Banking, business and race : the Kwong Yik Bank in colonial Singapore and the Malay States

• Main Author: Goh, Jeremy
• Other Authors: Koh Keng We
• Format: Thesis-Master by Research
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2021
• Subjects: Humanities::History::Asia::Southeastern Asia; Business::General::History
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/146235
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In 1903, a group of ten Cantonese businessmen and one Peranakan comprador formed the Kwong Yik Bank (KYB), the first “modern” incorporated bank in Singapore and Southeast Asia. It was a short-lived venture, having collapsed after ten years of operation. The KYB’s failure resulted in a protracted liq...