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If my kids don't want to run the bank, so be it: UOB's Wee Ee Cheong

UOB vice-chairman Wee Ee Cheong was ordered home from the US by his dad Wee Cho Yaw the moment he graduated, but he is prepared to break from tradition and pick a successor from outside

While his father took over eight banks, Mr Wee Ee Cheong is not apologetic that it took him so long to make his own big move. ST PHOTO: ONG WEE JIN
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For some time now, my children have been pressing me to subscribe to the credit cards offered by United Overseas Bank, extolling their merits and the user-friendliness of the UOB banking app.

I am yet to be persuaded; men are creatures of habit and what's more, there is very little to complain about the service I receive from the bank with which I have maintained my savings account for decades, and whose cards I use.

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