- Business
- O-Bank Co., Ltd. (2897.TW) operates as a commercial bank in Taiwan, offering comprehensive corporate and personal financial services, including medium- and long-term loans, syndicated loans, project finance, trade finance such as export and import financing, factoring services encompassing account receivable management and collections, cash management via corporate internet banking with payables and receivables tools, financial advisory for mergers, acquisitions, restructuring, and fundraising, foreign exchange deposits and remittances, interest rate products like swaps and options, exchange rate products including forwards, options, and currency swaps, structured products, securitization, trusts, personal deposits, loans, digital payment services, wealth management, and insurance; retail services emphasize online platforms supplemented by physical channels. Founded in 1999 as Industrial Bank of Taiwan and headquartered at 99, Section 2, Tiding Boulevard, Neihu District, Taipei, the bank restructured into a full commercial bank and adopted its current name in 2017, transitioning to become Taiwan's first native digital bank focused on inclusive, user-centric retail products while maintaining corporate banking strengths. It maintains a branch in Hong Kong, representative offices in Tianjin, China, and Sydney, Australia, with subsidiaries including EverTrust Bank in California for U.S. commercial real estate and trade finance, IBTS Asia (HK) Ltd., China Bills Finance Corporation, IBTM/IBT VII VC targeting AI, semiconductors, biotech, and ESG sectors across Asia including a new Singapore office, and equity-method investments in Infinite Finance Co., Ltd. for leasing in Greater China and Thailand, and Beijing Sunshine Consumer Finance leveraging Everbright Group resources. Recent developments include 2024 approval for a Sydney representative office to expand overseas and diversify revenue, ongoing optimization of asset portfolios at EverTrust Bank amid U.S. high-interest policies, deposit growth of 41% from retail and small businesses representing 31% of total deposits with improved liquidity metrics, and investment income recognition from Infinite Finance net of purchase price allocation amortization related to prior leasing mergers.