Bumiputra-Commerce Holdings

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Bank Bumiputra Commerce
BC logo
Type Public
Founded 1924
Headquarters Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Key people Desa Pachi, Chairman
Industry Finance
Products Financial Services
Website http://www.bcb.com.my

Bumiputra-Commerce Holdings (BCHB) Berhad or BCB is one of the largest local bank in Malaysia and was established in 1924. It is currently owned by CIMB.

[edit] History

Below was the history chronology of the bank:

  • 1924 A family bank is set up in Kuching, Sarawak, East Malaysia
  • 1956 The bank is incorporated as Bian Chiang Bank Ltd
  • 1965 Bank Bumiputra Malaysia Berhad is established to specifically provide credit facilities to the Bumiputera community to help increase their particiapation in the Malaysian economy
  • 1972 United Asian Bank Berhad (UAB) is established in Kuala Lumpur as a result of the merger of three Indian-owned banks-Indian Overseas Bank Ltd, Indian Bank Ltd and United Commercial Bank Ltd
  • 1975 Fleet Group Sdn. Bhd acquires Bain Chiang Bank's entire equity
  • 1978 Morgan Guaranty International Finance Corp (MGI), a subsidiary of Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, acquires a 30 per cent stake in Bian Chiang Bank
  • 1979 Bian Chiang Bank is renamed Bank Of Commerce and the company's headquarters moves from Kuching to Kuala Lumpur
  • 1986 The Fleet Group buys MGI's entire stake in Bank of Commerce. The bank acquires a 51 per cent stake in Pertanian Baring Sanwa Bhd and renames it Commerce International Merchant Bank Berhad (CIMB)
  • 1987 Pitisan Sdn. Bhd, a subsidiary of The New Straits Times Press (M)Bhd, buys 20 per cent of CIMB. Bank of Commerce is listed on the Main Board of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange
  • 1991 Bank Of Commerce merges with UAB to create a new commercial bank, Bank of Commerce (M) Berhad (BOC). Simultaneously, Bank of Commerce Berhad becomes the holding company and is renamed Commerce Asset-Holding Berhad
  • 1999 On 1 October 1999, BOC merges with Bank Bumiputra Malaysia Berhad and changes its name to Bumiputra-Commerce Bank Berhad
  • 2005 BCB integrates with CIMB

[edit] Key People

  • Chairman: Tan Sri Dato' Seri Haidar Mohamed Nor
  • Group Chief Executive, CIMB Group: Dato' Mohamed Nazir Abdul Razak
  • Executive Director: Tunku Ahmad Burhanuddin
  • Executive Director, Risk Management: Dr. Gan Wee Beng
  • Head, Retail Banking: Peter England
  • Head, Consumer Sales & Distribution: Sulaiman Mohd Tahir
  • Head, Business Banking: Abu Bakar Buyong
  • Head, Investment Banking: Charon Wardini Mokhzani
  • Head, Group Treasury: Lee Kok Kwan
  • Head, Islamic Banking: Badlisyah Abdul Ghani
  • Head, Group Corporate Resources: Hamidah Naziadin
  • Head, Group Information & Operations: Iswaraan Suppiah
  • Head, Group Strategy: Kenny Kim
  • Adviser, Investment Banking: Robert Cheim Dau Meng

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