The bank was founded by Mr. Thomas T.L. Wu, his friends, and some noted entrepreneurs in 1990. It was formally inaugurated on March 23, 1992, after obtaining the approval of the Ministry of Finance for its establishment in Aug. 1991. According to the resolution of its provisional shareholders’ meeting on Dec. 7,2001, the bank merged with Dah An Bank via share swap for the establishment of Taishin Financial Holding Co., Ltd. on Feb. 18, 2002, which further completed the acquisition of the Hsinchu Tenth Credit Cooperative on Oct. 18, 2004, according to the resolution of shareholders’ meeting on July 26, 2004.To integrate the resources and funds of the financial holding company and achieve higher efficacy, the bank acquires Taishin Bills Finance on Jan. 22, 2011. Since both companies are subsidiaries of Taishin Financial Holding, with similar management concept and corporate culture, it is believed that both companies can quickly integrate their resources and systems, to lower operating costs and boost operating efficiency.

2.Since its establishment, the bank has been constantly expanding business items and operating network, actively exercising the intermediary role for the supply and demand of funds in the society, so as to support economic prosperity.