Since the amended Company Act came into force, foreign companies that were organized and incorporated in accordance with the laws of a foreign country...
Taiwan benefit corporation legislation proposals
We last wrote about benefit corporation legislation in Taiwan back in 2017, and since then there has been some movement on this topic. On 6 July 2018,...
Further movement on Taiwan STO regulations
We published an earlier article regarding proposed regulations to be promulgated by the Taiwan Financial Supervisory Commission (the "FSC") concerning...
Further liberalization of Taiwan’s foreign investment rules
Taiwan’s Executive Yuan has approved draft bills to amend the Statute for Investment by Foreign Nationals and the Statute for Investment by Overseas...
Proposed regulations governing Taiwan STOs
At the end of 2018 we wrote an article regarding crowdfunding in Taiwan. We questioned whether in the future Taiwan might allow companies to raise fun...
Taiwan’s regulatory fintech sandbox: one year on
The Financial Supervisory Committee (FSC) announced this week that their application target for the first year of the regulatory sandbox has been achi...
Digital currency regulation in Taiwan
Digital currency has been around since currency account balances were first stored on digital machines (i.e., computers). Later, banks effected electr...
New reporting requirement for Taiwanese companies
The recently amended Taiwan Company Act (2018) requires most companies to report their board members, registered managers, and major shareholders onli...