MEGA BANK LOST NT$20.4B AFTER FINED FOR VIOLATING US REGULATION|遭美重罰57億 兆豐金股價重挫蒸發204億

Mega international commercial bank's New York branch has been fined fined US$180 million, or NT$5.7 billion, for violation of the United States' money laundering regulations. Its per share price dropped to NT$22.3 and thus it lost NT$20.4 billion in one day. Other financial holding firms and the financial industry have also been affected. Mega Bank has got into trouble three times within 5 months. Premier Lin Chuan has demanded a task force probe into the violations. The Ministry of Finance has also called a meeting with the 8 state-controlled banks to review their practices. Mega Bank has been fined NT$5.7 billion for violations of the United States' money laundering regulations. On Aug. 22, its share price opened with a drop of 5% and fell all the way to NT$22.05 at mid session. It closed at NT$22.3 with the largest trading volume of 129,351,000 shares in over 7 years. With its share price down by 6.3%, Mega Bank's market value evaporated NT$20.4 billion within one day. ==MR. CHUANG, Investor== Before Chiao Tung Bank's merger into Mega Bank, the share price was 60. Now it has dropped to less than 30. If Mega Bank does not address money laundering, its share price could drop further. (How much further do you think it will be?) It will be abysmal. Mega Bank's falling share price affected the 14 financial holding companies, whose market value has shrunk by NT$65 billion in total. The Ministry of Finance called a meeting with the 8 state-controlled banks and requested that they review their practices regarding legal compliance and anti-money laundering in oversea branches. Premier Lin Chuan ordered to form a task force to conduct investigations. ==SU JAIN-RONG, Deputy Minister of Finance== Mega Bank was too careless about legal compliance. If they had complied with the laws and regulations, they could have modified their practices accordingly. Mega Bank reported an earning of NT$15.1 billion in its first half-year report, which translated to NT$2.23 billion per month. A fine of NT$5.7 billion is equivalent to its net profit for two and a half months. ==HUANG SHIH-TSUNG, Financial Expert== The government's holding is around 20%, so the loss is of course borne by the people. The people should at least know why this happened. According to Huang, as Mega Bank is 20% owned by the government, a share of around NT$1.14 billion of the fine might be borne by the Taiwanese people. It is said that Wu Han-Ching, General Manager of Mega Bank, has submitted a verbal resignation. TRANSLATED BY：LUKE CHIANG 違反美國反洗錢法規，遭到重罰新臺幣57億的兆豐金，今天股價以跳空下跌5%開出，一路重挫，盤中最低摜至22.05元，成交量暴增到12萬9351張，創七年多來的最大量，今天股價收在22.3元，重挫6.3%，一天市值就蒸發了204億元。 ==投資人 莊先生== 兆豐金以前的交通銀行 以前現金是60塊 現在跌到20幾塊 洗錢這東西沒有解決的話 兆豐金可能還是在下跌 （那你覺得可能會跌到多少) 就跌到無底洞啊 兆豐金股價重挫，也連帶拖累14家金控整體市值，一天縮水總計超過650億元，帳面損失相當慘烈。財政部今天下午，緊急與八大公股行庫開會，要求針對海外分行的法令遵循，和反洗錢機制，提出檢討報告。而行政院長林全也指示成立跨部會專案小組，追究責任歸屬。 ==財政部政務次長 蘇建榮== （兆豐金)對法律遵循太過輕忽 今天如果說法律遵循知識 足夠的話 早就可以處理掉 早就可以按照它的 法律規範來做修正 根據兆豐金今年上半年財報，稅後純益151.06億元，每股稅後純益1.11元，由上半年淨利推算，每月約賺22.3億元。換言之，兆豐金控被重罰57億元，相當於公司2.5個月的淨利。 ==財經專家 黃世聰== 政府持股大概10幾個% 那所以它的損失 當然就是全民的損失 所以某種程度來說 它至少要給國人一個 非常清楚的交代 黃世聰指出，由於公股的持股比率大約兩成，以此推算，恐怕等於大約11.4億元罰金由全民買單。而傍晚也傳出，兆豐金控總經理吳漢卿，也已口頭請辭以示負責。 記者 王柏文 陳立峰 台北報導