Private company

Land Bank of Taiwan

Logo: 臺灣土地銀行 Land Bank of Taiwan, Attribution, via Wikimedia Commons4

State-owned bank in Taiwan

Land Bank of Taiwan (LBOT; Chinese: 臺灣土地銀行; pinyin: Táiwān Tǔdì Yínháng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-ôan-thó͘-tē-gîn-hâng) is a wholly state-owned bank in Taiwan.2 It is headquartered in Taipei.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Sep 1, 1946Founded1
Land Bank of Taiwan headquarters 20070514
Photo: Bigmorr, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons6

Land Bank of Taiwan (LBOT; Chinese: 臺灣土地銀行; pinyin: Táiwān Tǔdì Yínháng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-ôan-thó͘-tē-gîn-hâng) is a wholly state-owned bank in Taiwan.2

Corporate structure

Land Bank of Taiwan sits at the top of its group. 3 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Land Bank of Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan
    • Historical Museum of the Land Bank of Taiwan Subsidiary
    • tai wan tu de yin hang gu fen you xian gong si shang hai fen hang (台湾土地银行股份有限公司上海分行) Branch · 上海市, China
    • Old Tainan Branch of Kangyo Bank Owned · West Central District, Taiwan

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Land Bank of Taiwan reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

It was owned by the government before its downsizing on December 21, 1998, when it was transferred to the jurisdiction of the Executive Yuan.

It is the only bank designated by the ROC government as a specialised bank for handling real estate and agricultural credit. Its objective is to develop national economic construction in coordination with the implementation of the government's housing, agricultural, and land policies.

The history of the Land Museum of Taiwan dates from 1945 and the end of World War II. To facilitate the implementation of land policies such as land-rights equalization and the land-to-the-tiller program in Taiwan, the ROC government allocated 60 million dollars from the national treasury and took over the five branches of the Nippon Kangyo Bank (NKB) set up in Taipei, Hsinchu, Taichung, Tainan, and Kaohsiung during Japanese rule. The “Land Bank of Taiwan” was established in accordance with ROC law on 1 September 1946.

In May 1985, the Land Bank of Taiwan became qualified as a juristic person according to Article 52 of the Banking Act; on 21 December 1998, it became a state-run organization upon implementation of the Province Simplification Statute; on 1 July 2003, it was reorganized as the "Land Bank of Taiwan Co., Ltd." On 21 May 2004, it was transformed into a public company to prepare for initial public offering on privatization.

From Wikipedia’s article on Land Bank of Taiwan, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

  • Ministry of Finance of Taiwan

Also owns

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Sep 1, 1946Founded Founded1