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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.
The bank had previously dealt only with local businesses, but Wee moved the bank into foreign exchange and international trade financing. In 1964, UCB applied to open a branch in Hong Kong, and was renamed United Overseas Bank (UOB) from January 1965 to avoid a clash of names with an existing bank there. By this time, Wee had grown the bank's ...
Malaysia has 16 fully-fledged Islamic banks including five foreign ones, with total Islamic bank assets of US$168.4 billion, which accounts for 25% of the Malaysia's total banking assets. [2] This in turn accounts for over 10% of the world's total Islamic banking assets.
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In addition to Southeast Asia, the second location where most overseas Chinese banks are is the United States.However, unlike Southeast Asia where Chinese play dominant roles in the local economy, the Chinese Americans’ share of the highly developed American economy is small and most overseas Chinese banks in the United States are privately held.
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.
On 27 September 2000, United Overseas Bank Securities Pte Ltd's and Kay Hian's shareholders approved the merger of both companies. The merger includes Kay Hian Holdings Ltd, UOB Securities Pte Ltd and The United Overseas Bank Group's overseas stockbroking interests (including Hong Kong, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines).
Bank Name [4] [5] Bank name (in Arabic) Head Office (in UAE) Headquarters Stock code (if applicable) [2] [3] National Bank of Bahrain: بنك البحرين الوطني Abu Dhabi Manama, Bahrain: BSB: NBB: Rafidain Bank: مصرف الرافدين Abu Dhabi Baghdad, Iraq: Arab Bank: البنك العربي Abu Dhabi Amman, Jordan: ASE: ARBK ...