The Deli Bank; (Chinese: 日里银行) was the first Chinese bank in Indonesia.
[1] It was founded in Medan, Indonesia, in 1907 by the Tjong brothers, Tjong A Fie,[2] (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.
[3] 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 was the fourth founding director of the bank.
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