The presence of foreign banks also helps to strengthen relations between the ROC and countries with which it has no diplomatic relations.
此外，我國退出聯合國後，有識之士倡導「金融外交」，亦希望藉與外商銀行的往來，加強與無邦交國家的實質關係，並提高我國在國際金融界的地位。「基於上述考慮，政府對准許外商銀行在台設立分行的態度趨於積極。