The Taiwan Banker

How do banks score credit card applications?

By Tien-wang Tsaur and Chung-ying Lee / 2023.11 The Taiwan Banker NO.167

For my anniversary, I went shopping in a department store. When I swiped my card, I found that my credit limit had been exceeded, and the transaction .. more

How to prepare for geopolitical risk in finance

By Honda Chen and John Whitley / 2023.11 The Taiwan Banker NO.167

The concept of war has long gone beyond pure kinetic confrontation, entering the era of “total warfare.” In addition to traditional milita.. more

The US, Singapore, and the EU each strike a different balance on investor protection

By Paul John Shelton / 2023.11 The Taiwan Banker NO.167

Healthy financial markets exist when there are laws, regulations, and courts that protect shareholders and creditors from unscrupulous criminals who a.. more

Humans will play an important, though changing, role in wealth management

By David Stinson / 2023.11 The Taiwan Banker NO.167

It seems that automation has already eliminated the fund manager. Investors have now been convinced that fee margins approaching or even exceeding 1% .. more

The “Central Bank of the Year” award goes to...

By Honda Chen / 2023.11 The Taiwan Banker NO.167

This year’s Central Bank of the Year award at the Central Banking Awards 2023 of the industry publication Central Banking was presented to the N.. more

A bird's-eye view on China's capital flows and its implications

By Alicia Garcia Herrero / 2023.11 The Taiwan Banker NO.167

China has turbocharged its RMB internationalization progress in 2023, including the greater usage of its currency in cross-border payments and trade s.. more

Preventing “immunity debt” in Taiwan will strengthen financial resilience

By Hank Huang (黃崇哲) / 2023.11 The Taiwan Banker NO.167

The success of Taiwan’s high-intensity pandemic prevention significantly reduced covid cases in Taiwan. As a side effect, however, the populatio.. more

Taiwan's economy held back by a longer than expected destocking cycle

By Alicia Garcia Herrero / 2023.09 The Taiwan Banker NO.165

Chief Economist for Asia Pacific and Senior Research Fellow Bruegel Although Taiwan has averted another quarter of recession with a cyclical rebound .. more

The Agricultural Bank of Taiwan has grown stronger through adversity

By Lien-Wen Liang / 2023.10 The Taiwan Banker NO.166

The agricultural finance systems of Japan, Korea, Germany, and the Netherlands have complete upper and lower levels. Looking back at the history of cr.. more

Ransomware puts the entire cybersecurity insurance model at risk

By David Stinson / 2023.10 The Taiwan Banker NO.166

Around 2017, fears abounded that the ‘Obamacare’ healthcare markets created several years earlier by the Affordable Care Act were on the v.. more