Forced to find a more secure livelihood yet unwilling to switch to another newspaper after six years at the Kung-lun pao, he joined the Land Bank of Taiwan, where he served as spokesman, director of public relations and editor of internal publications, positions still related to the news business.
最後迫於生計，又不願背棄故主、跳槽別報，袁方離開待了六年的公論報，轉入土銀，擔任內部刊物主編、公共關係科長及新聞發言人等，和新聞界仍脫不了關係的職務。