Update: Taiwan’s CTBC Financial Plans to Buy Rival Shin Kong August 20, 2024 By Bloomberg News Taiwan’s CTBC Financial Holding Co. said it plans to buy smaller rival Shin Kong Financial Holding Co., a move that...
Chinese Hackers Step Up Attacks on Taiwanese Organizations, Cybersecurity Firm Says June 25, 2024 By Zen Soo A suspected Chinese state-sponsored hacking group has stepped up its targeting of Taiwanese organizations, particularly those in sectors such as...
Taiwan Property Insurers Likely to Remain Profitable Despite Quake Losses: GlobalData April 5, 2024 The 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck Taiwan’s east coast on April 3 caused substantial damage, particularly in Hualien with collapsed...
Worst Taiwan Quake in 25 Years Kills at Least 9, With Hundreds Injured April 3, 2024 By Betty Hou, Chien-Hua Wan and Debby Wu Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in a quarter century leveled dozens of buildings on the eastern side of the island, killing at...
Taiwan Rushes to Prevent China From Cutting Internet, Phones May 30, 2023 By Jamie Tarabay and Cindy Wang Buffeted by earthquakes and the potential of conflict with China, Taiwan’s leaders want to accelerate plans to make the island...
U.S. Firms in Taiwan Making Business Continuity Plans Amid Tensions With China February 7, 2023 Almost half of companies surveyed by the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Taiwan are revising or plan to revise...
Taiwan’s Financial Services Firms Cut China Exposure by 20% to Record Low November 18, 2022 By Cindy Wang, Betty Hou and Chien-Hua Wan Taiwan’s financial institutions reduced their China exposure to a record low amid economic and political uncertainties, according to its top...
Taiwan’s Watchdog Says Insurers Have Enough Capital to Withstand COVID Claim Surge October 21, 2022 By Cindy Wang, Argin Chang and Krystal Chia Taiwan’s insurance industry has buffered itself against surging COVID claims after raising capital, the head of the island’s market regulator...
Seven Taiwanese Insurers Have Not Received Russian Eurobond Payments: Regulator June 28, 2022 Taiwan’s financial regulator said on Tuesday that seven Taiwanese insurance companies have not received interest due on May 27 on...
Train Wreck Kills 50 in Worst Taiwanese Accident in 7 Decades April 5, 2021 TAIPEI – Taiwanese rescuers were trying on Monday to retrieve the last body of a passenger from wreckage of a...