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| "Significant Events" chronicles Bank SinoPac's major achievement and milestones, including implementation of major business and services, setup times and highlights of each subsidiary. |
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| Mar. |
The Central Bank raised discount rate, the interest rate of accommodation with collateral, and the interest rate of accommodation without collateral by 12.5 basis points each to 2.375%, 2.75% and 4.625%, respectively. |
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| Apr. |
We co-arranged a US$70 million syndication loan for Videocon Industrial Co. of India. |
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| June |
We arranged a US$40 million, four-year syndication loan for PT Maspion of Indonesia, with Chinatrust Commercial Bank and First Commercial Bank being the co-arrangers. |
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| June |
The Central Bank raised discount rate, the interest rate of accommodation with collateral, and theinterest rate of accommodation without collateral by 12.5 basis points each to 2.5%, 2.875% and 4.75%, respectively. |
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| Aug. |
We arranged a NT$4 billion syndication loan for Macquarie Securities. |
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| Sep. |
The Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) approved the merger of Bank Sinopac and InternationalBank of Taipei. |
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| Sep. |
The Central Bank raised discount rate, the interest rate of accommodation with collateral, and theinterest rate of accommodation without collateral by 12.5 basis points each to 2.625%, 3% and 4.875%, respectively. |
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| Oct. |
FSC approved our application for establishing Kowloon Branch, our second branch in Hong Kong. |
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| Nov. |
We were ranked as number one in the banking industry of Taiwan among the 'Ten Best Service Business Rating', released by Global Views Monthly. |
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| Nov. |
FSC approved the application of International Bank of Taipei for establishing Bei-Guan Branch, its second branch in Macau. |
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| Nov. |
The merger of Bank SinoPac and International Bank of Taipei became effective. |
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| Nov. |
We won the "Best E-bank Award" and the "Best Corporate Image Promotion Award" of the 2006 Taiwan Outstanding Financial Service Contest conducted by Taiwan Academy of Banking and Finance. |
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| Nov. |
Our Lanya Branch in Taipei opened. |
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| Dec. |
We were rated by FSC as the top performer in the study of "Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Consumer Protection in Taiwan's Banking Industry". |
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| Dec. |
The Central Bank raised discount rate, the interest rate of accommodation with collateral, and the interest rate of accommodation without collateral by 12.5 basis points each to 2.75%, 3.125% and 5%, respectively. |