Private company
Kwong Yik Bank
Colonial Singaporean bank (1903–1913)
The Kwong Yik Banking Corporation Limited, or simply the Kwong Yik Bank of Singapore (Chinese: 新嘉坡廣益銀行; pinyin: Xīnjiāpō guǎngyì yínháng) was the first local bank established in Singapore and British Malaya. The Kwong Yik Bank was founded in 1903 by Cantonese businessmen led by Wong Ah Fook, to provide personal banking services and arrange mortgages and loans to its predominantly Chinese clientele.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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The Kwong Yik Banking Corporation Limited, or simply the Kwong Yik Bank of Singapore (Chinese: 新嘉坡廣益銀行; pinyin: Xīnjiāpō guǎngyì yínháng) was the first local bank established in Singapore and British Malaya. The Kwong Yik Bank was founded in 1903 by Cantonese businessmen led by Wong Ah Fook, to provide personal banking services and arrange mortgages and loans to its predominantly Chinese clientele.2
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