Celebrating 80 Years, Leading with Integrity! Land Bank Hosts 'Integrity Advancement Symposium for Financial Professionals'

Integrity is the cornerstone of competitiveness in the financial industry. This year (2026) marks the 80th anniversary of Land Bank. To deeply embed integrity awareness and regulatory compliance culture into the DNA of financial professionals, Land Bank held the '2026 Integrity Advancement Symposium for Financial Professionals' on July 28, 2026, at the Public Administration and Business Management Education Center of National Chengchi University, aiming to build a clean, transparent, and sustainable financial environment.

Globally, there is a long-term push for 'Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)' and ethical business practices. In particular, professionalism and integrity in the financial industry are now inseparable. Therefore, Land Bank's symposium was themed 'Strengthening Integrity Culture, Safeguarding Financial Trust,' aiming to enhance the ethical judgment of current and future financial professionals. The event invited guidance from regulatory authorities including the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Justice, Anti-Corruption Agency, and Financial Supervisory Commission, and brought together representatives from major public-owned banks and financial industry associations. A total of over 260 participants, including representatives from industry, government, academia, university students, and Land Bank staff, attended the event.

Land Bank General Manager Chang Chih-Chien stated in his speech that integrity is the foundation of the banking industry. In the face of new risks brought by digital finance, financial professionals must cultivate integrity awareness from within to build the most robust defense. As Taiwan's only 'specialized real estate credit bank,' Land Bank leads the market in real estate lending, trust services, and urban renewal and aging building reconstruction financing. In 2025, it achieved a record pre-tax profit of NT$20.034 billion. While maintaining stable operations, Land Bank has fully integrated ESG principles into its core investment and financing activities, actively promoting responsible finance and assisting enterprises in carbon reduction and transition.

General Manager Chang stated that Land Bank continues to enhance corporate governance by adopting the 'Accountability Map System' regulated by the Banking Association, strengthening management transparency and executive accountability through a robust accountability mechanism. In integrity governance, the Board of Directors oversees ethical operations, with the Integrity Division serving as the dedicated unit to implement integrity risk assessments and conflict-of-interest avoidance. The Integrity Division holds integrity meetings annually and regularly reports on the effectiveness of integrity operations to the Board of Directors. The bank also continues to expand integrity promotion efforts, extending from internal agencies to external social organizations to increase societal engagement.

Beyond deepening internal integrity culture, Land Bank actively leverages financial technology innovation, upgrading its AI fraud detection model to block illicit financial flows. It has signed an MOU with the Supreme Prosecutors Office, demonstrating its determination to collaborate with judicial authorities to combat fraud. Additionally, Land Bank has long upheld fair customer treatment, earning top ratings in the FSC's 'Fair Customer Treatment Principles Evaluation' for seven consecutive years, ranking among the top 25% of banks for six of those years.

Ministry of Justice Deputy Minister Feng Cheng and Ministry of Finance Deputy Minister Juan Ching-Hua also emphasized in their speeches that ethical operations and regulatory compliance are the foundation of sustainable development in the financial industry and are core indicators by which the international community evaluates corporate integrity governance (ESG). They stressed that 'integrity governance' should be internalized as organizational culture within financial institutions to build a safe, transparent, and sustainable financial environment.

Deputy Minister Feng Cheng stated that, in response to global anti-corruption trends, Taiwan will host the Third National Report International Review Meeting for the 'United Nations Convention against Corruption' from August 24 to 28, 2026, inviting five international experts to review Taiwan's progress. 'Integrity governance' and 'anti-money laundering' are core review items. In recent years, the Ministry of Justice has actively advanced several landmark integrity achievements, including the promulgation and implementation of the 'Public Interest Whistleblower Protection Act' in 2025 to safeguard whistleblower rights, establishing the 'Transparent Crystal Award' to strengthen internal agency risk control, and building an anti-money laundering and financial data exchange platform to promote cross-sector data sharing, effectively enhancing public-private law enforcement collaboration.

Deputy Minister Juan Ching-Hua noted that society now scrutinizes the sound governance of public enterprises under higher standards. As a key force in stabilizing the financial market, public-owned banks must deepen integrity ethics and establish rolling risk management. Facing emerging challenges, the Ministry of Finance will actively promote enhanced information security defenses and technological fraud prevention, combat financial crimes, introduce green finance funding to support the nation's net-zero transition, and lead the innovation and upgrading of Taiwan's financial industry.

The symposium agenda included 'Keynote Speeches' and a 'Panel Discussion.' Keynote topics were 'Ethical Business and Sustainable Finance' and 'Financial Technology and Ethical Risks,' delivered by Huang Chi-Jui, Dean of the College of Commerce and Professor at National Taipei University, and Lee Chih-Jen, Executive Director of the Fintech Innovation Research Center at Ming Chuan University. They shared how financial institutions can integrate integrity governance into corporate culture and sustainable development, and discussed ethical, compliance, and risk management issues arising from the rapid development of artificial intelligence and fintech.

The panel discussion, themed 'Building Digital Financial Fraud Prevention and Integrity Governance,' featured Financial Supervisory Commission Banking Bureau Director Tong Cheng-Chang, Gogolook Chairman Cheng Sheng-Feng, Ming Chuan University's Lee Chih-Jen, and Land Bank Deputy General Manager Cheng Pei-Yu. They exchanged strategies and experiences on fraud prevention and integrity governance from perspectives of financial regulation, technological trends, and practical operations, discussing cross-domain collaboration to enhance financial security and social trust.

Land Bank stated that, as it reaches this important milestone of its 80th anniversary, the symposium not only demonstrates its commitment to ethical operations and fair customer treatment but also aims to play a leading role in comprehensively enhancing the ethical judgment of financial professionals, driving the deep rooting of integrity governance in Taiwan's financial market, and jointly creating a trustworthy, clean, and sustainable financial environment.