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Deli Bank
The Deli Bank; ( zh, 日里银行) was the first Chinese bank in Indonesia. It was founded in Medan, Indonesia, in 1907 by the Tjong brothers, Tjong A Fie, (1860-1921) and Tjong Yong Hian (1850-1911), Mandarin capitalists from Mei Hsien, Guangdong, China, who had come over originally to recruit and supply Chinese coolies for plantation workers. Also involved at this time were Cheong Fatt Tze who had entered the region from China, through Indonesia where he built his fortune but who was by that time, Vice-Consul for China, in Penang. Hsieh Yung-kuan Hsieh Yung-kuan, Kapitein der Chinezen (; born in 1848), also known as Cheah Meng Chi (), Cheah Choon Seng or Tjia Tjoen Sen (), was a Hakka businessman and bureaucrat from Meixian, Guangdong, China, who was Chinese Vice Consul in Penang from 18 ... was the fourth founding director of the bank.The Mandarin-Capitalists from Nanyang: Overseas Chinese Enterprise in the Modernisation of China 1893-1911 By Michael R. Godley; Contributor Patr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guinea. Indonesia is the world's largest archipelagic state and the 14th-largest country by area, at . With over 275 million people, Indonesia is the world's fourth-most populous country and the most populous Muslim-majority country. Java, the world's most populous island, is home to more than half of the country's population. Indonesia is a presidential republic with an elected legislature. It has 38 provinces, of which nine have special status. The country's capital, Jakarta, is the world's second-most populous urban area. Indonesia shares land borders with Papua New Guinea, East Timor, and the East Malaysia, eastern part of Malaysia, as well as maritime borders with Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, Australia, Palau, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tjong A Fie
Tjong A Fie, Majoor der Chinezen (1860–1921), or Tjong Yiauw Hian (spelled in Hakka Chinese dialect, ; Hakka Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chông Yeu Hian), birth name Zhang Hongnan (), was a Hakka Chinese businessman, banker and kapitan (Chinese major) who built a large plantation business in Sumatra, Indonesia.Tjong A Fie Memorial Institute – History , ''Tjong A Fie Memorial Institute''. Retrieved in 12 Mei 2010.Aku Bukan China – Tjong A Fie Aset Medan ''harian global''. Retrieved in 12 Mei 2010. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tjong Yong Hian
Tjong Yong Hian (1850–1911) was a Hakka Chinese businessman and kapitan who had a great contribution to the development of society in the city of Medan around the early 1900s, he is also brother of Tjong A Fie, the successor kapitan after him. He began to enter Indonesia in 1867 or when he was about 17 years old, Tjong Yong Hian also known as Zhang Yu Nan or Zhang Rong Xuan, descended from a Hakka family, was born in Guangdong, Songkou city, Meixian District, South China, in 1850. He migrated from China to Indonesia, departed through the port of Shantou and sailed across the South China Sea, after sailing for 21 days, he landed in Jakarta (formerly Batavia), in 1867 at the age of 17 years. Three years later, having had sufficient savings, Tjong Yong Hian left Batavia for Medan, Sumatra, with the intention of starting his own business. Tjong Yong Hian is fluent in Malay which is a respectable language in North Sumatra. Early life Tjong was born under the name Tjong Yu Nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheong Fatt Tze
Cheong Fatt Tze (born Chang Chin Hsun; 1840–1916), also known as Tjong Tjen Hsoen, Thio Tiauw Siat or Zhang Bishi was a Chinese industrialist, politician and philanthropist. Spending the majority of his life residing in Malaya and the Dutch East Indies, he was a powerful Nanyang business magnate and a first-class Mandarin of China; he was made Consul-General in Singapore and economic advisor. He was once regarded as the richest man in Malaya, with a reputed net worth of 80 million taels worth of silver (equivalent to approximately $2.4 billion today), which brought him the moniker "the Rockefeller of China". He died in Batavia from pneumonia. Early life He was born in 1840 in Dabu, Guangdong, China to a poor Hakka family. Cheong started working at an early age as a cowherd back in his village. At age 16, Cheong had left Guangdong while Cantonese Red Turban rebellion and political purges ravaged much of Guangdong, and in that same year another war had broken out betwee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hsieh Yung-kuan
Hsieh Yung-kuan, Kapitein der Chinezen (; born in 1848), also known as Cheah Meng Chi (), Cheah Choon Seng or Tjia Tjoen Sen (), was a Hakka businessman and bureaucrat from Meixian, Guangdong, China, who was Chinese Vice Consul in Penang from 1895–1903 and from 1906-1907. He was also a founding director of the Deli Bank in Medan, Indonesia. Born in 1848 in Pontianak, Dutch East Indies, he became a contractor of provisions and foodstuffs to the Dutch Government for eight years before moving to Kota Raja or Banda Acheh on the east coast of Sumatra. There, he further obtained fresh contracts for the construction of railroads and for opium and other revenue farms. He was appointed '' Luitenant der Chinezen'', an administrative post in the Dutch colonial government which he held for twenty-one years, after which he was promoted to the higher rank of ''Kapitein der Chinezen''. The Dutch Government conferred on him the Gold Star for "Trouw en Verdienste" and with a gold medal for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banks Of Indonesia
This is a list of major banks in Indonesia. There are 120 commercial banks in Indonesia (4 state owned banks and 117 private banks). Two of the state owned banks have Islamic banking units. Of the 26 government regional banks, 15 have Islamic banking units, while of 86 private national banks, 7 have Islamic banking unit, and there are five Islamic commercial banks. Top 10 banks ranked by total assets ''As of Q2 2022:'' #Bank Mandiri #Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) # Bank Central Asia (BCA) #Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) # Bank Tabungan Negara (BTN) # Bank CIMB Niaga #Bank Syariah Indonesia (BSI) # Permata Bank # Bank OCBC NISP # Panin Bank Central Bank *Bank Indonesia Conventional banks Government-owned banks State-owned Regional-owned banks Regional-owned banks are formally instituted as ''Bank Pembangunan Daerah'' (Regional Development Bank, abbreviated as BPD). Private banks Foreign banks Islamic Banks Sharia bank Government-owned sharia banks Bank BNI Sya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
