Taiwan
StanChart's 88th Taiwan branch offers year-round service
StanChart's 88th Taiwan branch offers year-round service
Follows growing number of lenders extending their banking hours in select branches.
Mega Bank to forge partnership with Chinese banks
Tie-up with ICBC and BOC expands links on currency remittance and international syndicated loans.
Taiwan central bank governor tightens lending
Taiwanese lenders checking more closely borrowers' applications and may deny loans to curb speculation.
Taiwan central bank urges lenders to prevent speculation
Governor Perng alarmed at speculative investors who bought 200 houses using money from bank loans.
Taishin launches ATM service for Chinese nationals
Lender is one of 18 enabled to dispense cash for China UnionPay users.
Taiwanese banks to expand in China
Land Bank, Taiwan Cooperative, Chang Hwa Commercial and Taiwan Business to set up branches in China.
Fitch upgrades Taiwanese state-controlled banks' national short-term ratings
Revised ratings for 3 lenders due to their strong liquidity position.
Fitch downgrades select Taiwan financial institutions' hybrid ratings
Companies failed to maintain outstanding debt issues performance as measured by Fitch’s revised hybrid notching criteria.
5 Chinese banks can apply for Taiwanese branches
China wants its banks to directly establish branches without the need of setting up representative office first.
Chinatrust Financial board approves 2.5bln share issue
Price per share of private placement tagged at US$0.51 allows firm to raise US$1.3bln.
Taishin Financial targets 15% more clients
Lender eyes expanding its loan business by 10% and emerging as leader in mobile banking services.
Bank of Taiwan eyes opening first Shanghai branch
Lender allowed investing as much as 15% of its net worth in China.
China opens doors to Taiwanese banks
Six lenders immediately applied for branch expansion in Mainland following FSC approval.
7 of Taiwan`s top-10 syndicated banks are gov`t-linked
Country’s total loans of top-10 syndicated lenders amounted to US$2.5bln led by Taiwan Cooperative at US$544mln.
Bank of Taiwan expects higher loan growth
Lender sees funding of Taiwan’s rail project and improved relationship with foreign banks as growth drivers.
Sumitomo Mitsui targets buying stake in Chinatrust
Chinatrust aims to use Sumitomo’s $85mln investment for its expansion in the mainland.
Fitch: Taiwanese banks to see modest improvements in 2010
Fitch Ratings expects Taiwanese banks to generate slightly better earnings in 2010 as they benefit from the modest global economic recovery.
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