United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) is a Singapore-based financial services group and one of Southeast Asia’s major banking institutions. Founded in 1935 as the United Chinese Bank, the group adopted the United Overseas Bank name in 1965. UOB is headquartered in Singapore and serves individuals, businesses, institutions and governments through an extensive regional network.
The bank provides personal and commercial banking services, including deposits, lending, credit cards, payments and digital banking. Its corporate and institutional businesses offer transaction banking, trade finance, treasury services, investment banking, capital markets and corporate lending. UOB also provides wealth management, private banking and insurance-related services to affluent and high-net-worth customers.
UOB has a strong presence across ASEAN, including Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam, and maintains operations in other key financial centers such as China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. The group expanded its regional consumer banking operations through the acquisition of Citigroup’s consumer businesses in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam, with the transactions completed in stages.
Wee Ee Cheong serves as UOB’s vice chairman and chief executive officer. The bank is part of a long-established Singaporean banking group with a strategy centered on supporting economic activity and cross-border business across Southeast Asia and the broader Asia-Pacific region.
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