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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. Initially conceived in the late 1970s as Overseas Union Bank Centre, the headquarters of Overseas Union Bank (OUB ...
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.
Formerly OUB Centre. Tallest building outside North America from 1986 until the 1989 completion of the Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong; was tied with Republic Plaza and United Overseas Bank Plaza One as the tallest building in Singapore and the 123rd-tallest in the world. Tallest building constructed in Singapore in the 1980s [5] 2=
Raffles Place. Raffles Place is the centre of the Financial District of Singapore and is located south of the mouth of the Singapore River. [1] It was first planned and developed in the 1820s as Commercial Square to serve as the hub of the commercial zone of Singapore in Raffles Town Plan. It was renamed Raffles Place in 1858 and is now the ...
During the 1960s, Lien was the High Commissioner of Singapore to Malaysia. [5] Lien cofounded Nanyang University [ 6 ] and is the founder of Overseas Union Bank (formerly Overseas Chinese Union Bank), which, in 2001, became part of United Overseas Bank , [ 3 ] as well as the Lien Foundation , which he established in 1980. [ 6 ]
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.
UOB Kay Hian Holdings Limited (Chinese: 大华继显控股有限公司; pinyin: Dàhuá Jì Xiǎn Kònggǔ Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī) is a Singapore-based brokerage firm that engages in brokerage services, private wealth management, investment management and financial research. UOB Kay Hian was founded in the early 1900s by Khoo Kay Hian as Kay Hian ...