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Viewing cable 08TAIPEI181, Taiwan Moves Aggressively on Insolvent Banks

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08TAIPEI181 2008-02-05 04:59 2011-08-23 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED American Institute Taiwan, Taipei
VZCZCXRO9418
RR RUEHGH
DE RUEHIN #0181/01 0360459
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 050459Z FEB 08
FM AIT TAIPEI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 8086
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHDC
INFO RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHDC
RUEHBK/AMEMBASSY BANGKOK 4064
RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING 7816
RUEHUL/AMEMBASSY SEOUL 9318
RUEHGP/AMEMBASSY SINGAPORE 7226
RUEHKO/AMEMBASSY TOKYO 9570
RUEHML/AMEMBASSY MANILA 0355
RUEHJA/AMEMBASSY JAKARTA 4261
RUEHKL/AMEMBASSY KUALA LUMPUR 3939
RUEHHI/AMEMBASSY HANOI 3518
RUEHBY/AMEMBASSY CANBERRA 4798
RUEHWL/AMEMBASSY WELLINGTON 2064
RUEHHK/AMCONSUL HONG KONG 9079
RUEHGH/AMCONSUL SHANGHAI 1741
RUEHGZ/AMCONSUL GUANGZHOU 0925
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 TAIPEI 000181 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE PLEASE PASS USTR 
STATE FOR EAP/RSP/TC, EAP/EP 
USTR FOR STRATFORD AND BEHAR 
USDOC FOR 3132/USFCS/OIO/EAP/WZARIT 
TREASURY FOR OASIA/TTYANG AND HAARSAGER 
TREASURY ALSO PASS TO FEDERAL RESERVE/BOARD OF 
GOVERNORS, SAN FRANCISCO FRB/TERESA CURRAN, AND NEW YORK FRB MARI 
BOLIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EINV EFIN ECON SENV TW
SUBJECT:  Taiwan Moves Aggressively on Insolvent Banks 
 
1.  SUMMARY.  Taiwan continues to move to resolve its insolvent 
banks.  In early February, Taiwan authorities sold the fifth 
insolvent bank in 13 months and put another into receivership. 
Taiwan's last troubled bank is still being monitored and may be put 
into receivership soon.  END SUMMARY. 
 
Asia Trust and Investment Corporation (ATIC) 
-------------------------------------------- 
2.  On January 31, the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) 
ordered the state-owned Central Deposit Insurance Corporation (CDIC) 
to take over the Asia Trust and Investment Corporation (ATIC) due to 
insolvency.  ATIC's net worth was negative NT$262 million (US$8.2 
million) as of December 2007.  Its capital adequacy ratio was -3.4%, 
and its non-performing loan (NPL) ratio reached 29%, the highest 
among all banking institutions in Taiwan. 
 
3.  CDIC assured that it will provide 100% protection for all 
deposits at ATIC.  The Ministry of Finance (MOF) instructed 
state-owned banks to put aside NT$4 billion (US$125 million) to meet 
any sudden liquidity demands should their be a run on ATIC.  So far, 
however, there has not been an unusual level of withdrawals from 
ATIC. 
 
Bowa Bank Sold 
-------------- 
4.  On February 1, Singapore's DBS Bank reached an agreement with 
CDIC to acquire Bowa Bank, which had been put into receivership in 
August 2007.  CDIC will pay DBS NT$44.5 billion (US$1.39 billion) to 
make up Bowa Bank's liquidity gap. 
 
5.  As a result of the deal, DBS Bank will expand its Taiwan 
presence from one to 43 branches and will become the fifth foreign 
bank to acquire a local bank.  This follows  Standard Chartered Bank 
(which acquired Hsinchu International Commercial Bank), Citibank 
(Bank of Overseas Chinese), ABN AMRO Bank (Business Bank of 
Taitung), and HSBC (Chinese Bank). 
 
Last Insolvent Bank Pending Resolution 
-------------------------------------- 
6.  ChinFon Commercial Bank (CCB) is the last problem Taiwan bank 
pending resolution.  Although it still has net worth of NT$1.4 
billion (US$ 43.7 million) as of September 2007, CCB's NPL ratio was 
23.7% (December 2007).  CCB's capital adequacy ratio (by September 
2007) was 1.25%, far less than the 8% minimum requirement. 
 
Insufficient Funding 
-------------------- 
7.  Over the last 13 months, the CDIC has sold five insolvent banks 
(i.e., Chinese Bank, Enterprise Bank of Hualien, Business Bank of 
Taitung, China United Trust and Investment Co., and Bowa Bank), 
spending NT$ 116.28 billion (US$ 3.6 billion) to do so.  This is 
well in excess of the available reserves of NT$55 billion (US$1.7 
billion) for this purpose.  The funding gap will broaden when ATIC 
and perhaps CCB are auctioned off later this year. 
 
8.  CDIC is funding the sales of these banks by borrowings. CDIC 
plans to repay the loans over time with revenue collected from the 
2% gross business receipt tax (GBRT) and deposit insurance premiums. 
 The Banking Bureau estimated that annual revenue from these two 
sources will amount to NT$35-40 billion (US$1.1-1.25 billion). 
 
COMMENT 
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10.  Over the last 13 months Taiwan has acted decisively to resolve 
its insolvent banks.  We expect that the CDIC will move over the 
next few months to sell ATIC and will likely put CCB into 
receivership.  This has driven down Taiwan banks' average NPL ratio 
 
TAIPEI 00000181  002 OF 002 
 
 
to a new low of 1.84% 
 
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