OCBC Bank

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited
Native name
華僑銀行
Company typePublic
SGX: O39
Straits Times Index component
IndustryFinancial services
Founded31 October 1932; 92 years ago (1932-10-31)[1]
Founder
HeadquartersOCBC Centre, Singapore
Area served
Southeast Asia and Greater China
Key people
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Products
RevenueIncrease SGD$13.5 billion (US$10.07 billion) (2023)[3]
Increase SGD$7.02 billion (US$5.24 billion) (2023)[4]
Total assetsIncrease SGD$581.4 billion (US$433.88 billion) (2023)[5]
Total equityIncrease SGD$55.5 billion (US$41.42 billion) (2023)[6]
Number of employees
About 33,000 (2023)[7]
Capital ratioTier 1 15.9% (2023; Basel III Advanced)
RatingStandard & Poor's: AA−
Moody's: Aa1
Fitch Ratings: AA-
Websiteocbc.com

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited (simplified Chinese: 华侨银行有限公司; traditional Chinese: 華僑銀行有限公司; pinyin: Huáqiáo Yínháng Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī), abbreviated as OCBC (simplified Chinese: 华侨银行; traditional Chinese: 華僑銀行; pinyin: Huáqiáo Yínháng), is a Singaporean multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered at the OCBC Centre.

OCBC has total assets of S$581 billion at the end of 2023,[8] making it the second largest bank in Southeast Asia by assets.[9] It is also one of the world’s most highly-rated banks, with an Aa1 rating from Moody’s[10] and AA− rating from Standard & Poor's.[11]

OCBC is consistently ranked amongst the top three "safest banks in the world" by the magazine Global Finance.[12] The Asian Banker named OCBC as Singapore's strongest bank for 2018-2019, and the 5th strongest in the Asia–Pacific region.[13] The bank's global network has grown to comprise more than 400 branches and representative offices in 19 countries and regions.[8] These include 199 office networks in Indonesia under subsidiary Bank OCBC NISP, and over 60 branches and offices in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau under OCBC China, OCBC Bank (Hong Kong) and OCBC Bank (Macau) respectively.[8] OCBC was awarded World's Best Bank (Asia-Pacific) in 2019 by Global Finance Magazine.[14]

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  2. ^ "OCBC Bank appoints banking veteran Andrew Lee as new Board Chairman". OCBC. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  3. ^ "OCBC Full Year 2023 Net Profit Rose 27% to a Record S$7.02 billion". OCBC Bank. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  4. ^ "OCBC Full Year 2023 Net Profit Rose 27% to a Record S$7.02 billion". OCBC Bank. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  5. ^ "OCBC annual report 2023" (PDF). OCBC Bank. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  6. ^ "OCBC annual report 2023" (PDF). OCBC Bank. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  7. ^ "OCBC sustainability report 2023" (PDF). OCBC Bank. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  8. ^ a b c "OCBC Group - About Us - Group Business Overview". www.ocbc.com. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  9. ^ "Oversea-Chinese Banking on the Forbes Global 2000 List". Forbes. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  10. ^ "Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp Ltd". Moody's.
  11. ^ Sen, Siow Li (25 May 2017). "S&P affirms 'AA-' credit ratings for 3 Singapore banks". The Business Times. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  12. ^ "World's Safest Commercial Banks 2022 | Global Finance Magazine". 1 November 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  13. ^ "Strongest Banks". The Asian Banker. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  14. ^ Platt, Gordon (7 May 2019). "Global Finance Magazine - Best Banks In The World 2019: Banking Transformed". Global Finance Magazine. Retrieved 10 May 2019.