Commercial Bank

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Cambodia

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Commercial Bank

Specialized Bank

People's Republic of China

Central bank

Major banks

The Big four banks of China:

East Timor

Major city commercial banks

Local banks

Defunct banks

Institutional banks

Hong Kong SAR

Major banks

Defunct or merged banks

Macau SAR

India

Central bank

Public Sector banks

Old private sector banks

New private sector banks

Foreign banks operating in India

Cooperative banks

Rural Bank

Payment Bank

Merged Bank

Indonesia

Central bank

East Timor

State banks

Public banks

Private banks

Defunct banks

Islamic banks

Regional development banks

Iran

Central bank

Government-owned banks

Commercial banks

Specialised banks

Non-government-owned banks

Foreign banks

† Standard Chartered said it closed down all its Iranian branches in the first quarter of 2012.

Binational banks

Financial and credit institutions

Investment institutions

Iraq

Central bank

Major banks

Israel

Central bank

Major banks

Japan

Central bank

Government Institutions

Major banking groups

Regional banks

Other banks

Jordan

Korea, Republic of

Central bank

Specialized bank

Commercial bank

Nationwide

Local

Internet-only

Kuwait

Lebanon

Central bank

Major banks

Other banks

Foreign banks

Maldives

Malaysia

Refer to List of banks in Malaysia for more info

Mongolia

Myanmar

Central Bank

Government-Operated Banks

Semi-government banks

Commercial Banks

Foreign banks

(notified by Central Bank of Myanmar)

Nepal

Central Bank

Foreign Banks

Government-Operated Banks

Semi-government Banks

Commercial Banks

=== Development Banks ===

Finance Institutions

Pakistan

Central bank

Nationalized scheduled banks

Specialized banks

Private scheduled banks

Development financial institutions

Investment banks

Discount and guarantee houses

Housing finance companies

Venture capital companies

Micro finance banks

Islamic banks

Philippines

Central bank

Universal banks

Commercial banks

Thrift banks

Rural banks

Government banks

Islamic banks

Special banks

Foreign banks

Defunct or merged banks

Qatar

Singapore

Local banks

Qualifying full banks

Merged local banks

Sri Lanka

Central Bank

===Licensed Commercial Banks === ===Licensed Specialised Banks === ===Licensed Finance Companies ===

Syria

Central bank

Public banks

Private banks

Islamic banks

Taiwan

Central bank

Local banks

Thailand

Central bank

Universal banks

Retail banks

Specialized government-owned banks

Merged banks

United Arab Emirates

Major commercial banks

Islamic banks

Defunct or merged banks

Vietnam

Central bank

State banks

Joint stock banks

Big banks

Small banks

Yemen