TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Domestic banks’ outstanding loans to Taiwan's five key trusted industries reached NT$4.65 trillion (US$144.43 billion) at the end of June, according to Financial Supervisory Commission data.
The FSC said lending to the five sectors increased by NT$410.8 billion from the end of March, reaching 342.37% of the first-phase growth target of NT$120 billion, per CNA. The program, which runs from April through December, focuses on semiconductors, AI, defense, security technologies, and next-generation communications, per UDN.
The lending initiative was launched in February to replace the previous program covering six core strategic industries. The FSC said banks have continued expanding credit support for the targeted industries as companies adjust short- and medium-term financing needs based on business conditions, production cycles, and borrowing costs.
Among the five sectors, the defense industry recorded the largest monthly increase in lending, with outstanding loans rising NT$206.6 billion in June. AI ranked second with a NT$63.9 billion increase, followed by security technologies with a NT$38.7 billion gain.
The defense sector also had the largest loan balance at the end of June at NT$3.1 trillion, followed by AI at NT$1.1 trillion and next-generation communications at NT$1.02 trillion.
The five banks with the largest outstanding loan balances to the five key industries as of June were Bank of Taiwan, Mega International Commercial Bank, First Commercial Bank, Taiwan Cooperative Bank, and Hua Nan Commercial Bank, according to FSC data.
