BOT is committed to leveraging its core financial expertise, constructing an equal and compatible financial environment, providing comprehensive financial services to vulnerable groups that have traditionally struggled with access to financial services, and enhancing the financial literacy of the general public to achieve the vision and commitment of inclusive finance.
In 2023, BOT cooperated with the government's active promotion of the "SMEs Post-Epidemic Revitalization Project Loan" and "Low-Carbon Smart Management Loan" to assist SMEs in obtaining the necessary funds for post-epidemic revitalization and transformation development and to improve competitiveness and restore operational prosperity.
Items | SMEs | Agriculture-relate | Promoting |
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Number of financing targets / Number | 30,204 | 103 | 72 |
Loan amounts (Ten thousand NTD) |
45,780,451 | 159,040 | 3,947,797 |
Number of accounts with non-performing loans and non-accrual loans | 614 | 1 | 0 |
Total amount of non-performing loans and non-accrual loans (Ten thousand NTD) |
87,459 | 203 | 0 |
Inclusive Finance Products
Target of concern | Products/services | Achievements | Contributions |
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Seniors | Reverse mortgage loans | Appropriated NT$490 million over the year | 155 accounts |
Senior care trusts | Accumulated NT$16.468 billion | 28,671 people | |
Youth | Preferential mortgages for youth Note1 | Appropriated NT$58.494 billion over the year | 8,977 accounts |
Children Future Education and Development Account | As of the end of 2023, the total amount in accounts was NT$2.023 billion | As of the end of 2023, the total number of accounts was 30,032 | |
The Youth Education and Employment Savings Accounts | As of the end of 2023, the total amount in accounts was NT$602 million | As of the end of 2023, the total number of accounts was 4,656 | |
SMEs | SME loans | Loans amounted to NT$457.805 billion | 30,204 accounts |
Agriculture workers | Agriculture-related SMEs | Loans amounted to NT$1.590 billion | 103 accounts |
Groups with disabilities | Care trust for disabilities persons | Accumulated NT$548 million | 1,040 people |
Accommodation needs | Urban renewal loans | Loans amounted to NT$37.566 billion | 38 cases |
Loans for reconstruction of urban unsafe and old buildings | Loans amounted to NT$1.912 billion | 34 cases | |
Preferential mortgages for civil servants | Appropriated NT$51.228 billion over the year | 6,485 accounts |
Dangerous Old Buildings and Social Housing Loans |
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BOT cooperates with the government to promote policies for the reconstruction of dangerous and old buildings and social housing development plans to improve the living environment of the public, enhance building safety and quality of life, cater to the housing needs of vulnerable groups, and promote public interests. The bank has undertaken social housing projects for the National Housing and Urban Renewal Center (the "Housing and Urban Center") and county and city governments, as well as loans for the reconstruction of dilapidated buildings. At the end of 2023, the cumulative commitment amounted to NT$253.947 billion, with a balance of NT$22.714 billion. In 2023, BOT undertook a total of 34 loans for the renovation and reconstruction of dangerous old buildings, with a total amount of NT$4.582 billion and a balance of approximately NT$1.912 billion. The Housing and Urban Center is an administrative legal entity established by the government to promote urban housing renewal policies, improve living environments, and enhance public interests. Its business scope includes entrusted management of social housing, integration and investment of urban renewal, public selection and subsequent performance management of urban renewal implementers and entrusted implementers, as well as management and operation of social housing and urban renewal real estate. In cooperation with the government's social housing policy, BOT has undertaken three credit projects for the Housing and Urban Center as of the end of 2023, with a total credit limit of NT$229.663 billion and a balance of NT$3.325 billion. BOT also cooperates with local governments to develop social housing projects and improve the local housing market. In 2023, BOT assisted the Taoyuan City and Lianjiang County Governments in their social housing related business. The Taoyuan Municipal Government has completed a total of 3,995 social housing units in Zhongli District, Bade District, and other areas as of 2023. In the same year, Lianjiang County passed the "Nangan Township Ren'ai Section 147 Demonstration Residential and Social Housing" construction plan by the City Council, and, in the future, it will cooperate with the central government's social housing policy to improve the quality of life of local residents. In 2023, BOT three credit cases for social housing in Taoyuan City, with a total amount of NT$24 billion and a balance of NT$19.105 billion. The Lianjiang County Government also met one credit case with a total amount of NT$284 million and a balance of NT$284 million. |
Safeguard the vulnerable groups with trusts to realise our spirit of financial friendliness |
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BOT fulfills its social responsibility as a state-owned bank, actively investing in the development of various social public welfare trust products with its professional and rich experience, demonstrating its commitment to current affairs issues by providing special trusts to address the needs of socially vulnerable people and constructing a social security net. BOT is committed to cross-industry cooperation with government agencies and social welfare organizations, helping childless elderly people transform through the "Seedless Watermelon Trust Service Project", enabling them to enjoy their senior years with support. The Taichung City Trust Service Program for Persons with Disabilities is collaboration between the government, social welfare institutions, and BOT. The program uses trust planning to care for individuals with disabilities and provides trust services that meet the needs of vulnerable groups in society, such as those with disabilities, elderly individuals living alone, families with significant changes, or those with insufficient economic capacity. The program actively collaborates with county and city governments to serve cases of socially disadvantaged individuals and plays a stabilizing role in society as BOT implements social welfare and fulfills its corporate social responsibility through trusts. To protect investor and consumer rights of the young and the elderly, and to truly understand customer needs, BOT adds a task reminder to ask fraud prevention questions and control mechanism for young customers aged 18-20 (excluding 20) at the counter; sets a requirement to complete "Notice and questions to be asked in order to understand the needs of elderly customers aged 65 and above" when handling care trusts; asks questions to customers aged 85 and above at the counter before they trade investment funds and other commodities; and implements a control mechanism for elderly customers who trade investment funds at the counter or online. In addition, to increase the protection of vulnerable investors' rights and interests when they purchase financial products, customers aged 65 and above, with an education level of junior high school or below, or with a National Health Insurance major illness certificate, are required to sign a declaration on the channel reward disclosure document when handling fund subscription transactions so as to truly understand the potential risks of their investments, which also ensures that trust fees and the following risks are clearly delivered, allowing BOT to strengthen protection of consumer rights. BOT is committed to providing trust planning services in innovative and integrated ways that benefit public welfare. For example, by combining elderly care trusts with public welfare in innovative promotion methods, we aim to create public welfare in elderly care trusts; we have launched the "Donating Invoices for Public Welfare" campaign, working together with customers and social welfare groups to create a win-win. Furthermore, the bank collaborates with local governments and social welfare organizations to take care of vulnerable groups who have long been overlooked but urgently need help through projects such as "Bravely move forward in life without hindrance. A BOT Trust is your companion with love". The promotional goals of such campaigns are "caring for public welfare", "protecting vulnerable groups", and "meeting customer needs" to put the spirit of inclusive finance into practice. |
Inclusive Financial Services
Targets | Measures |
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Disabled individuals | Friendly Environment |
Online banking inquiry and transfer services | |
Accessible websites service | |
Account opening services for passbooks and trust fund services | |
Home pickup and personal guarantee verification services | |
Strengthen the rights protection of disabled persons of GESSI (Government Employee and School Staff Insurance) | |
Seniors | |
Active notifications for insured persons of GESSI being retained seniority to claim the old-age-benefits | |
Communication pipeline | |
Foreign nationals | Bilingual branches |
Financial services for Taiwan Employment Gold Card holders |
Financial Knowledge Promotion and Education
Service items | Description | Session | Attendance |
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Financial briefing and lectures | Enhance the public's knowledge of financial management, and explain the latest domestic and international investment trends and corresponding strategies so that financial concepts can be integrated into daily life. | 728 | 30,634 |
Entering the community | The bank collaborated with the Taipei Huaxia Women's Education Foundation and the Eden Social Foundation San Xia Service Center, focusing on common patterns of financial fraud, how to prevent fraud, case sharing, and financial knowledge. | 2 | 57 |
Lectures and Visits | The bank introduced basic trust concepts, trust products and practical case studies to students from National Chengchi University, Taipei University, National Chung Cheng University, Chinese Culture University, Tunghai University, Soochow University, HungKuang University, Tamkang University, the Chihlee University of Technology, Hsuan Chuang University, Ming Chuan University, Ling Tung University, Shih Hsin University, and the Minghsin University of Science and Technology. | 16 | 1,000 |
Our bank collaborated on the 2023 National Taipei University Enterprise Management Visit to hold industry and academic lectures, promoting financial knowledge, including an introduction to trusts, trust case studies, precious metal market analysis, international gold price trend analysis, and prevention of financial fraud. Our narrators were arranged to introduce BOT's Cultural Museum to enrich participants' financial and cultural perspective | 1 | 60 |

