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Former OCBC Bank in South Bridge Road, Singapore.. On 31 October 1932, three banks – Chinese Commercial Bank (1912), Ho Hong Bank (1917), and Oversea-Chinese Bank (1919) – merged and consolidated their strengths to form Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation under the leadership of Hoklos Tan Ean Kiam (co-founder and managing director of Oversea-Chinese Bank) [15] [16] and Lee Kong Chian, who ...
Singapore: 509.1 2 OCBC Bank Singapore: 402.2 3 United Overseas Bank Singapore: 340.7 4 Maybank Malaysia: 213.2 5 CIMB Malaysia: 149.3 6 Bangkok Bank Thailand: 130.7 7 Kasikornbank Thailand: 124.3 8 Bank Mandiri Indonesia: 121.1 9 Bank Rakyat Indonesia Indonesia: 117.7 10 Public Bank Berhad Malaysia: 111.1 11 Krung Thai Bank Thailand: 107.7 12
OCBC Centre is a 197.7 m (649 ft), 52- storey skyscraper in Singapore. Serving as the current headquarters of OCBC Bank, the building was completed in 1976 and was the second-tallest building in the country, and South East Asia, at that time. [4] There are two extensions, OCBC Centre South and OCBC Centre East.
Bank of Singapore is the private banking arm and a wholly owned subsidiary of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC), Southeast Asia’s second largest bank. Formerly known as ING Asia Private Bank , it was acquired by OCBC in 2009 from ING Group for US$ 1.46 billion. [ 2 ]
Commercial banks in Singapore may undertake universal banking, such as the taking of deposits and the provision of cheque services and lending, as well any other business authorised by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, including financial advisory services, insurance brokering and capital market services, as long as they are permitted under section 30 of the Banking Act.
Great Eastern Life Assurance Co. Ltd, often known as Great Eastern Life or simply Great Eastern, is a Singaporean multinational insurance company and subsidiary of OCBC Bank operating in the Southeast Asia region. Founded in 1908 by Alfred Hewton Fair, it is the largest and oldest life insurance company in Singapore and Malaysia.
NETS operates Singapore's national debit scheme enabling customers of DBS Bank, POSB, HSBC, Maybank, OCBC Bank, Standard Chartered Bank and UOB to make payments using their physical/contactless ATM cards or mobile devices at more than 120,000 acceptance points in Singapore including major retailers, food courts, hawker centres, convenience stores and supermarkets.
The net profit after tax for OCBC Group was almost S$4 billion for 2015. In addition to his role in OCBC, Lee was also a director of several companies, including Lee Rubber Group Companies and Lee Foundation. He served as a board member of the GIC, Singapore's sovereign wealth fund and the Council of Presidential Advisors, Singapore.