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Standard Chartered Bank (Taiwan) raised the annual airport lounge visit allowance on its Priority Banking credit cards to eight trips from six, pairing the change with a higher foreign-transaction rebate cap for cardholders who meet quarterly wealth thresholds.
Standard Chartered Taiwan raised the annual airport-lounge visit limit on its Priority Banking credit cards to eighteen from twelve, effective for card cycles that renew in November.
Criminal investigators and CTBC Bank urged cardholders to verify one-time password texts line by line after rings bound stolen cards to mobile wallets for department-store splurges.
Union Bank’s digital-subscription promo stacks 10 percent rebates on Netflix and other streamers for cardholders who register before monthly caps fill.
Bank SinoPac is waiving mobile-banking transfer fees for Taiwan Power and water utility payments through the Double-Ten long weekend, pitching the perk to cardholders who consolidate household bills before statement cycles close.
Taishin Bank is bundling ChatGPT, Notion and other AI subscriptions into its Richart points program for October web sales, while rival issuers tighten login caps on holiday promotions.
E.Sun Bank tightened monthly cashback ceilings on cinema tickets and night-market spend for three co-branded cards, citing higher redemption rates after summer travel.
Sinopac Bank’s co-branded FUNNOW card will cap monthly dining cashback at NT$300 and trim partner-restaurant multipliers starting with October statements, the issuer said in a revised benefits sheet.
E.Sun’s DAWHO cash-back card resets its NT$1,000 monthly domestic rebate cap on Oct. 1, a timing cue for cardholders stacking holiday travel and online spending before Double Ten week.
Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission said revolving credit balances reached NT$119 billion in July while effective cards totaled 59.49 million, a mix that matters for household cash-flow stress into the year-end shopping season.
Shin Kong Commercial Bank Co. said night-market vendors who enroll in its QR settlement pilot will receive same-day credits to merchant accounts for Taiwan Pay scans, a move aimed at stall owners who still rely on cash after Mid-Autumn festival crowds.
The Financial Supervisory Commission reminded cardholders to verify one-time passwords as flu clinics open and health-token rewards begin for adult vaccinations.
Cathay United Bank’s CUBE card switches on its Autumn Japan perk October 1, stacking merchant coupons on top of up to 10 percent rewards for travelers booking Double Ten getaways.
CTBC Bank said the 4,000-cardholder cap for its Travel Titanium Asia cashback boost filled before the September enrollment window closed, leaving late registrants on the base overseas rate.
The Financial Supervisory Commission told banks to finish provisional credits within seven business days when customers dispute charges tied to fake parcel-fee SMS links that spiked over the Mid-Autumn weekend.
Taiwan High Speed Rail's single-day record of 348,000 passengers on Sept 24 lands at card desks just as issuers model fourth-quarter travel volume — and the bill that follows the trip is where the NT dollars actually move.
CIB data shows August phishing losses up 317% on 505 cases and NT$54.51 million, with scammers impersonating Momo and Shopee. The harder problem for cardholders starts after the unfamiliar e-commerce charge appears on the statement.
CTBC Bank extended zero-fee installment plans on its travel co-branded credit cards through the October billing cycle, according to app notices and branch circulars effective September 24, targeting Mid-Autumn holiday bookings that merchants post to statements in early October.
Taishin International Bank extended its Taishin Green Card carbon-offset fee waiver through the year-end statement cycle so cardholders who opt into the issuer’s offset program avoid per-transaction administrative charges on eligible domestic spend through January billing.
Sinopac Digital Finance linked Sinopac Wallet light-rail QR ticket top-ups in Kaohsiung and Tainan to tiered cashback rebates on linked credit cards, capping monthly rewards and requiring minimum reload amounts per campaign rules.