Taiwan banking: E.Sun aims for the stars

It is unusual for a Taiwanese bank: owned by foreign institutional investors rather than bankrolled by a tycoon or controlled by the state, it’s also on a roll, investing heavily in digital and expanding fast around Asia… but can it last?

It isn’t easy to get to see Joseph Huang. Not because the president and chief executive of E.Sun Commercial Bank, probably Taiwan’s most altruistic and ambitious lender, isn’t available or indeed affable – he’s both.

At first, the challenge involves getting beyond E.Sun’s eager gatekeepers. Chiwei Hsiao, head of investor relations, is hovering at the front door of the bank’s headquarters in the heart of Taipei, full of bonhomie. He shepherds Euromoney through the lobby for a prolonged tour of a row of ATMs.

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