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OCBC Bank ties up with Singapore digital identity service for fast logins

OCBC has integrated with Singapore's National Digital Identity (NDI) platform, enabling users to log in to online and mobile banking via the SingPass app.

16 July 2020

Company announcement/retail

OCBC launches healthcare app

OCBC Bank partners seven medical groups to launch the HealthPass by OCBC mobile app, providing access to more than 100 general practitioners (GPs) and specialists to address the healthcare needs of all Singapore residents over the age of 18, including non-OCBC Bank customers.

23 June 2020

Company announcement/sustainable

OCBC sets new sustainable finance target

OCBC Bank has set an ambitious new target of S$25 billion by 2025 for its sustainable finance portfolio, having surpassed its original S$10 billion target in the first quarter of 2020 – two years ahead of its 2022 schedule.

22 June 2020

News/people

OCBC to hire 3,000 new staff to cope with upswing in digital

Singapore's OCBC is to hire more than 3,000 people in Singapore this year to provide opportunities for fresh graduates and other job seekers amid the economic and employment uncertainty brought about by Covid-19.

15 June 2020

News/payments

OCBC brings Google Pay P2P payments to Singapore

OCBC Bank has become the first financial institution to bring Google Pay’s peer-to-peer funds transfer service to Singapore.

15 April 2020

Company announcement/payments

OCBC enables instant withdrawals of cheque deposits at ATMs

Even as Singapore pushes to become cheque-free by 2025, cash cheques continue to be used by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), typically to pay staff salaries, get cash for daily business operations or pay vendors for services rendered.

12 March 2020

Company announcement

OCBC runs first transaction on Singapore Customs’ electronic Banker’s Guarantee programme

OCBC Bank became the first bank to leverage Singapore Customs’ electronic Banker’s Guarantee programme which was launched today, issuing an electronic banker’s guarantee (eBG) to Singapore Customs on behalf of vCargo Cloud, a leading Infocomm Technology solution and service provider that performs customs declaration services for forwarders and shippers.

02 March 2020

News/retail

DBS evacuates 300 staff after employee gets coronavirus

DBS has evacuated around 300 staff from its office at the Marina Bay Financial Centre in Singapore after it was confirmed that an employee has been infected with the coronavirus.

13 February 2020

Company announcement

OCBC Bank to introduce account-to-account transfers with Google Pay

OCBC Bank has entered into a partnership with Google to bring a refreshed Google Pay app to Singapore in January 2020.

11 November 2019

News

OCBC speeds up business account opening process

Startups are now able to open an OCBC business account in Singapore immediately after incorporation, thanks to an API between the bank and Experian.

04 November 2019

Company announcement

Singtel’s VIA Alliance welcomes OCBC Pay Anyone

Singtel will expand its VIA mobile payment alliance to include OCBC Bank, the first Singapore bank to join the alliance and the second regionally, after Thailand’s KASIKORNBANK.

21 October 2019

News

Talk to the app: OCBC gives mobile users a virtual assistant

OCBC Bank has applied conversational AI and natural language processing to put a virtual assistant into the hands of customers using the latest version of its mobile banking app.

10 September 2019