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Celebrating 90 Years Together
2025 marked a special year as we celebrated 90 years of growth alongside Singapore's 60th year of independence. From a single branch at Bonham Building to a regional bank with one of the most extensive footprints in Southeast Asia today, this milestone provided a meaningful platform for us to celebrate our achievements and give back to our communities across our key markets in ASEAN and Greater China.
Our 90th anniversary (UOB90) celebrations were centred around:
Honouring the past – recognising the generations who built our foundation and the communities who have journeyed with us
Celebrating the present – creating meaningful moments that brought our communities together and spotlighting inspiring stories of progress across ASEAN
Building the future – looking beyond our 90 years by investing in the education of children and students across Southeast Asia
Our visibility and storytelling efforts aimed to inspire colleagues, customers and communities to join us in celebrating a more progressive and inclusive tomorrow. As we look ahead, we remain steadfast in our commitment to doing right by our communities.
Honouring our heritage and inspiring future progress
We launched the UOB Gallery, titled “Right By You: The UOB Story”, at UOB Raffles Place Branch, to commemorate the rich history and milestones of the Bank from our founding in 1935.
Rewarding our shareholders with a special dividend
In conjunction with UOB90, we paid out a special dividend of 50 cents per ordinary share over two tranches to our shareholders.
Sharing stories that reflect our Brand promise of doing "Right By You"
This narrative series spotlighted heart-warming stories reflecting UOB's values and actions that positively impacted our colleagues, customers and communities.
9.3 million
Total impressions*
169,000
Total engagements*
*Information accurate as of 28 Feb 2026
Source: UOB ‘Right By You’ stories, South China Morning Post ‘Banking on Progress’ series, Straits Times ‘Right By You’ series
Uniting communities through shared dreams for Singapore’s future
UOB was the presenting sponsor of i Light Singapore, Asia's leading light festival. We showcased light installations including "Reverse Waterfall" by UxU Studio (Taiwan) at UOB Plaza 1's facade and "Bridge of 1,000 Dreams" at Cavenagh Bridge.
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Turning Singapore’s skyline into a canvas for shared milestones
As part of our commitment to the arts and the community, UOB Plaza 1 was transformed into a beautiful canvas, featuring a series of projection mapping shows inspired by our 90-year history and winning artworks from the UOB Painting of the Year competition.
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United as One Red Dot
To celebrate UOB90 and SG60, we stood #UnitedasOneRedDot to mark the occasion and aspire to build a brighter future for our Little Red Dot together. More than 180 giant red and blue dots were displayed across the island as engaging visual delights for the public - which also symbolised our integral presence within Singapore heartlands across space and time.
Thanking our customers for their trust through the years
Senior leaders visited customers at our bank branches, gifting them with exclusive UOB90 merchandise in appreciation of their continued trust and support.
Building the future - Giving back through education
As part of UOB90, the Bank has pledged to provide education programmes to
250,000
students and children across ASEAN over the next five years,
with a combined impact of
$120 million.
Opening doors to brighter education opportunities
Together with the Wee Foundation, we pledged a combined gift of $110 million to Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU). With government matching, the gift will create an endowment of up to $275 million to advance the university’s strategic priorities and strengthen NTU’s engine of opportunity. These initiatives will benefit up to 1,200 NTU students and 1,500 individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds annually.
Investing in tomorrow
The UOB FutureGen Scholarship Programme provides pre-tertiary scholarships to 90 students from the region to study in Singapore, starting with 30 students in 2025. The programme aims to support the academic development and potential of the young people of tomorrow in the region in line with our purpose to build the future of ASEAN.
Bringing digital education to the next generation
The UOB My Digital Space programme is our multi-year regional initiative that aims to bridge the digital gap and connect students to quality learning. In the year of UOB90, we extended this in Indonesia, in partnership with Ruangguru, a leading educational technology platform.
Alleviating costs for disadvantaged families
About 11,000 students from low-income families received 90 days of pocket money to help them with school-related expenses such as buying meals, paying for transport or other schooling activities.
