POSB Hougang Central Branch

Founded on January 1, 1877 as the Post Office Savings Bank (POSB), the bank became part of the Postal Services Department in the Straits Settlements and was set up by the colonial government to provide banking services for lower-income citizens.Following completion of The second world war and the dissolvement of the Straits Settlement, the 1948 Savings Bank Regulation entered into impact and in 1949, POSB was separated from the other post office savings banks in Malaya, with the bank’s properties and liabilities divided in between Singapore and the Federated Malay States. [4] After the separation from 1949 to 1955, overall deposits of the bank increased from M$ 27.4 million to M$ 57.6 million and in 1951, the bank had its 100,000 th depositor.