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Singapore's dual-track strategy on the road to a CBDC

By Ti-Chen Chen / 2025.03 The Taiwan Banker NO.183

Singapore's ambition in digital assets is well established. The Payment Services Act (PSA), enacted in 2019, provided a clear legal framework and comp.. more

FSC's digital insurance revolution: from catfish to wolf huskies

By Linus Fang-Shu Chan / 2025.03 The Taiwan Banker NO.183

The Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) has liberalized the establishment of digital insurance companies, aiming to encourage industry players to b.. more

Conservative Japanese banks to face interest rate challenges

By Jian Yu-yan / 2025.02 The Taiwan Banker NO.182

With the announcement of an interest rate hike from -0.1% to around 0-0.1% at the Financial Policy Decision Meeting in March 2024, plus another planne.. more

AI agents are already delivering massive productivity gains

By David Stinson / 2025.03 The Taiwan Banker NO.183

The fundamental technology of an LLM can be accurately described as “autocomplete”: it predicts the next word in a sequence based on what .. more

The slow path to a CBDC

By Zheng Han / 2025.03 The Taiwan Banker NO.183

The new Netflix series I Am Married…But!, which ranks no. 1 on the Taiwan charts, is based on a line from author Eileen Chang's novel Love in a .. more

Asian Growth Diverges Under Trump 2.0

By Alicia Garcia Herrero / 2025.02 The Taiwan Banker NO.182

In 2024, Asia faced a divergence in growth trends among the major economies. Taiwan, South Korea and Southeast Asian economies GDP bounced from 2023&#.. more

The AI industry chain will create family office opportunities in Taiwan

by Chang Shu-ting / 2025.02 The Taiwan Banker NO.182

In order to establish an Asian asset management center that differs from those of Singapore and Hong Kong, the Financial Supervisory Commission plans .. more

Under Trump, the economy walks a tightrope

By Zheng Han / 2025.02 The Taiwan Banker NO.182

Sometimes, US President Trump is like the nagging old man next door, muttering about why Biden has not stepped down yet, complaining that the water fl.. more

BRICS focus shifts away from alternative currency assets into geopolitics

By David Stinson / 2025.01 The Taiwan Banker NO.181

The BRICS grouping of Global South countries may be one of the least-understood recent developments in international affairs. Is it an economic forum?.. more

Taiwan's 800,000 migrant workers make lucrative targets for scammers

By Yun-yao Chang / 2025.01 The Taiwan Banker NO.181

“I finally saved up some money and wanted to send it back home,” said Ani, a migrant care worker in the Philippines. “I didn’t.. more