Taiwan · Financial institution
Kgi Bank CO., Ltd.
Legal name in the LEI record凱基商業銀行股份有限公司
KGI Bank Co., Ltd. is a Taiwanese commercial bank incorporated as a company limited by shares, with its head office in Songshan District, Taipei. It is wholly owned by KGI Financial Holding Co., Ltd., formerly China Development Financial Holding. The bank provides retail, corporate and financial markets services through domestic branches, an offshore banking unit and a Hong Kong branch. It was licensed as Cosmos Bank in January 1992, became a group subsidiary on 15 September 2014 through a share swap, and has operated as KGI Bank since January 2015.
Licences and registrations
Held by the legal entity, not by this BIC
This BIC is mapped to LEI 5493004LOSHK43HOYT35 (凱基商業銀行股份有限公司) in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. The legal entity’s page is Kgi Bank CO., Ltd. (CDIBHKHH). None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers.
The Swift name for this BIC differs from the legal name in GLEIF.
Licences belong to the legal entity. Each applies in the country of the regulator that granted it, not to every BIC that carries the LEI.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- CDIBTWTPXXX 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 CDIBTWTP directly.
- Swift GPI
- Not on the member list
- 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
- None: head-office BIC only
- Other BIC with this LEI
- CDIBHKHH
- BIC first registered
- 2000-09-02
- Last updated
- 2026-07-22
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Employees
Not published
Ownership
Group subsidiary
100% KGI Financial Holding Co., Ltd.
Institution type
Commercial bank
Trades as KGI Bank
- Ownership
- KGI Financial Holding Co., Ltd., which is listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange, holds 100% of the bank's 4,703,625,378 shares.
- Direct parent
- KGI Financial Holding Co., Ltd., Taiwan 100%
- Head office
- 9F, 10F, 11F and 18F, No. 135, Dunhua N. Rd., Songshan Dist., 105021 Taipei, Taiwan
- Company register
- Unified Business No. 86517321
- Former name
- Cosmos Bank, Taiwan (萬泰商業銀行股份有限公司)
Business lines
The bank reports three operating segments: personal banking, corporate banking and financial markets. It also provides trust and custody services, and runs leasing and asset-management subsidiaries.
Online
- Websites & references
- kgibank.com.tw ↗
kgibank.com ↗ Alternative official domain, used for accessibility and online application pages (the homepage could not be fetched)
kgibank.com.tw/zh-hk ↗ Hong Kong branch site
Wikipedia ↗
Wikidata Q19851918 ↗ - Official social accounts
- Facebook ↗ · YouTube ↗ · LINE ↗
Sources · 13 pages consulted
- kgibank.com.tw/en/about-us/meet-our-team
- kgibank.com.tw/en/about-us
- kgibank.com.tw/en/about-us/financial-summary
- kgibank.com.tw/zh-tw/about-us/financial-summary
- kgibank.com.tw/zh-tw/-/media/files/kgib/financial-summary/financial-report/2026/2026-q2-consol-financial
- kgibank.com.tw/zh-tw/-/media/files/kgib/financial-summary/financial-report/2026/2026-q2-financial.pdf
- kgibank.com.tw/zh-tw/-/media/files/kgib/fx/remittance-instruction.pdf
- kgibank.com.tw/zh-hk/
- banking.gov.tw/ch/home.jsp?id=550&parentpath=0%2C524%2C547&mcustomize=multimessage_view.jsp&dataserno=20
- banking.gov.tw/ch/home.jsp?id=550&parentpath=0,524,547&mcustomize=multimessages_view.jsp&dataserno=20240
- fsc.gov.tw/ch/home.jsp?id=131&parentpath=0,2&mcustomize=multimessage_view.jsp&dataserno=202205060002
- cna.com.tw/postwrite/chi/399959
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KGI_Bank
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
-
Kate Lin
President
- Chair
-
Paul Yang
Chairman
- Chief financial officer
- Chris Sun Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
- Executive
- Michael Chang Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer & Chief Compliance Officer
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 2 enforcement or investigation items
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Other
Taiwan's Supreme Court dismissed a third party's final appeal against the bank in litigation over its mortgage on the Dunnan building.
kgibank.com.tw ↗ -
Licence
The bank opened its Hong Kong branch, its first overseas branch, after licensing by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority.
kgibank.com.tw ↗ -
Enforcement
The Financial Supervisory Commission issued a corrective order after a former wealth manager misappropriated client funds.
banking.gov.tw ↗ -
Leadership
KGI Financial Holding appointed Kate Lin as president of the bank, replacing Hsu Wei-ming from 5 May 2025, subject to regulatory approval.
cna.com.tw ↗ -
Enforcement
The Financial Supervisory Commission issued a corrective order over staff handling of production application-system issues.
banking.gov.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
- CDIBTWTPXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- CDIBBank
- TWCountry · Taiwan
- TPLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- 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 registers
- 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
- 1992
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
GLEIF’s relationship records name no parent for this LEI, and no group page is published for it.
Addresses
- Registered address
- FL.9, 135 DUNHUA N. ROAD TAIPEI 105 TAIWAN
- Operational address
- 125, SECTION 5, NANKING EAST ROAD TAIPEI 105 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>CDIBTWTPXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>5493004LOSHK43HOYT35</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>CDIBTWTPXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>5493004LOSHK43HOYT35</LEI>
<Nm>KGI BANK CO., LTD.</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>TAIPEI</TwnNm>
<Ctry>TW</Ctry>
<AdrLine>FL.9, 135 DUNHUA N. ROAD TAIPEI 105</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
Correspondent banking
The bank publishes 20 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
20 accounts at other banks, in 14 currencies, as the bank publishes them: kgibank.com.tw ↗
| Currency | Correspondent | BIC | Account | Purpose | Directory check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUD | ANZ, MELBOURNE Australia | ANZBAU3M | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| NZD | ANZ,WELLINGTON New Zealand | ANZBNZ22058 | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| CAD | BANK OF MONTREAL Canada | BOFMCAM2 | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| SEK | COMMERZBANK AG,FRANKFURT Germany | COBADEFF | — | Field 57; intermediary (field 56) NORDEA BANK ABP, FILIAL I SVERIGE, NDEASESS | Matches the Swift directory |
| CHF | UBS, ZURICH Switzerland | UBSWCHZH80A | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| SGD | DBS BANK LTD., SINGAPORE Singapore | DBSSSGSG | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| CNH | BANK OF CHINA, TAIPEI Taiwan | BKCHTWTP888 | — | RMB clearing; CNAPS 104290000379 for remittances from mainland China | Matches the Swift directory |
| THB | MEGA INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED Thailand | ICBCTHBK | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| CNH | HSBC, HONG KONG Hong Kong SAR China | HSBCHKHHHKH | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| USD | WELLS FARGO BANK, NA., NEW YORK United States | PNBPUS3NNYC | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| EUR | THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, FRANKFURT BRANCH Germany | IRVTDEFX | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| USD | BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, NEW YORK United States | IRVTUS3N | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| EUR | JP MORGAN AG Germany | CHASDEFX | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| USD | STANDARD CHARTERED BANK United States | SCBLUS33 | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| GBP | HSBC LONDON United Kingdom | MIDLGB22 | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| USD | JP MORGAN CHASE BANK N.A. United States | CHASUS33 | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| HKD | STANDARD CHARTERED BANK (HONG KONG) LIMITED Hong Kong SAR China | SCBLHKHH | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| ZAR | STANDARD BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA LIMITED, JOHANNESBURG South Africa | SBZAZAJJ | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| JPY | MUFG BANK, LTD. Japan | BOTKJPJT | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| JPY | JP MORGAN CHASE BANK N.A. TOKYO BRANCH Japan | CHASJPJT | — | — | Matches the Swift directory |
Remittance-instruction PDF from the International Banking Department listing the bank's correspondent banks by currency with SWIFT IDs. It gives no account numbers and no date, so it may be stale. The list has 20 currency/correspondent rows, all extracted in row-wise order from the two-column table. For SEK the chain is shown as field 56 Nordea Bank Abp, Filial i Sverige (NDEASESS), field 57 Commerzbank AG Frankfurt (COBADEFF) and field 58 KGI Bank (CDIBTWTP). The CNH entry at Bank of China Taipei also gives CNAPS 104290000379 for payments from mainland China. The currencies the bank lists for its foreign-currency settlement platform are USD, CNH, JPY, EUR and AUD. 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.
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