 By this time, Wee had grown the bank's trade financing business more than a hundred-fold from before he took control of its operations.He had also raised its authorised capital and issued capital, grown its loans business and enlarged its assets nearly nine-fold.Under Wee's direction, UOB expanded its branch network in Singapore and internationally, and further diversified into the finance business, property, insurance, realty, trustee and executor services, lease financing and merchant banking.