The story
1947: Establishment of Dah Sing Bank, Limited (DSB).
1987: DSB acquired Hong Kong Industrial and Commercial Bank Limited; Public listing of Dah Sing Financial Holdings Limited(DSFH)
1990: Establishment of Dah Sing Life Assurance Co. Limited.
1993: DSFH acquired Wing On Bank Limited.
1994: Dah Sing Bank transferred its 40% ownership at Hong Kong Industrial and Commercial Bank to China Construction Bank.
1997: DSFH, Abbey National plc and Hambros Bank Limited went into a contract to jointly run the Wing On Bank Limited as a Hong Kong–based private bank and renamed it as DAHP.
1998: Dah Sing Bank sold an additional 30% shareholding interest at Jian Sing Bank (formerly known as Hong Kong Industrial and Commercial Bank) to China Construction Bank.
2000: DSFH acquired ownerships of DAHP from Abbey and SG Hambros (formerly known as Hambros Bank Limited). DAHP became a subsidiary of DSFH while the private banking business, loans and deposits from DAHP were undertaken by Dah Sing Bank.
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2002: China Construction Bank purchased the remaining equity interest of Jian Sing Bank from Dah Sing Bank.
2004: Separate listing of Dah Sing Banking Group Limited.
2005: DSBG completed the acquisition of 100% of Pacific Finance (HK) Limited, 100% of BCM Bank (Banco Comercial de Macau) and 96% equity interests in BCM's general and life insurance subsidiaries from Banco Comercial Portugues.
2007: DSB completed the acquisition of a 17% total equity interest in the Bank of Chongqing (BOCQ).
2010: DSB integrated with MEVAS Bank (formerly known as DAHP).
2011: Establishment of OK Finance Limited.
2017: DSFH sold its entire shareholding interest in life insurance business in Hong Kong and Macau to Tahoe Investment Group Co. Limited.
2019: First bank in Hong Kong to offer full virtual loan application – no need for income proof and address proof
2021: Opened Queen's Road East Branch
From Wikipedia’s article on Dah Sing Bank, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4