Lin Hsiung-wei, the founder of Huanan Bank, was a Lin family offspring who came back to Taiwan from the mainland. At that time Japan was planning to move into Southeast Asia, and encouraged Lin to invest in a bank; Huanan then became one of the economic pillars of Japanese expansion into Southeast Asia.
創辦華南銀行的林熊徵則是大陸遷回的後代，當時日本為了拓展南洋勢力，極力拉攏林熊徵投資銀行，華南銀行即是日本開拓南洋的經濟支柱。