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Bank of Taiwan

Logo: 臺灣銀行, Bank of Taiwan, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

State-owned commercial bank in Taiwan

The Bank of Taiwan (BOT; Chinese: 臺灣銀行; pinyin: Táiwān Yínháng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-oân gîn-hâng) is a commercial bank headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan. It was established in 1897–1899 as a Japanese policy institution or "special bank", similarly as the Nippon Kangyo Bank (est. 1897), Hokkaido Takushoku Bank (est.2 It is part of Taiwan Financial Holdings Co., Ltd.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1899Founded1
  • Industryeconomics of banking, financial services1
  • HeadquartersTaipei1
  • Websitewww.bot.com.tw
  • Legal formBANK3
  • LEI549300QBHSCPTZ7YV0103
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered address120. SECTION 1, 100 Taipei City, Taiwan3
  • Registered withMinistry of Economic Affairs, 035573113

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The Bank of Taiwan (BOT; Chinese: 臺灣銀行; pinyin: Táiwān Yínháng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-oân gîn-hâng) is a commercial bank headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan. It was established in 1897–1899 as a Japanese policy institution or "special bank", similarly as the Nippon Kangyo Bank (est. 1897), Hokkaido Takushoku Bank (est. 1900), Industrial Bank of Japan (est. 1902), and Bank of Chōsen (est. 1909). Its aim was to finance industrial demand in Japanese-ruled Taiwan and also to promote trade between South China, Southeast Asia and the Japanese possessions in the Pacific.2

Corporate structure

Bank of Taiwan is part of a group headed by Taiwan Financial Holdings Co., Ltd.. 39 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Bank of Taiwan reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

Japanese colonial bank

The Bank of Taiwan's creation was authorized in 1897 by the Bank Act of Taiwan which also encouraged Japanese enterprises, such as the Mitsubishi and Mitsui Groups, to invest in Taiwan. It started operations in 1899.

A financial crisis in 1927 was relieved with assistance from the Bank of Japan. Bank branches were created in other parts of Asia as the Japanese empire expanded, including areas in China and Southeast Asia. By 1929, the Bank of Taiwan had a total 14 offices outside of Japan and its colonies, fewer than the Yokohama Specie Bank or Bank of Chōsen but more than any other Japanese commercial bank.

Bank of issue of the Republic of China

After the Japanese surrender in 1945, the ROC government (led by the Chinese Nationalist Party, or KMT) took over the Bank of Taiwan and began issuing Taiwan dollars, also known as Taiwan Nationalist Yuan, through the Bank of Taiwan. This currency is now referred to as the "old Taiwan dollar." Severe inflation of this currency during the Chinese Civil War led the Bank of Taiwan to issue the New Taiwan dollar in 1949. After the loss of mainland China in the Chinese Civil War by the KMT and its subsequent retreat to Taiwan, the Bank of Taiwan kept printing the island's banknotes until the Central Bank of China assumed that role in 1961.

Taiwanese commercial bank

The Bank of Taiwan was governed under the Taiwan Provincial Government until 1998 when governance was transferred to the ROC Finance Ministry. In 2001 the Central Bank of China took over the task of issuing the New Taiwan Dollar.

The Bank of Taiwan currently operates a total of 169 domestic branches as well as branches in Tokyo, Singapore, Hong Kong and the People's Republic of China. Branches have also been established in New York City, Los Angeles, London, and South Africa.

In July 2007, the Bank of Taiwan merged with the Central Trust (中央信託局) as part of a government financial reform package. The bank continues to operate as an independent company taking over some aspects of the Trust's banking business. In January 2008, the Bank became part of the Taiwan Financial Holdings Group (臺灣金融控股公司), which also contains BankTaiwan Securities and BankTaiwan Life Insurance.

From Wikipedia’s article on Bank of Taiwan, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Products and brands

  • financial services

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

Subsidiaries

  • Bank of Taiwan
  • Peng Hu Branch, Bank of Taiwan

Also owns

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1899Founded Founded1

Sources

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