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Table 2 Policies and Regulations to Supervise the Development of Digital Finance

From: FinTech in Taiwan: a case study of a Bank’s strategic planning for an investment in a FinTech company

Date

Title

Purpose

Unit

Target industry

1999.5

Contract template for personal computer and internet banking

Allow banks to offer online banking business

Ministry of Finance

Banking

2014.1

Regulations governing the conduct of equity crowdfunding by securities firms

Allow securities firms to run equity crowdfunding

Taipei Exchange

Crowdfunding

2014.8

Regulations governing the conduct of online insurance by insurance firms

Allow insurance firms to offer online insurance

TFSB

Insurance

2015.4

Regulations governing the conduct of equity crowdfunding by securities firms

Allow securities firms to offer equity crowdfunding

TFSB

Crowdfunding

2015.5

The Act Governing Electronic Payment Institutions

Allow banks and non-financial companies with third-party payment licenses to offer e-payment business

TFSB

E-payment

2015.6

Rename “Regulations Governing the Conduct of Online Insurance by Insurance Firms” as “Regulations Governing the Conduct of E-commerce by Insurance Firms

Relax some regulations issued in 2014.8

TFSB

Insurance

2015.8

Regulations of bank and financial holding company investing FinTech firms

Allow banks and financial holding firms to invest in FinTech firms and increase the shareholding ratio

TFSB

Banking, insurance, and related FinTech companies

2015.9

Regulations on Information Services and Finance Technology Industries Determined by the Competent Authority as Finance-Related Industry

Define information service industry and finance technology industry

TFSB

Banks, insurance, and related FinTech companies