Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited, abbreviated as OCBC Bank, is a publicly noted financial services organisation with its head office in Singapore. The “Oversea-Chinese” use leads numerous to think mistakenly that the bank’s name is misspelled, but this is the proper traditional spelling. OCBC’s Indonesia subsidiary, Bank OCBC NISP, has 630 branches and offices
OCBC’s Indonesia subsidiary, Bank OCBC NISP, has 630 branches and offices
In 1932, 3 banks– Chinese Commercial Bank (1912), Ho Hong Bank (1917), and Oversea-Chinese Bank (1919), merged to form Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation under the leadership of Tan Ean Kiam and Lee Kong Chian. In the subsequent years, the bank expanded its operations and ended up being the largest bank in South East Asia.