Lim founded the Chinese Commercial Bank in 1912 together with other members of the Singapore Hokkien business community. Together with Lim Boon Keng, Seow Poh Leng and others, he founded the Ho Hong Bank in 1917. In 1932, Chinese Commercial Bank and Ho Hong Bank merged with the Oversea-Chinese Bank to form the Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation.The International Expansion of Singapore's Largest Banks by Adrian E. Tschoegl Capital and Entrepreneurship in South-East Asia By Rajeswary Ampalavanar Brown, 1943- Brown Published by St. Martin's Press, 1994; , ; p. 161
