Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited, abbreviated as OCBC Bank, is a publicly noted financial services organisation with its head office in Singapore. Publicly noted, OCBC Bank’s largest shareholder is the Lee Group of Business. OCBC was founded by Lee Kong Chian in 1932, and his child Lee Seng Wee likewise worked as chairman. OCBC Bank has possessions of more than 224 billion SGD. Based upon Bloomberg, in 2011 OCBC is the primary of the world’s strongest $100 billion possessions banks
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), combined to form Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation under the management 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.