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	Bank - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Banking licenses are granted by bank regulatory authorities and provide rights to conduct the most fundamental banking services such as accepting deposits and making loans.
		Commercial bank, is the term used for a normal bank to distinguish it from an investment bank.
		Bank reserves are typically kept in the form of a deposit with a central bank.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bank (2455 words)

	Bank of Taiwan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Bank of Taiwan was first established as central bank of Taiwan during the Japanese rule.
		A banking crisis in 1927 was relieved with the assistance from Bank of Japan.
		After the loss of the mainland in the Chinese Civil War by the Kuomintang and its subsequent retreat to Taiwan, the Bank of Taiwan took on a more central role as the central bank of the ROC until the Central Bank of China was reestablished in 1961.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bank_of_Taiwan (323 words)

	Chapter 20- Taiwan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Taiwan is bordered on the west by the Taiwan Strait, which separates the island from mainland China, on the north by the East China Sea, on the east by the Pacific Ocean, and on the south by the South China Sea.
		Taiwan’s climate is described as tropical and subtropical, and rainfall is abundant.
		The current constitution of the government on Taiwan was adopted during the Chinese civil war in 1947, two years before the leaders of the government retreated to the island from the mainland.
	www.ibiblio.org /chinesehistory/contents/chap20.html (4575 words)

	FRB: Press Release -- Approval of application of Bank of Taiwan -- February 24, 1997
		BOT operates a branch in Los Angeles, California, and an agency in New York, New York.
		BOT has committed that, to the extent not prohibited by applicable law, it will make available to the Board such information on the operations of BOT and any of its affiliates that the Board deems necessary to determine and enforce compliance with the BHC Act, the IBA, and other applicable federal law.
		BOT also has committed to cooperate with the Board to obtain any waivers or exemptions that may be necessary in order to enable BOT to make any such information available to the Board.
	www.federalreserve.gov /BoardDocs/Press/bhc/1997/19970224 (985 words)

	FRB: Press Release -- Approval of application of First Commercial Bank -- February 24, 1997
		The Board previously has determined, in applications under the International Banking Act (12 U.S.C. et seq.) ("IBA"), that certain Taiwan banks were subject to comprehensive supervision on a consolidated basis by their home country authorities.
		BOT operates a branch in Los Angeles, California, and an agency in New York, New York, and is subject to the BHC Act in the same manner and to the same extent as a bank holding company.
		FCB and Bank have committed that Bank will adopt and maintain appropriate internal control procedures and operational safeguards to assure that all transactions with, or for the benefit of, an affiliate are in compliance with the requirements of sections 23A and 23B of the Federal Reserve Act.
	www.federalreserve.gov /boardDocs/press/bhc/1997/199702242 (1149 words)

	Taipei Times - archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Taiwan is studying the feasibility of combining the state-owned firms to create a lender ranking among the world's top 80 banks, Cho said.
		Plans to merge the Bank of Taiwan with Land Bank of Taiwan and Central Trust, which is a wholly government-owned lender that is also involved in insurance and wharehousing, in 2000 and 2002 were scrapped after workers protested against possible job losses.
		Bank of Taiwan was formed in 1946 as the first government-owned bank after the Japanese occupation ended.
	www.taipeitimes.com /News/biz/archives/2006/01/04/2003287392 (821 words)

	TECRO: Taiwan's chief representative office in the United States, Washington DC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Central Bank of China, the national bank of the Republic of China (ROC) on Taiwan, announced June 11 that several kinds of banknotes and coins will stop circulating July 1, 2002.
		In accordance with the law, the Central Bank previously authorized the Bank of Taiwan to issue national currency.
		According to the Central Bank, people who own banknotes issued by the Bank of Taiwan, referred to as "old banknotes," can exchange such notes for Central Bank notes, referred to as "new banknotes," at local banks, post offices, and credit unions in Taiwan by December 31, 2002.
	www.tecro.org /content.php?section=press/archives/2002/06/061202 (303 words)

	WebWire® \| Taiwan Cooperative Bank Deploys Cisco-IBM Fiber Channel Network Storage System
		Taiwan Cooperative Bank (TCB) was officially inaugurated in October 1946, shortly after Taiwan was restored from Japanese occupation.
		"Taiwan Cooperative Association’’ was first organized in 1923 as a central institution to assist the cooperative development on the island.
		It was later reorganized as the "Taiwan Federation of Cooperative’’ in 1942, and then as "Taiwan Cooperative Treasury" in 1944, with the provision of financial and guidance services to its member cooperatives as its primary functions.
	webwire.com /ViewPressRel.asp?SESSIONID=&aId=14320 (717 words)

	PwC Loan Sales: Asia: Taiwan: Completed sales
		PwC Taiwan was retained by CDIC as the sole financial advisor in relation to the disposition of the KBB.
		PwC Taiwan was retained by the government owned TCB as the sole financial advisor to assist in their sale of approximately NT$25.5 billion of non-performing loans.
		PwC Taiwan was retained by TCCB, a regional commercial bank headquartered in middle Taiwan, as the sole financial advisor to assist in their sale of approximately NT$5.2 billion of non-performing loans.
	www.pwcglobal.com /extweb/service.nsf/docid/E5B88FD179D05D4D85256F9A00823D4C (1686 words)

	News @ Cisco: Taiwan's Largest Bank Chooses Cisco for Core Network Infrastructure Upgrade
		TAIPEI, Taiwan -- 2 January 2001 -- In one of the island's largest ever financial services contracts, the Bank of Taiwan has turned to Cisco Systems for a new data communications infrastructure linking more than a 100 subsidiary branch banks and those of its wholly owned affiliate, the Land Bank of Taiwan.
		The Bank of Taiwan formally merged with the Land Bank of Taiwan in December 1999, forming the largest and best capitalised bank in Taiwan.
		Branch offices in the Bank of Taiwan network and the Land Bank of Taiwan will be equipped with pairs of Cisco 2600 series access routers - each backing-up the other to offer a high degree of redundancy.
	newsroom.cisco.com /dlls/global/asiapac/news/2001/pr_01-02.html (823 words)

	Bloomberg.com: Top Worldwide
		Taiwan lags South Korea and Malaysia in creating fewer, larger banks as the island's $700 billion industry opens wider to competition from global lenders such as Citigroup Inc. and HSBC Holdings Plc.
		Bank of Taiwan was formed in 1946 as the first government- owned bank after the Japanese occupation ended.
		The new bank's $89 billion of assets compare with a total of $103 billion at DBS Group Holdings Ltd., Singapore's largest lender, and are about half those held by Kookmin Bank, the largest lender in South Korea.
	quote.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000006&sid=agDhHGc26RuI&refer=home (777 words)

	Lower Love River - City Courts & Bank of Taiwan
		The Bank of Taiwan Building that stands on Cheng-chung Road, upriver from the City Courts and on the opposite side of Love River from the History Museum has its only little story.
		The Bank of Japan refused to bail out the Bank of Taiwan, which was left with massive liabilities.
		This event precipitated the Japanese Banking Crisis of 1927, which indirectly resulted in the 1931 withdrawal by Japan from the International Gold Standard and the subsequent collapse of the Gold Standard in 1933.
	www.loveriver.info /05enstory/endown_05.htm (443 words)

	S&P Places Bank of Taiwan on CreditWatch Negative
		Reflecting the stress facing the Taiwanese banks, nonperforming loans rose to 5% of total loans at March 1999, from 4.4% at the 1998 year end.
		BOT's ability to absorb the rising stress has been limited by its narrowed interest margins and a limited revenue base.
		The bank's recent efforts to expand its operating flexibility and business scope have been ineffective in reducing the downward pressures on its operating profits.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=105&STORY=/www/story/05-18-1999/0000941944 (289 words)

	BBC News \| ASIA-PACIFIC \| Taiwan ends currency tradition
		The Taiwan dollar began to circulate in 1949 after the Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist government fled to Taiwan from the mainland at the end of the civil war.
		Taiwan's nationalist Kuomintang party lost its grip on power for the first time in 50 years following presidential polls held in March.
		Existing banknotes, printed by the Bank of Taiwan under the authority of the central bank, will continue to circulate until the end of June 2007.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/asia-pacific/817812.stm (259 words)

	Boston.com / Business / Reports: China OKs bank offices in Taiwan
		Liu Tinghuan, vice governor of the People's Bank of China, disclosed the decision at a conference which opened Tuesday in Taiwan's capital, Taipei, according to XinhuaNet, the Web site of the government's official news agency.
		The four banks allowed to open offices in Taiwan were the China Merchants Bank Co., Industrial and ICBC (Asia) Ltd., Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co. and Fujian Industrial Bank, Liu was quoted as saying.
		Taiwan and the mainland have been governed separately since the 1949 communist victory in a civil war, despite Beijing's insistence that it will eventually claim control over the democratically governed island.
	www.boston.com /business/articles/2003/11/05/reports_china_oks_bank_offices_in_taiwan (296 words)

	Taiwan: Citigroup Private Bank Provides Investment Outlook Overview for 2006
		The bank advises high net worth individuals and families with a minimum net worth of at least USD 10 million, including half of Asia (ex-Japan)’s billionaires.
		As tighter monetary conditions take root and banking lending becomes more restrictive, the stage is set for a possible re-pricing of credit risk and credit quality.
		The Citigroup Private Bank, one of the largest private banking businesses in the world, provides personalized wealth management services for clients through 126 offices in 90 cities in 37 countries.
	www.citibank.com /citigroup/press/2006/060117a.htm (1167 words)

	Commanding Heights : Taiwan Money \| on PBS
		In 1904 Taiwan bank notes are issued; to many Taiwanese, the circulation of paper money is like a currency revolution.
		The Bank of Taiwan establishes branch offices in Japan and throughout the region.
		In 1988 the exchange rate is freed from the Central Bank's control and is determined by the market.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/commandingheights/lo/countries/tw/tw_money.html (194 words)

	INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS; Theft Closes Taiwan Bank - New York Times
		Yeh has not appeared in public since reports Saturday that the bank was in financial trouble because of embezzelment.
		Taiwan immigration authorities said they had barred Mr.
		Taiwan's main stock index plunged 3.02 percent after the bank was closed.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=990CEFD6133BF930A3575BC0A963958260 (153 words)

	World Bank videoconference explores Taiwan-Americas development (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The World Bank's Global Development Learning Network will hold a videoconference at the World Bank headquarters in Washington, D.C. Sept. 9 to discuss Taiwan's experience with small and medium enterprises.
		Thomasson, Director-General of Taiwan's National Association of Small and Medium Enterprises Robert S. Lai, and Chairman of the Taiwan Youth Commission Lin Fang-mei.
		Taiwan made a commitment to participate in the YABT project when Taiwan's Chief Representative in the United States C. (Chien-Jen) Chen co-signed with Mr.
	www.roc-taiwan.org /dc/press/20030910/2003091002.html (238 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Union Bank of Taiwan announced that the Bank has sold approximately NTD 5.45 billion of non-performing loans, including credit card loans, cash card loans, microcredit loans, car loans and other loans, to an asset management company through a public tender offering.
		Union Bank of Taiwan announced that the Company has sold 1,490.68 square meters of land in Taipei City to a natural person for a total amount of NTD 335,942,850.
		Union Bank of Taiwan announced the appointment of Li Xianzhang as the Chairman of the Board and Lin Honglian as the General Manager of the Company, effective June 15, 2006.
	today.reuters.com /stocks/KeyDevelopments.aspx?symbol=2838.TW (280 words)

	Taiwan Links
		First Commercial bank is the outgrowth of merger of the Savings Bank of Taiwan, Chia-I Bank, the Commercial and Industrial Bank of Taiwan and Hsin-Kao Bank.
		TCB plays the role of a central bank for cooperative organizations, regulating the supply and demand of funds for the cooperative organizations by accepting their surplus funds as deposits and extending working funds to them.
		A Taiwanese Government-owned bank and a subsidiary of the Central Bank of China.
	www.financewise.com /public/edit/asia/taiwan/taiwan-links.htm (1114 words)

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		Union Bank of Taiwan (the Bank), established on December 31, 1991, is a Taiwan-based commercial bank that is principally engaged in the provision of banking and financial services, including deposit, loan, foreign exchange, trust and wealth management and credit card.
		As of December 31, 2005, the Bank had a total of 75 branches, including 38 in the Greater Taipei area, 12 in and around Hsinchu, nine in Taichung and Changhua area, eight in Chiayi and Tainan area and eight in Kaohsiung and Pingtung area.
		Union Bank of Taiwan: Business description, financial summary, 3yr and interim financials, key statistics/ratios and historical ratio analysis.
	today.reuters.com /stocks/overview.aspx?symbol=2838.TW (363 words)

	AsiaMedia :: TAIWAN: Minister reveals government shares sale plan for TTV
		He also said that the Bank of Taiwan and the Land Bank of Taiwan had been chosen to help the government implement the plan.
		The task force, which consists of 17 people from different political parties, was established to avoid potential allegations of favoritism and is responsible for ensuring that the entire deal proceeds fairly.
		As for the banks, Cheng said that bank employees will begin their work to evaluate the TV station and figure out a mechanism to protect its employees' legal rights before government-owned shares are sold.
	www.asiamedia.ucla.edu /article.asp?parentid=42419 (388 words)

	Asiaweek.com \| Financial 500 \| The Home-Alone Bank (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Chinatrust Commercial Bank made $150 million last year as its loan portfolio expanded 11.7% in local-currency terms to $12.7 billion.
		It is not the island's largest — its $19.8 billion in assets pales beside state-owned Bank of Taiwan's $64.2 billlion — but Chinatrust has been consistently profitable even during the Asian Crisis.
		The bank has transformed itself into a clicks-and-mortar operation — all its clients, whether in Taiwan or overseas, can access their accounts online.
	www.asiaweek.com /asiaweek/features/financial500.2000/f500.nations_sb2.html (624 words)

	CNN.com - Tokyo wilts on bank worries; Taiwan up - December 24, 2001
		Trading in Tokyo was thin Tuesday, with banking stocks leading a decline in the benchmark Nikkei average
		Taiwan was the only other major market to be open.
		In the banking sector, Mizuho Holdings fell 3.44 percent to 253,000 yen after the nation's top financial watchdog ordered regional bank Fukushima Bank to boost its capital base, reduce dividends and executive bonuses, and restrict unprofitable deposits.
	archives.cnn.com /2001/BUSINESS/asia/12/24/middaystoxtues.biz/index.html (538 words)

	Citigroup - Taiwan
		Citigroup is proud to have had a strong presence in Taiwan since the opening of our first branch in 1964.
		Currently, Citibank has 11 branches and 3,200 staffs in Taiwan and is the most premier and profitable foreign bank.
		Citibank Taiwan's outstanding performance is recognized by Finance Asia as the Best Foreign Commercial Bank in Taiwan for 8th years.
	www.citibank.com /citigroup/global/twn.htm (294 words)

	Taiwan police arrest two suspects in ATM fraud, seeking several more \| ATM Marketplace News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Chou Shi-hsuan was arrested at the Taichung branch of Cosmos Bank on Oct. 14.
		The ministry dismissed speculation that high-ranking management at the Bank of Taiwan would be reshuffled, but it promised to safeguard the interests of depositors.
		After the police gather all the details of the widespread fraud, other banks may also be entitled to seek compensation from the state-run Bank of Taiwan, Lin Chuan said.
	www.atmmarketplace.com /news_story.htm?i=17152 (776 words)

	Summit Signs First Commercial Bank in Taiwan
		The largest private bank in Taiwan will be implementing Summit FT to handle all trading, risk management and operational needs across asset classes. A key aim of the project was to choose a single system that would improve STP, streamline operations and improve risk management.
		Established in 1899, First Commercial Bank is the most reputable bank in Taiwan in terms of history, strength, and service.
		Misys Banking Systems supplies over 1,200 customers in over 120 countries, among them 90% of the world's top 50 banks (Source: The Banker, July 2004), with software and solutions for retail banking, wholesale banking, treasury and capital markets and risk management.
	www.misysbanking.com /Newsroom/Press_Releases/pr_items/pr_3331.html (771 words)

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