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United Overseas Bank Limited (simplified Chinese: 大华银行有限公司; traditional Chinese: 大華銀行有限公司; pinyin: Dàhuá Yínháng Yǒuxìan Gōngsī; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tāi-hôa Gûn-hâng Iú-hān Kong-si), often known as UOB, is a Singaporean regional bank headquartered at Raffles Place, Singapore, with branches mostly found in Southeast Asia countries.
One Raffles Place is a skyscraper in Downtown Core, Singapore.The development comprises two towers and a podium.The 280 m (920 ft) tall Tower One and the 38-storey Tower Two house offices, while the podium contains retail space.
The merger was approved by the High Court of Singapore and was effective on 21 October. In January 2001, the merged company was named UOB-Kay Hian Holdings Ltd. In March 2001, Kay Hian Overseas Securities Ltd and United Mok Ying Kie Ltd were merged. In May 2002, OUB Securities (Hong Kong) Ltd and UOB Kay Hian (Hong Kong) Ltd were merged.
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The S$22 million deal saw UOB beat more than six rivals to the deal and doubled UOB's size, creating the second largest banking group in Singapore and Malaysia. Wee later named the Chung Khiaw deal as one of his most important, as it marked UOB's take-off into the wider Asian market. [citation needed]
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United Overseas Bank Plaza (UOB Plaza) is a commercial complex that consists of twin tower late-modernist skyscrapers in Singapore.At completion, UOB Plaza One was one of the three tallest in the country, sharing the title with the OUB Centre and Republic Plaza; it is now the second tallest since the completion of Tanjong Pagar Centre (Guoco Tower) in 2016.
In 1979, Wee joined UOB, and in 2000, was appointed deputy chairman and president. [3] Wee has been CEO of UOB since April 2007. [1]Wee is also deputy chairman of Far Eastern Bank, chair of the Association of Banks in Singapore and the IBF Standards Committee, and an honorary council member of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry.