Social Involvement Strategies
Promoting Knowledge Equality
SinoPac Holdings encourages people to respect the elderly and continues to leverage core businesses and use the professional resources of SinoPac Holdings to provide more convenient financial services to people in rural or hard-to-reach areas and those with difficulties in obtaining such services (e.g., inter-bank ATM withdrawal services in collaboration with Chunghwa Post). SinoPac established the Anti-Deception Volunteer Group in 2022 and created diverse activities including Anti-Deception advocacy campaigns, games, and plays. In 2023, SinoPac taught 2,643 elderly people in remote rural areas and the public how to protect themselves from fraud to jointly protect the properties of the elderly and the public.
Bank SinoPac understands the importance of financial literacy and launched the "mma Children Account" in 2014, a specially designed wealth management account for children under 18 for parents to manage the account together with their children. In addition, the online version of the SinoPac Wealth Management Course was launched to help teachers and students acquire financial knowledge with the aim of integrating art performances and financial management into the daily life of teachers and students. Students are encouraged to develop a sense of aesthetics and wealth management literacy from an early age with the right concept and appropriate financial tools so that they can accumulate wealth and create a bright future. In 2023, Bank SinoPac joined the "Upturn Bank - Financial Literacy Education Program" and sponsored the upgrade of the systems in Laomei Elementary School and Guashan Elementary School in New Taipei City and Yisheng Elementary School in Taoyuan as well as the Chung Yi Social Welfare Foundation (placement institution for middles school students) to Upturn Bank 2.0 and sponsored the Upturn Bank 1.0 system and related equipment for the Hong-Yeh after-school class in Yanping Township of Taitung County. In rural areas, financial education resources are insufficient and financial services are not easily accessible. It introduced a model of how society functions based on "Virtual Reality" in the classroom settings in school with accompanying teachers and tolerant guidance for mistakes, so that children can learn how to make real choices, understand their responsibilities, and enhance their understanding of money before adulthood.
SinoPac Holdings, Bank SinoPac, and SinoPac Securities jointly participated in the "Financial Service Charity Carnival" organized by Taiwan Financial Services Roundtable. The Carnival communicated the correct financial knowledge through gamification to promote inclusive finance and deception prevention. It helped more people enhance their financial literacy, which prevents fraud and improves wealth management.
SinoPac Holdings and National Chengchi University cooperated in the opening of credit courses based on the concept of "joint training by the industry and academia and actual operations in internships" to cultivate professional talents for the financial industry. They help students explore their future career paths and co-organize "Campus Business Contests", which showcase students' creativity and vitality with participation in business contests and stimulate the potential of innovative thinking of the next generation. Bank SinoPac has collaborated with National Chung Hsing University for the 9th consecutive year in the "NCHU Business Mentor Program" to jointly create a career support platform for promoting connections between the industry and academia and helping students prepare themselves for their careers. Bank SinoPac also participated in industry-academia cooperation activities with several academic institutions including the "Sustainable Industry-Academia Talent Cultivation" of National Taiwan University, "NCCU Talent Cultivation Program" of National Chengchi University, "Professional Career Mentor Program" of National Cheng Kung University, and "Business Leadership Program" and micro credit courses of National Tsing Hua University to help students recognize and learn about the developments of the financial industry. Bank SinoPac continued assign outstanding instructors certified by the Financial Supervisory Commission to participate in the "School and Community Financial Literacy Campaign" to support inclusive finance with financial literacy education.