○ Milestone
First China branch opened in Xiamen
1925–2026 in 7 milestones, 5 of them in payments, lending, licences or reported financials.
First China branch opened in Xiamen
OCBC founded in OCBC Centre, Singapore
Commercial Bank Charter licence, Singapore (MAS) (Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited)
Source ↗First bank in Singapore to use digital passport / NFC-chip authentication in KYC for foreign SME business account opening
OCBC Indonesia partners with Ant International to deliver embedded finance to SMEs — extension of OCBC's SME Embedded Financing programme already live in Singapore and Malaysia
OCBC Indonesia and Ant International announce strategic partnership to embed SME financing using Ant's alternative data and credit models
Source ↗CBPR+ cross-border payment API sandbox planned for launch on OCBC API Store