Next Commercial Bank Co (將來商業銀行) yesterday said that nearly 60,000 people had opened accounts since it commenced operations at the end of last month, with the average deposit more than NT$70,000 (US$2,374).
The nation’s third Web-only bank had allowed people to choose their own bank account numbers before it launched on March. 29, gaining about 40,000 accounts as of the end of last month, bank data showed.
The momentum continued this month, with people welcoming the new services, it said.
Fifty-three percent of account holders chose their own bank account numbers, while 42 percent used their phone number as their account number, it
Taipei, March 29 (CNA) Next Bank, owned by a consortium of commercial and financial interests led by Chunghwa Telecom, began full operations Tuesday, bringing the number of internet-only banks in Taiwan to three.
Next Bank (將來銀行) commenced operations yesterday, becoming the nation’s third Web-only bank to launch services.
More than 40,000 individuals have reserved their bank account numbers on the virtual bank’s Web site since it launched the reservation service on March 7, Next Bank general manager Berlin Hsu (許柏林) said, adding that about 70 percent of them chose their own numbers.
“The popularity of the reservation service indicates that our innovation is well embraced by consumers,” Hsu said.
The bank has set a goal of attracting more than 100,000 customers in two months, more than 500,000 by the end of this year and
Next Bank (將來銀行), the nation’s third Web-only bank, yesterday announced it would open on March 29, aiming to obtain 1 million clients within two years by offering an innovative service.
The bank hopes to attract 500,000 clients in its first phase by collaborating with shareholders such as Chunghwa Telecom Co (中華電信), Mega Financial Holding Co (兆豐金控) and Shin Kong Financial Holding Co (新光金控), chairman Chung Fu-kuei (鍾福貴) told a news conference in Taipei.
More than 1,000 employees of shareholder companies or the bank’s suppliers participated in its pilot run, which started on Jan. 22, Chung said.
Clients can deposit funds, apply for loans,
FSC investigating Next Bank purchase
By Kao Shih-ching / Staff reporter
The Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) is conducting a financial examination of Next Bank (將來銀行), a Web-only bank that has not yet begun operations, to see if it acquired an overpriced information technology (IT) system from its largest shareholder, Chunghwa Telecom Co (中華電信), the commission said yesterday.
The commission last week received reports about the deal from a few whistle-blowers, as well as Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Alex Fai (費鴻泰).
It is rare for the commission to inspect banks that have not yet begun operations.
Financial Supervisory Commission Chairman Thomas Huang speaks at a meeting of the legislature’s Finance Committee in Taipei yesterday.