Taiwan

Taiwanese financial holding companies to raise salaries

Companies to hike pay to up to 10% to employees who performed well.

Chinatrust eyes acquiring Metlife Taiwan unit

Chinatrust sets its sight on Metlife after it failed to win AIG Taiwan unit bidding.

China Development Bank plans to set up Taiwan branch

Taiwan’s Cross-Strait Common Market Foundation that the number of Taiwan banking institutions that are approved to set up China branches has grown to seven.

UBS appoints Lee Tien Cheng Taiwan Country Head

The lender wants to tap on Lee’s wealth of experience as executive in various Taiwanese banks.

Taiwanese finance companies bid for AIG's Nan Shan

Chinatrust Financial, Cathay Financial, Ruentex Group and Fubon Financial to bid for AIG's 97.57% stake in Nan Shan.

Bank of Beijing and Taiwan Business Bank ink MOU

The TBB encourages its major clients in China to apply for $14.06mln loans from the BOB.

Chinatrust Financial to raise US$1.97bln via rights issue

The company mulls selling 3.35bln common shares to increase its working capital and strengthen its financial structure.

StanChart targets Taiwan`s top foreign bank spot

The lender aims to accomplish feat in 3-5 years time as it has recruited 100 more new employees.

Taiwan`s state-run banks expects downtrend in its mortgage lending

The central bank has directed banks to strictly screen mortgage applicants to help cool the soaring real estate market.

DBS Bank in Taiwan needs capital injection

DBS is the only bank that has yet to meet the $6.6mln capital requirement for foreign lenders.

TBB to assist Taiwanese enterprises in China

TBB will to promote personnel exchange and renminbi-based loans to Taiwanese enterprises in China. A MOU with the Bank of Beijing will be signed. According to the China Economic News Services, Taiwan Business Bank or TBB will set up a representative office in Shanghai by the end of this year. It may  be upgraded to branch a year later.   Mr. Peter T. C. Lo, chairman of TBB, indicated that financial institutions in China can obtain better profits than its counterparts in Taiwan since they see much higher interest rate gap of 5-6 percentage points. So, TBB will explore the financial market in China after inking the MOU with Bank of Beijing or BOB and establishing a foothold in Shanghai.

ADR facility to trigger US investments in Taiwan

 Unrestricted Level I ADR facilities for Taiwanese companies could greatly expand overseas investment opportunities in Taiwan, says BNY Mellon.

Chinatrust expects profit to soar to $344.5mln

Chinatrust might sign an MOU with the Bank of China for cooperation in financial services.

Chinatrust' Jeffrey Jr. Koo faces 9-year sentence

Ex-vice chairman charged with insider trading and banking regulation breaching over the firm's planned acquisition of Mega Financial.