Malaysia · Financial institution
United Overseas Bank (Malaysia) Bhd
Legal name in the LEI recordUNITED OVERSEAS BANK (MALAYSIA) BHD.
United Overseas Bank (Malaysia) Bhd is a commercial bank incorporated in Malaysia, with its head office at UOB Plaza 1 in Kuala Lumpur. It is a subsidiary of United Overseas Bank Limited of Singapore. It offers conventional and Islamic banking to retail, business and institutional customers, and states that it operates 55 branches nationwide. On 1 November 2022, the UOB Group completed its acquisition of Citigroup's consumer banking business in Malaysia.
Licences and registrations
Matched by LEI on the 22 tracked registers
None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers.
- The tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- UOVBMYKLXXX head office
- Connection to Swift
- Connected to SwiftThis BIC is registered as a live address on the Swift network. The institution sends and receives Swift messages under UOVBMYKL directly.
- Swift GPI
- Not on the member list
- Payment schemes and systems
- No entry in the EPC registers, the ECB T2 and TIPS lists or the SIX Bank Master cites this BIC
- Branch codes
- 2 branch codes
- BIC first registered
- 1994-12-03
- Last updated
- 2025-11-15
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Employees
Not published
Ownership
Group subsidiary
United Overseas Bank Limited
Institution type
Commercial bank
Trades as UOB Malaysia
- Ownership
- The bank is a subsidiary of United Overseas Bank Limited of Singapore, which the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) record reports as both its direct and ultimate parent.
- Direct parent
- United Overseas Bank Limited, Singapore
- Head office
- UOB Plaza 1 Kuala Lumpur, No. 7 Jalan Raja Laut, 50350 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (registered office: Level 22, UOB Plaza 1 Kuala Lumpur, No. 7 Jalan Raja Laut, 50350 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
- Company register
- 199301017069 (271809-K), Companies Commission of Malaysia
Business lines
The bank reports three segments: Retail (personal financial services and private banking), Wholesale Banking (commercial, corporate and financial institutions) and Global Markets. It also runs an Islamic banking window approved by Bank Negara Malaysia.
Online
- Websites & references
- uob.com.my ↗
uobgroup.com ↗ parent group website
Wikipedia ↗ group article - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · Facebook ↗ · Instagram ↗ · YouTube ↗
Sources · 13 pages consulted
- uob.com.my/about/management/our-management.page
- uob.com.my/about/management/management-committee.page
- uob.com.my/default/index.page
- uob.com.my/stakeholders/financial/financial.page
- uob.com.my/assets/web-resources/stakeholders/pdf/financial-results/unaudited-interim-financial-state
- uob.com.my/about/story/our-corporate-profile.page
- bnm.gov.my/-/united-overseas-bank-malaysia-berhad
- uob.com.my/corporate/fees-and-rates/telegraphic-transfer-inward.page
- uob.com.my/business/advice/financial-institution-solutions/index.page
- uob.com.my/default/contact-us.page
- uob.com.my/about/news/news.page
- uob.com.my/about/news/2026/news-release-jul16-26.page
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Overseas_Bank
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
-
Datuk Ng Wei Wei
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
- Chair
-
Ching Yew Chye
Board Chairman, Independent
- Chief financial officer
- Chang Yeong Gung Chief Financial Officer
- Executive
-
Wee Ee Cheong
Deputy Chairman, Executive
- Executive
- Tan Tii Lam Chief Risk Officer
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Malaysia
- Bank Negara Malaysia Central bankPrudential supervisorAML supervisorConductForeign exchange
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Leadership
The bank appointed Datin Paduka Sarena Cheah Yean Tih to its board as an independent non-executive director on 1 January 2025.
uob.com.my ↗
Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, incidents, leadership changes, mergers and licence changes. Each links to its source.
Identifiers
Head-office record
- BIC
- UOVBMYKLXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- UOVBBank
- MYCountry · Malaysia
- KLLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 549300UELOOESZQLWV30
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- How the LEI was matched
- BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
Profile
- Type
- Financial institutionClassified as a financial institution in Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory, with no licence on a tracked register. This includes banks that neither the ECB nor the FSB lists, as well as brokers, fund managers, insurers and market infrastructure.
- Regulation
- Not on a tracked registerNo licence or registration was found for this entity on the registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
- Register licences
- None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registersThe tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
- Country · region
- Malaysia · East Asia & Pacific
- Trading venues (MIC)
- No MIC registered under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
- OFAC sanctions
- No listing cites this BIC
- EU sanctions
- No listing matched this BIC or its LEI
- Country sanctions
- No country programme
Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.
No licence or registration was found for this entity on the 22 registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
- Direct parent
- United Overseas Bank Limited · SingaporeIO66REGK3RCBAMA8HR66 ↗
The United Overseas Bank Limited group has 20 institutions in the directory, in 16 countries: all hold a BIC.
Including Pt. Bank Uob Indonesia, Overseas Union Bank Limited, United Overseas Bank (China) Limited, United Overseas Bank LTD, United Overseas Bank LTD.
See the United Overseas Bank Limited group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Registered address
- MENARA UOB FLOOR 11 JALAN RAJA LAUT KUALA LUMPUR 50350 12405 MALAYSIA
- Operational address
- MENARA UOB FLOOR 11 JALAN RAJA LAUT KUALA LUMPUR KUALA LUMPUR 50350 MALAYSIA
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
A CBPR+ message identifies this institution by its BIC, and may add its LEI or a clearing code. CBPR+ does not allow a name and postal address next to a BIC.
- Identified by
- BIC, with its LEI
- Roles in CBPR+
- Any agent, including the instructing and instructed agents
CBPR+
For cross-border payments on Swift: the BIC, with the LEI and clearing code where known
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>UOVBMYKLXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>549300UELOOESZQLWV30</LEI>
</FinInstnId>Full record
Every ISO 20022 element the directory holds. Base ISO 20022 allows them together. CBPR+ does not allow a name and address next to a BIC
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>UOVBMYKLXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>549300UELOOESZQLWV30</LEI>
<Nm>UNITED OVERSEAS BANK (MALAYSIA) BHD</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>KUALA LUMPUR</TwnNm>
<Ctry>MY</Ctry>
<AdrLine>MENARA UOB FLOOR 11 JALAN RAJA LAUT KUALA LUMPUR 50350 12405</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>The BIC, name and address are as published in Swift’s BIC directory. The LEI comes from the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. Check them against your own records before use.
Network
Branches and correspondent banking
All 2 branch BICs connect to the head office. They are all in Kuala Lumpur, and no function or registration year splits them further. United Overseas Bank (Thai) Public Company Limited publishes 1 account held with this bank.
- Own offices
- Respondent banks: they hold accounts here
Hover over a branch, account or group to see its details
Respondent banks
From the correspondent lists other banks publish
United Overseas Bank (Thai) Public Company Limited publishes 1 account held with this bank.
| Currency | Respondent bank | Held at | Account | Purpose | Published in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MYR | United Overseas Bank (Thai) Public Company Limited Thailand | UOVBMYKL | 151-300-009-5 | CP, FX, MM, Other | uob.co.th ↗ |
Each row is an account the respondent bank lists as held with this bank, as published. Only banks that publish their correspondent accounts, and that Elucidate has researched, can appear, so the list is not complete. Confirm settlement instructions with either bank before relying on them.
Branch codes
| BIC | Branch | City | Address | LEI | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UOVBMYKLCMS | TRANSACTION BANKING | Kuala Lumpur | MENARA UOB FLOOR 11 JALAN RAJA LAUT KUALA LUMPUR KUALA LUMPUR 50350 MALAYSIA | — | 2021-02-06 |
| UOVBMYKLCND | CUSTODIAN AND NOMINEES DEPARTMENT | Kuala Lumpur | CKB BUILDING FLOOR 9 JALAN RAJA LAUT KUALA LUMPUR KUALA LUMPUR 50350 POB 12405 MALAYSIA | — | 2020-03-30 |
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Sources & method
Every value comes from a public source, such as Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory, GLEIF or the OFAC and EU sanctions lists. Most sources are matched on a BIC or an LEI, not on a name.
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Read the methodology →Credits for this page
- Ownership and group—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
- Overview, leadership, regulators and events—researched per institution by an AI model with web search, from the institution's own website and reports, regulators, company registers and news. Figures, people and events link to their source, and each card shows the research date. AI research can be wrong or out of date, so check key facts at the source.
- Images—logos and photos from Wikimedia Commons (credited with their author and licence) or from the institution's own website, where Wikimedia has none. Elucidate keeps a copy of each; the links lead to the source and the original image. Datuk Ng Wei Wei: uob.com.my (official website) · original; Ching Yew Chye: uob.com.my (official website) · original; Wee Ee Cheong: uob.com.my (official website) · original.
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