Provides a case study of a bank's attempts to diversify its business to cope with the economic changes Discovers how a bank in Macau became a platform for improving the economic ties between Portugal, Macao and China Explores how cross-border integration in the era of 'One Country, Two Systems' played out in practice in Macau

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Mr Patrick W.M. Huen is Vice-Chairman and Executive Director of ICBC (Macau) and was CEO of Seng Heng Bank before its acquisition by ICBC. He is also 2nd Vice Chair of the University Council of University of Macau and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Dr. Stanley Ho Medical Development Foundation. Dr Jean Jinghan Chen is a Chair Professor in Accounting and Finance and the Dean of Faculty of Business Administration at the University of Macau. She held a Chair Professor in the University of Surrey and the University of Southampton, the UK., and has published over 100 articles in leading international academic journals and several books. Dr Ming-Hua Liu is an associate professor of finance at University of Macau. He had taught at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and AUT University, New Zealand before. He was an assistant vice president of DBS Bank in Singapore. He has received awards in teaching, research and services.

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1: Introduction.- 2: Macao's Economy and banking industry.- 3: Seng Heng Bank(1972-2007).- 4: ICBC.- 5: Acquisition of Seng Heng bank by ICBC.- 6: Conclusions.