CTBC Bank Burnaby opens after relocation

The China Post news staff

April 20, 2016, 12:10 am TWN

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The Burnaby Branch of CTBC Bank Corp. (Canada) opened on April 18 after its relocation to a larger office in order to provide more convenient and better service to local residents. The branch outgrew its old office as the number of Chinese-speaking immigrants to Canada continues to grow rapidly. The new office in Burnaby's financial district of Kingsway offers more space and a better location for the bank to provide more robust services. The opening ceremony on April 18 was attended by dignitaries including Richard Lee and Kathy Corrigan, members of British Columbia's Legislative Assembly, Burnaby Mayor

Derek Corrigan, Lee Chih-chiang (李志強), director-general of the Taipei Economic and

Cultural Office in Vancouver, Koo Lin Jui-hui (辜林瑞慧), wife of the late CTBC Group

founder Jeffrey Koo Sr. (辜濂松) and Peter Liu (劉景中), chairman of CTBC Bank Corp.

(Canada). Headquartered in Vancouver, CTBC Bank Corp. (Canada) was founded in 1999 to provide comprehensive commercial banking services to local residents. It opened the old Richmond Branch and the Burnaby Branch in 2005 as well as the Markham Branch in 2014. With the four service bases on both coasts of Canada, the bank maintains the spirit of the CTBC Group to provide banking products suited for the needs of the Chinese-speaking market. CTBC Bank Corp. is one of Taiwan's most internationalized financial institutions with 106 branches in 14 countries such the U.S., Australia, Japan, Indonesia, Thailand, Hong Kong, Singapore and China. The bank currently has 149 branches in Taiwan.

From left, CTBC Bank Corp. (Canada) board member

Stephen Hume, fellow board member Leigh Pan,

Geoffrey Liu (劉建虹), deputy head of Corporate

Banking for North American of CTBC Bank, CTBC

Bank Corp. (Courtesy of CTBC Bank)