Taiwan · Financial institution
First Commercial Bank., LTD
Legal name in the LEI recordFIRST COMMERCIAL BANK, LTD.
First Commercial Bank, Ltd. is a company limited by shares headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of First Financial Holding Co., Ltd. through a share swap on 2 January 2003. Its shares were delisted from the Taiwan Stock Exchange at that time. The bank provides corporate, SME, retail, wealth management, trust and treasury services through domestic and overseas branches. It traces its origins to Taiwan Savings Bank, founded on 12 November 1899, and was privatised on 22 January 1998.
Licences and registrations
Matched by LEI on the 22 tracked registers
None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers.
- The tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- FCBKTWTPXXX head office
- Connection to Swift
- Connected to SwiftThis BIC is registered as a live address on the Swift network. The institution sends and receives Swift messages under FCBKTWTP directly.
- Swift GPI
- Live member
- Payment schemes and systems
- No entry in the EPC registers, the ECB T2 and TIPS lists or the SIX Bank Master cites this BIC
- Branch codes
- 5 branch codes
- BIC first registered
- 1985-09-23
- Last updated
- 2025-01-16
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Ownership
Group subsidiary
100% First Financial Holding Co., Ltd.
Institution type
Commercial bank
Trades as First Bank (第一銀行)
- Ownership
- First Financial Holding Co., Ltd. holds 100% of the bank's shares.
- Direct parent
- First Financial Holding Co., Ltd. ↗, Taiwan 100%
- Head office
- No. 30, Sec. 1, Chongqing S. Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., 100 Taipei, Taiwan
- Company register
- Business Administration Number (Unified Business No.) 05052322
- Name in the local language
- 第一商業銀行股份有限公司
- Former names
- 臺灣第一商業銀行 (First Commercial Bank of Taiwan), renamed 1976 · 臺灣工商銀行 (Taiwan Industrial and Commercial Bank), renamed 1949 · 臺灣商工銀行 (Taiwan Commercial and Industrial Bank), renamed 1947 · 臺灣貯蓄銀行 (Taiwan Savings Bank), merged 1912
Business lines
According to its 2025 financial statements, the bank reports loan, deposit, wealth management, treasury and overseas business segments, and it also carries out trust business and leasing through a subsidiary.
Online
- Websites & references
- firstbank.com.tw ↗
card.firstbank.com.tw ↗ credit card site
ibank.firstbank.com.tw ↗ personal internet banking
ebank.firstbank.com.tw ↗ corporate and overseas internet banking
Wikipedia ↗
Wikidata Q11602128 ↗ - Official social accounts
- Facebook ↗ · Instagram ↗ · YouTube ↗ · LINE ↗
Sources · 12 pages consulted
- firstbank.com.tw/sites/fcb/touch/1565688417644
- firstbank.com.tw/sites/fcb/files/1565711589277
- firstbank.com.tw/sites/fcb/files/1565694173648
- firstbank.com.tw/sites/fcb/1565688417632
- firstbank.com.tw
- firstbank.com.tw/sites/fcb/zh_TW/1565711026855
- firstbank.com.tw/sites/fcb/touch/zh_TW/1565707417088
- firstbank.com.tw/sites/fcb/touch/1565687625682
- firstbank.com.tw/sites/fcb/touch/1565688417610
- ir.firstholding.com.tw/c/gov_board.php
- ctee.com.tw/news/20250429700557-430301
- tw.stock.yahoo.com/news/%E9%87%91%E7%AE%A1%E6%9C%83%E9%A6%96%E5%AD%A3%E9%96%8B%E7%BD%B02238%E8%90%AC%E5%B9%B
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
-
Chao-Chung Chou
President
- Chair
-
Ye-Chin Chiou
Chairperson
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Taiwan
- Financial Supervisory Commission Prudential supervisorConductAML supervisor
- Taiwan
- Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan) Central bankForeign exchange
Recent events 1 enforcement or investigation item
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Enforcement
The Financial Supervisory Commission fined the bank TWD 20,000 for violating the Personal Data Protection Act.
tw.stock.yahoo.com ↗ -
Leadership
The Financial Supervisory Commission approved Chao-Chung Chou, formerly president of Chang Hwa Bank, as president of the bank.
ctee.com.tw ↗
Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, incidents, leadership changes, mergers and licence changes. Each links to its source.
Identifiers
Head-office record
- BIC
- FCBKTWTPXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- FCBKBank
- TWCountry · Taiwan
- TPLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 5493003NOCSC6LUWUF03
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- How the LEI was matched
- BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
Profile
- Type
- Financial institutionClassified as a financial institution in Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory, with no licence on a tracked register. This includes banks that neither the ECB nor the FSB lists, as well as brokers, fund managers, insurers and market infrastructure.
- Regulation
- Not on a tracked registerNo licence or registration was found for this entity on the registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
- Register licences
- None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registersThe tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
- Country · region
- Taiwan · East Asia & Pacific
- Trading venues (MIC)
- No MIC registered under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
- OFAC sanctions
- No listing cites this BIC
- EU sanctions
- No listing matched this BIC or its LEI
- Country sanctions
- No country programme
- Founded
- 1899
Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.
No licence or registration was found for this entity on the 22 registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
- Direct parent
- First Financial Holding Co. Ltd. · Taiwan529900BC1U046Q2GUZ64 ↗
The First Financial Holding Co. Ltd. group has 19 institutions in the directory, in 15 countries: all hold a BIC.
Including First Commercial Bank (USA), First Worldsec Securities Limited.
See the First Financial Holding Co. Ltd. group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Registered address
- 30 CHONGCING S. RD. SEC.1 TAIPEI 10005 TAIWAN
- Operational address
- FIRST COMMERCIAL BANK FLOOR 4 30 CHONGQING S. RD. SEC. 1, ZHONGZHENG DIST. TAIPEI 100509 TAIPEI TAIWAN
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
A CBPR+ message identifies this institution by its BIC, and may add its LEI or a clearing code. CBPR+ does not allow a name and postal address next to a BIC.
- Identified by
- BIC, with its LEI
- Roles in CBPR+
- Any agent, including the instructing and instructed agents
CBPR+
For cross-border payments on Swift: the BIC, with the LEI and clearing code where known
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>FCBKTWTPXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>5493003NOCSC6LUWUF03</LEI>
</FinInstnId>Full record
Every ISO 20022 element the directory holds. Base ISO 20022 allows them together. CBPR+ does not allow a name and address next to a BIC
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>FCBKTWTPXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>5493003NOCSC6LUWUF03</LEI>
<Nm>FIRST COMMERCIAL BANK., LTD</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>TAIPEI</TwnNm>
<Ctry>TW</Ctry>
<AdrLine>30 CHONGCING S. RD. SEC.1 TAIPEI 10005</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>The BIC, name and address are as published in Swift’s BIC directory. The LEI comes from the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. Check them against your own records before use.
Network
Branches and correspondent banking
All 5 branch BICs connect to the head office. No city, function or registration year splits them into groups. The bank publishes 33 accounts at other banks, across 4 regions.
- Own offices
- Correspondent banks: it holds accounts there
Hover over a branch, account or group to see its details
Correspondent accounts
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
33 accounts at other banks and 3 routes through its own offices, in 14 currencies, as the bank publishes them: firstbank.com.tw ↗ dated Apr 2025
| Currency | Correspondent | BIC | Account | Purpose | Directory check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | BANK OF AMERICA N.A. United States | BOFAUS6S | — | inward remittances (SSI) | Matches the Swift directory |
| USD | STANDARD CHARTERED BANK United States | SCBLUS33 | — | inward remittances (SSI) | Matches the Swift directory |
| USD | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. United States | CHASUS33 | — | inward remittances (SSI) | Matches the Swift directory |
| USD | THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON United States | IRVTUS3N | — | inward remittances (SSI) | Matches the Swift directory |
| USD | DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS United States | BKTRUS33 | — | inward remittances (SSI) | Matches the Swift directory |
| USD | WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. United States | PNBPUS3NNYC | — | inward remittances (SSI) | Matches the Swift directory |
| USD | CITIBANK N.A. United States | CITIUS33 | — | inward remittances (SSI) | Matches the Swift directory |
| USD | HSBC BANK USA, N.A. United States | MRMDUS33 | — | inward remittances (SSI) | Matches the Swift directory |
| GBP | FIRST COMMERCIAL BANK, LONDON United Kingdom | FCBKGB2L | — | inward remittances (SSI); own branch | Own branch |
| GBP | BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, LONDON United Kingdom | IRVTGB2X | — | inward remittances (SSI) | Matches the Swift directory |
| JPY | FIRST COMMERCIAL BANK, TOKYO Japan | FCBKJPJT | — | inward remittances (SSI); own branch | Matches the Swift directory |
| JPY | MIZUHO BANK LTD. Japan | MHCBJPJT | — | inward remittances (SSI) | Matches the Swift directory |
| JPY | SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKINC GORP. Japan | SMBCJPJT | — | inward remittances (SSI) | Matches the Swift directory |
| JPY | THE BANK OF TOKYO MITSUBISHI UFJ LTD. Japan | BOTKJPJT | — | inward remittances (SSI) | Directory name differs MUFG BANK, LTD. |
| AUD | AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LTD. Australia | ANZBAU3M | — | inward remittances (SSI) | Matches the Swift directory |
| SGD | FIRST COMMERCIAL BANK, SINGAPORE Singapore | FCBKSGSG | — | inward remittances (SSI); own branch | Own branch |
| SGD | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, SINGAPORE Singapore | CHASSGSG | — | inward remittances (SSI) | Matches the Swift directory |
| THB | BANGKOK BANK PUBLIC CO., LTD. Thailand | BKKBTHBK | — | inward remittances (SSI) | Matches the Swift directory |
| THB | MEGA INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK PCL Thailand | ICBCTHBK | — | inward remittances (SSI) | Matches the Swift directory |
| EUR | JPMORGAN AG. Germany | CHASDEFX | — | inward remittances (SSI) | Directory name differs J.P. MORGAN SE |
| EUR | DEUTSCHE BANK AG. Germany | DEUTDEFF | — | inward remittances (SSI) | Matches the Swift directory |
| EUR | STANDARD CHARTERED BANK AG. Germany | SCBLDEFX | — | inward remittances (SSI) | Matches the Swift directory |
| EUR | COMMERZBANK AG. Germany | COBADEFF | — | inward remittances (SSI) | Matches the Swift directory |
| EUR | UNICREDIT BANK AG. Germany | HYVEDEMM | — | inward remittances (SSI) | Matches the Swift directory |
| HKD | FIRST COMMERCIAL BANK, HONG KONG Hong Kong SAR China | FCBKHKHH | — | inward remittances (SSI); own branch | Own branch |
| HKD | SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL BANK LTD. Hong Kong SAR China | SCBKHKHH | — | inward remittances (SSI) | Matches the Swift directory |
| HKD | HANG SENG BANK LIMITED Hong Kong SAR China | HASEHKHH | — | inward remittances (SSI) | Matches the Swift directory |
| CNY | BANK OF CHINA (HONG KONG) LTD Hong Kong SAR China | BKCHHKHH | — | inward remittances (SSI) | Matches the Swift directory |
| CNY | BANK OF CHINA LIMITED, TAIPEI Taiwan | BKCHTWTP888 | — | inward remittances; exclusively for remittance from China or Taiwan | Matches the Swift directory |
| CNY | FIRST COMMERCIAL BANK, SHANGHAI China | FCBKCNSH | — | inward remittances; exclusively for remittance from China; own branch | Matches the Swift directory |
| CAD | THE BANK OF MONTREAL Canada | BOFMCAT2 | — | inward remittances (SSI) | Matches the Swift directory |
| NZD | ANZ BANK NEW ZEALAND LTD. New Zealand | ANZBNZ22 | — | inward remittances (SSI) | Matches the Swift directory |
| SEK | SKANDINAVISKA ENSKILDA BANKEN AB. Sweden | ESSESESS | — | inward remittances (SSI) | Matches the Swift directory |
| CHF | UBS AG Switzerland | UBSWCHZH80A | — | inward remittances (SSI) | Matches the Swift directory |
| ZAR | FIRSTRAND BANK LTD. South Africa | FIRNZAJJ | — | inward remittances (SSI) | Matches the Swift directory |
| ZAR | STANDARD BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA South Africa | SBZAZAJJ | — | inward remittances (SSI) | Matches the Swift directory |
This is the SSI list ('第一銀行存匯行 First Commercial Bank - Standard Settlement Instruction (SSI) List') in the bank's inward remittance instruction PDF dated April 2025. It gives currencies, bank names and BICs but no account numbers. There are 36 rows, all extracted. The table has two columns, extracted left column first and then right column. Several rows are the bank's own overseas branches (Hong Kong, London, Tokyo, Singapore, Shanghai), not third-party correspondents. BICs and names are copied as printed, including the misspelling 'BANKINC GORP.' Each correspondent BIC is checked against the Swift directory: a BIC missing from it, or registered to a differently named bank, may be a typo or out of date. Confirm settlement instructions with the bank before relying on them.
Branch codes
| BIC | Branch | City | Address | LEI | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FCBKTWTP301 | — | Hsinchu | 3 ING MING STREET HSINCHU 30006 HSINCHU POB 30 TAIWAN | — | 2025-01-16 |
| FCBKTWTP401 | — | Taichung | 69 CHUNG SHAN ROAD TAICHUNG TAICHUNG POB 7 TAIWAN | — | 2025-01-16 |
| FCBKTWTP601 | — | Tainan | 82 CHUNG YI ROAD TAINAN TAINAN POB 10 TAIWAN | — | 2025-01-16 |
| FCBKTWTP701 | — | Kaohsiung | 115 TA- JEN ROAD KAOHSIUNG KAOHSIUNG POB 16 TAIWAN | — | 2025-01-16 |
| FCBKTWTPOBU | OFFSHORE BANKING BRANCH | Taipei | FIRST COMMERCIAL BANK BUILDING FLOOR 5 30 CHUNGKING SOUTH ROAD TAIPEI 10036 TAIPEI POB 395 TAIWAN | — | 2025-01-16 |
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