Taipei Fubon Bank is a bank based in Taiwan. It was formed on 1 January 2005 from a merger of Fubon Bank with TaipeiBank.
The integration of two banks marked the first and only successful full-scale merger of operations between a large government-owned bank and an accomplished private bank in Taiwan.
The move will not only help Fubon FHC expand its earnings potential but also achieve a milestone in Taiwan financial merge history.

Infortrend's EonStor RAID Subsystems Aid Taiwan Sports Lottery to Hit a Marvelous Home Run
SAN JOSE, California (September16, 2008) -- Networked storage expert Infortrend® (Public TPE: 2495) today announced that their storage solutions successfully helped the Taipei Fubon Bank to implement their phone lottery-betting system, due to the outstanding data transfer rate, high reliability and scalability storage solutions that Infortrend offered.............Subscribers

Bank Criticized For Not Stopping Payment on Stolen Sports Lotto Tickets
TAIPEI, Taiwan (September 9, 2008) -- Taipei Fubon Commercial Bank said yesterday it will assist police in tracking down a robber after the bank knowingly paid the prize money to the perpetrator..................Subscribers

Sports Lottery Sales Top NT$7.88 Million on First Day
TAIPEI, Taiwan (May 4, 2008) -- Sales of Taiwan's new sports lottery (TSL) have topped NT$7.88 million (US$258,360) on the first day.................Subscribers

Taiwan Launches First Sports Lottery; 3.58 Million Tickets Sold on First Day
TAIPEI, Taiwan (May 2, 2008) - - Taiwan launched its first sports lottery on Friday with proceeds to be used on promoting sports and improving the lives of the handicapped. "Initially, betters can bet on international baseball, basketball and soccer games, and we plan to introduce the local professional baseball and basketball games for betting later this year," said Yang Jui-tung, vice president of the Taipei Fubon Bank, which won the rights last September to operate the lottery until 2013............Subscribers

A Hundred Sports Lottery Outlets Are Scheduled To Open Tomorrow
Legislators Push for Law Governing Sports Lotteries
TAIPEI, Taiwan (May 1, 2008) -- Lawmakers from the legislature’s Education and Culture Committee yesterday asked the Sports Affairs Council (SAC) to quickly draw up a law specifically governing sports lotteries...............Subscribers

Sports Lottery to Feature U.S., European Playoffs
TAIPEI, Taiwan (April 28, 2008) -- Taipei Fubon Commercial Bank, the first-ever sports lottery operator, will introduce on May 2, a daily draw on six themed games as well as Internet and mobile phone games by mid-June that could feature up to 7,000 games per year...................Subscribers

Sports Lottery Sales Tipped to Triple Within a Year
TAIPEI, Taiwan (April 21, 2008) -- Fubon Financial Holding Co chairman Martin Tsai is reported to have said on Saturday he would triple sales of its sports lottery (TSL), launched on May 2, to NT$30 billion (US$990.62 million) within a year................Subscribers

Sports Lottery to Kick Off in May
TAIPEI, Taiwan (April 17, 2008) -- Taiwan's first sports lottery will kick off May 2, yielding an estimated NT$1.07 billion (US$354 million) in revenue for this year, a spokesman for the issuing bank said Thursday..............Subscribers.

Activists Claim Sports Lotteries Will Hurt Welfare Programs
TAIPEI, Taiwan (January 30, 2008) -- Advocates of social welfare programs have urged the Sports Affairs Council (SAC) to establish a law to regulate the issuance of sports lotteries....................Subscribers

Sports Lotto, Industry Boost Top Priorities for SAC in '08
TAIPEI, Taiwan (January 23, 2008) -- A sports lottery and fostering better development of the sports industry will be high on the 2008 priority list for the Sports Affairs Council (SAC)..........Subscribers

Lottomatica Announces That its GTECH Subsidiary is Chosen to Provide Lottery Services and Solutions for the First Legalized Sports Lottery in Taiwan
ROME and PROVIDENCE, R.I. (December 24, 2007) -- Lottomatica S.p.A. (OTC Pink Sheets: LTTOY) announced that Taiwan Sports Lottery Company (TSLC), a joint venture in which Lottomatica’s wholly-owned subsidiary GTECH Corporation will become a 24.5 percent equity member, has signed a contract ...............Subscribers

Executive Yuan to Approve Amendments to Lottery Statute
TAIPEI, Taiwan (December 5, 2007) -- The Executive Yuan will approve a package of draft amendments to the lottery statute that will see only 20 percent of profits from the Sports Lottery used for social welfare and the other 80 percent on sports development..........Subscribers

Kaohsiung Mayor Disappointed Over Sports Lottery Bidding
KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (October 2, 2007) -- Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu expressed strong disappointment on Tuesday over a Ministry of Finance (MOF) formal announcement of the winning bank of the country’s first sports lottery to be launched next year..........Subscribers

Lottery Retailers Articulate Concerns Over Sports Lottery
TAIPEI, Taiwan (September 21, 2007) -- The nation's charity lottery retailers voiced concern at a public hearing yesterday that the coming sports lottery would have a negative impact on their business...........Subscribers

Sport Authorities Seek Law Amendment For Sports Lottery
TAIPEI, Taiwan (September 6, 2007) -- The Sports Affairs Council (SAC) is seeking assistance from ruling and opposition legislators to push for an amendment to the regulations governing lottery issuance..............Subscribers

Bank of Kaohsiung to Appeal Sports Lottery Result
KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (September 5, 2007) -- The Bank of Kaohsiung will file a complaint with the Ministry of Finance (MOF) over the just-concluded sports lottery bidding process and will call on the ministry to postpone the official announcement of the bid winner.............Subscribers

Neutrality in Sports Lottery Bid Screening Questioned
TAIPEI, Taiwan (September 5, 2007) -- The Executive Yuan has denied reports that it interfered in the sports lottery bidding process, with Cabinet spokesman Xie Zhi-wei saying that his office believes that the screening process was.............Subscribers

Executive Yuan Maintains Neutrality in Sports Lottery Bid Screening
TAIPEI, Taiwan (September 3, 2007) -- The Executive Yuan maintained neutrality and refrained from interfering in the vetting of bids to issue a sports lottery..............Subscribers

Taipei Fubon Bank Estimates Sports Lottery Will Bring in NT$30 b.
TAIPEI, Taiwan (September 3, 2007) -- The Taipei Fubon Bank estimated Monday that sales from sports lottery could reach NT$30 billion (US$909.09 million) a year............Subscribers

Taipei Fubon Bank Wins Right to Issue Sports Lottery
TAIPEI, Taiwan (September 3, 2007) -- Taipei Fubon Bank has won the right to issue a sports lottery after beating two other bidders...........Subscribers

CPBL Scandal Will Not Affect Sports Lottery Plan
TAIPEI, Taiwan (August 28, 2007) -- A recent scandal involving five professional baseball players who allegedly rigged games in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) will not affect the Executive Yuan's plan to launch the nation's first sports lottery.............Subscribers

All Systems Go for Sports Lottery Next Year
TAIPEI, Taiwan (July 30, 2007) -- The Ministry of Finance (MOF) is planning on allowing the planned sports lottery to be issued in combination with the Taiwan Lottery which Taiwan Lottery expects can have a complementary effect...........Subscribers

Kaohsiung Bank Bids To Operate Sports Lottery
KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (July 30, 2007) -- The heads of the Kaohsiung City government, the Kaohsiung Council and other local officials concerned attended a gathering organized by the Bank of Kaohsiung on Monday to highlight the bank's bid to win the right to operate a sports lottery.........Subscribers

Banks Competing to Win the Right to Issue Sports Lottery
TAIPEI, Taiwan (July 29, 2007) -- The Kaohsiung City Government and other authorities concerned are working hard soliciting the right to issue a sports lottery to help finance the 2009 World Games that will be held in the southern port city............Subscribers

Sports Lottery Moves Forward
TAIPEI, Taiwan (June 1, 2007) -- The Ministry of Finance is expected to select the issuing bank for the much-anticipated sports lottery by September 10, while the lotto operations should be launched by April 15 next year..........Subscribers

Finance Ministry to Announce Request for Proposals for Sports Lottery
TAIPEI, Taiwan (April 30, 2007) -- The Ministry of Finance (MoF) is scheduled to sit down with four banks interested in issuing sports lottery tickets on Wednesday in preparation for the launch of the nation's second large-scale lottery game next year..........Subscribers

New Lottery Ticket to Raise Funds for Global Sport Events
TAIPEI, Taiwan (February 23, 2006) -- A new kind of lottery ticket to raise funds to sponsor international sports events will reportedly be issued next year ..........................Subscribers