Taiwan

Tokyo Star will be first Japanese lender acquired by a foreign bank.

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First monthly drop since OBU scheme began July 2011.

Is now known as CTBC Financial Holding Company.

China intends to boost renminbi flows between Xiamen and Taiwan.

Sign a cooperation agreement on cultivating and training financial talent.

Deutsche Bank becomes first foreign bank to raise renminbi in Taiwan.

First Commercial Bank is ranked first.

Financial reform is part of political reform and looks like to be a continuous effort of Taiwanese government. However, the idea disclosed by its Finance Minister on the local newspaper recently encouraging a kind of "public to public banks merge" seems debatable.

Says it would cut weak profits in an unfavorable economic environment.

According to ADB's recent news release showing that a gap of some USD 425 billion between importers and exporters among developing countries is to be facilitated in 2011.

Two days before the Singapore's announcement, financial institutions in Taiwan formally launched their RMB business after signing currency clearing agreements with Bank of China's Taipei branch.

Test run of direct trading at banks currently ongoing.

China said talks with Taiwan should produce “good results”.

RMB payments surged 120% over the last six months.

Taiwan’s 53 domestic banking units began trading only last February 6.