Although the government accepted bids for the bank sale as scheduled the next day, the plan to sell the bank fell into disarray when E. Sun Financial Holdings, which had tendered the highest bid, withdrew its offer after the government failed to reach an agreement with the striking employees.
公營行庫的民營化及整併，是這些年國家的既定政策，雖然在二次金改的執行過程中碰到阻力，但陳總統強調，改革不能停止，絕對要朝預定達成的目標邁進。