- Business
- United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) operates as a leading Singaporean regional bank offering a comprehensive range of financial services through its three core segments of Group Retail, Group Wholesale Banking and Global Markets; these include personal financial services such as deposits, loans, credit cards, wealth management and investments; private banking; business and commercial banking; corporate and institutional banking; transaction banking; investment banking and corporate finance; capital markets activities; treasury services; brokerage and clearing; as well as asset management, venture capital and insurance services through subsidiaries like UOB Asset Management and United Overseas Insurance. The bank, founded in 1935 as United Chinese Bank and renamed UOB in 1965, maintains its headquarters at UOB Plaza in Raffles Place, Singapore, and serves retail, corporate, institutional and high-net-worth clients across Asia Pacific, with a primary focus on Southeast Asia including subsidiaries in China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam, alongside branches and offices in 19 countries and territories spanning North America, Western Europe, Australia, Japan, India, South Korea, the Philippines, Myanmar, Brunei, Hong Kong and Canada. UOB supports over 500 branches and offices globally, rated Aa1 by Moody's and AA- by S&P and Fitch. In recent developments, UOB completed its acquisition of Citigroup's consumer banking businesses in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam by end-2023, significantly expanding its retail footprint and boosting unsecured lending and card fees; in 2025, it announced plans to increase charter capital for UOB Vietnam to $385 million including a $77 million injection and construction of UOB Vietnam Plaza headquarters; formed strategic partnerships such as with SMRT's Stellar Lifestyle for retailer cash flow solutions, ABC Impact and DBS on a sustainability-linked loan, Hengfeng Bank and Shangao Holdings for China-ASEAN connectivity, Central Singapore CDC for financial fitness initiatives and The MICHELIN Guide for consumer rewards; clinched top mandates in Singapore loans, M&A advisory and Thailand's largest event-driven financing; launched cross-border card rewards between Singapore and Malaysia; and reported 3% operating profit growth to S$4.0 billion in first-half 2025 amid stronger trade loans and client engagement.