CTBC Highlights Global Strategy At London Summit

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 9 (Bernama) -- CTBC Financial Holding president Rachael Kao has outlined the group’s digital innovation, environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy, and global expansion at the Global Banking Summit 2025 in London, from Dec 2 to 4, where she was the only representative from Taiwan’s financial sector.

In a statement, CTBC said Kao joined the "CEO keynote interview" at the three-day summit, co-hosted by the Financial Times and The Banker, which gathered over 1,000 participants and more than 40 C-suite executives.

Kao said resilience has become a defining capability for financial institutions, noting that CTBC’s strong operational foundation, risk management, digital transformation and sustainable finance efforts form its long-term growth engine.

She highlighted the bank’s focus on green finance, transition financing, ESG investment, and supply-chain decarbonisation, supported by its role as Asia-Pacific chair of the Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF) and participation in the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD).

CTBC said many Taiwanese exporters face rising sustainability requirements, and the bank assists clients with carbon accounting, transition planning and energy-efficiency solutions.

Kao added that CTBC, operating over 370 locations in 14 countries, acts as a "supply-chain bank" for companies expanding overseas, particularly in the semiconductor sector, offering financing, cash management and net-zero advisory services.

She concluded that the group also advances financial inclusion by providing easy-to-use ATM interfaces for seniors, visually impaired individuals, and foreign nationals, using artificial intelligence to prevent fraud, and offering a fully digital small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) lending process.

-- BERNAMA