# Basisbank Georgia

> Source: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/basisbank-ge
> research date 2026-06-01 · extracted at 2026-10-07
> Publisher: Barcoder — encyclopedia of QR, barcode and payment-code standards

Specifications:
- [Basisbank — official](https://www.basisbank.ge/)

## Key details

- **Launch:** 1993

## Overview

**Basisbank Georgia** is **Georgian commercial bank** + **Hualing Group Chinese conglomerate ~91%+ controlling post-2012 Hualing acquisition** + **founded 1993 in Tbilisi Georgia as Georgian Banking Cooperation Bank** <sup>[1][1], [Georgia report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/GE)</sup>.

## History

**1993 — Georgian Banking Cooperation Bank founded in Tbilisi Georgia post-Soviet privatisation** distinctive Georgian banking heritage.

**2012 — Hualing Group Chinese conglomerate acquires ~91%+ controlling stake in Basisbank** distinctive Georgian-Chinese banking acquisition.

**2014 — Basisbank Mobile banking app launch**.

## Ownership & operator

**Operating entity**: **JSC Basisbank** (Georgian commercial bank).

**Major shareholders**: **Hualing Group (Chinese conglomerate) ~91%+ controlling**.

**Regulators**: **National Bank of Georgia NBG**.

## Technical integration

Basisbank Mobile app (iOS + Android) + basisbank.ge online + Basisbank branch network across Georgia + Basisbank Visa + Mastercard + UnionPay cards (China-Georgia banking specialty); UnionPay QRC QR payments + EMVCo QRCPS QR payments + Georgian Lari GEL domestic transfers.

## Implementations & partners

**Parent group**: Hualing Group (Hualing Group; Chinese conglomerate; Hualing International Special Economic Zone Tbilisi Georgia operator).

**Major Georgian banking + payments competitors**: [TBC Bank (Georgia + Uzbekistan)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/tbc-bank) (TBC Bank Group plc; LON: TBCG FTSE 250 index; Georgian commercial bank) + [Bank of Georgia](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/bank-of-georgia) (Bank of Georgia Group plc; LON: BGEO FTSE 250 index; Georgian commercial bank) + [Liberty Bank Georgia](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/liberty-bank-georgia) (Liberty Bank; GeoCSD: LIBR; Georgian commercial bank; one of Georgia's largest retail commercial banks by branches) + [Credo Bank Georgia](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/credo-bank-ge) (Credo Bank; Georgian microfinance + commercial bank).

**Regulators**: National Bank of Georgia NBG.

## Status

**Active, Georgian commercial bank + Hualing Group Chinese conglomerate ~91%+ controlling post-2012 Hualing acquisition + founded 1993 in Tbilisi Georgia as Georgian Banking Cooperation Bank** <sup>[1][1], [2][2]</sup>.

## Sources

[1]: https://www.basisbank.ge/ "Basisbank — official"
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basisbank "Basisbank — Wikipedia"
[ge-cro]: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/GE

- [1] [Basisbank — official][1]
- [2] [Basisbank — Wikipedia][2]
- <sup>[Georgia report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/GE)</sup> In-corpus: `reports/countries/GE-georgia.md`

## Source

Biography extracted from [basisbank-ge.md](https://docs.barcoder.ai/source/wallets/basisbank-ge). See `matrix.md` for standards-support matrix if present.