Taiwan

Cathay United Bank, Mega International Commercial Bank, and Mega Financial Holding Co. forge cooperation in corporate lending, bancassurance, retail banking and personnel training with AgBank.

Taiwan's higher loan-to-value loans had a higher gross default ratio of around 5%, while the one with lower LTV loans showed a better performance of 2%, says Moody's.

Taiwan earlier planned to increase the government's stake in CHB and to persuade Taishin to sell some of its CHB stocks to state-owned banks.

The lender posted a return on asset of 1.18% and return on equity of 18.75%.

Part of the lender’s M&A scheme is to set up subsidiaries in China or buy stakes in local banks.

DBS Taiwan’s first-quarter earnings more than doubled year-on-year with record earnings of SGD 807 million or NTD 18.6 billion.

DBS Bank inaugurated its new Taiwan headquarters at Shin Kong Xinyi Financial Center at the heart of Taipei’s financial district.

Policy holders can receive payments for death and permanent incapacitation, as they can get up to 40% of the total coverage if they incurred a major accident.

The improving financials may be more cyclical than structural, said Fitch.

Taiwan's stable economic outlook and the gradual rise in interest rates could give a modest boost to local banks' net interest margins in 2011.

The company became more driven to acquire life insurance firm after losing bid to buy MetLife Taiwan.

The move will expand Chinatrust’s capability to offer insurance and diversify its revenue sources.

The Taiwanese lender has already inked two separate pacts with Bank of China and Bank of Nanjing since China and Taiwan signed the Economic Cooperation Framework.

With the approval the CCB Taiwan representative office can engage in non-operating activities like communicate with Taiwanese banking institutions and clients and collect local financial information.

Products can yield high interest rates of up to 5.38% whose minimum amount that can be transferred is US$10,147, while the maximum is US$338,249.

The banks follow suit the migration of Taiwanese companies to Vietnam behind its low manufacturing and labor costs.