KGI Securities Taiwan: overseas access, eTreasury cash and trading APIs

KGI’s Taiwan securities company offers domestic brokerage, foreign-securities sub-brokerage and wealth-management routes. Product access follows the relevant account and approval.[5]

An adult branch applicant supplies identification, a second identity document and the registered seal. Minors use the branch process with their legal representatives.[4]

The domestic agreement permits the broker to terminate after five consecutive years without a trading instruction, with notice. This is a contractual inactivity/termination rule, not a stated annual inactivity fee.[3]

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KGI Taiwan is classified as multi-asset because the securities company provides shares, funds and direct bond investing. Its bond page includes government, corporate and zero-coupon bonds. KGI Futures is a separately identified group company, so its derivatives permissions and charges are not assigned to this Taiwan securities account. KGI’s Singapore securities subsidiary is also a separate legal entity.[6][1]

The foreign tariff distinguishes active buying routes from restricted ones. Stock Connect and Thai-share purchases are limited to professional investors. For ordinary customers, the UK, France and Germany rows are sell-only. A market’s appearance in a tariff therefore does not establish unrestricted new purchases.[7]

The current US campaign runs from 1 October through 31 December 2026 by US trading date and covers both new and existing KGI US-share customers. It advertises a reduced electronic commission without a minimum, but directs clients to their representative or support for the actual rate. Its recurring US purchase offer likewise does not publish the flat fee on that page. These are pricing concessions, not withdrawable cash rewards.[9]

The non-trading schedule charges NTD2 per requested record page beyond ten free pages. A reissued US 1042-S uses the price stated on its application. Where a table cell refers to a note, actual overseas exchange, custodian, clearing or other provider costs apply. Confirm transfer eligibility as well as price before instructing a move.[8]

Margin is subject to collateral maintenance as well as financing costs. The current guide describes a 130% maintenance trigger; a temporary rebound can pause liquidation without clearing the call. Clearing the call requires the specified top-up or restoration to 166%. Repayment requests for cash or securities must arrive by noon, and returned collateral can take until the second following business day. A current universal borrowing rate was not established from the reviewed guide; obtain the applicable rate, accrual basis and credit limit before using it.[12]

The September app guide describes Taiwan conditional orders that send an instruction automatically after the client’s chosen price and other conditions are met. It also identifies US conditional orders with a reservation period of up to 30 days. A trigger is an order-submission condition: it does not by itself establish a fill or a protected execution price.[14]

Normal Taiwan exchange trading is 09:00–13:30 Taipei time, with separate intraday odd-lot and after-hours sessions. For overseas trading, KGI warns that instructions entered during the three-hour accounting period after a market closes may be rejected; check status before the next opening rather than assuming the order remains live.[4][5]

eTreasury (e財庫) is a customer subledger in the securities settlement account, funded from the client’s registered own-name bank account. It avoids opening another settlement bank account. Domestic purchase money is reserved T+1 and debited T+2; sale proceeds remain in eTreasury until the client requests withdrawal. It currently advertises no management charge and 0.07% annual interest through the end of 2026.[10]

The eTreasury agreement applies the latest announced annual rate and the published balance criterion for distributing interest, which remains in the settlement account. The November 2024 cross-marketing version also addresses regulatory suspension of the cash-retention service: after specified capital or regulatory triggers, cash net of liabilities and charges is returned to the agreed bank account and the subledger closed. These are securities-account terms, not a KGI Bank deposit promise.[11]

Foreign sub-brokerage can use TWD settlement or a registered foreign-currency arrangement. TWD purchases reserve an exchange-rate buffer, and holdings acquired in TWD and foreign currency are kept distinct for settlement. The foreign-share guide identifies instant funding with KGI Bank from 08:00–22:00 and CTBC from 08:00–20:00 Taipei time. Other bank remittances may need the representative and settlement desk to confirm the credit before buying power is available. It does not publish one universal FX spread for every route.[5]

Domestic securities transfers have an electronic route with a valid certificate and the necessary TDCC authorization, as well as a signed branch application.[4]

Custody closure requires an application and clearing the securities balance.[3]

A margin account separately requires its termination form and full settlement of financing and short obligations. Withdrawing available cash is not that termination instruction.[12]

The domestic agreement provides monthly statements by post or email. Contact the settlement desk if the statement has not arrived by the twentieth.[3]

The non-trading tariff’s record-copy and 1042-S provisions concern requested documents. They do not establish automatic tax filing or universal access after closure.[8]

The account agreement provides domestic securities custody through TDCC book-entry arrangements and expressly distinguishes securities-law and financial-consumer protections from deposit insurance. It also permits recovery of a remaining debt after default liquidation. These provisions do not create negative-balance protection or insure the market value of the portfolio.[3]

Five accumulated incorrect password attempts lock electronic access. The password center offers online reissue or an in-person identity/seal process; a client who passes identification can request a one-time unlock by phone. The published recovery page does not specify a universal withdrawal cooling-off period. Preserve a separate record of active orders while access is being restored.[17]

The securities agreement recognizes telephone and in-person dealing as well as electronic instructions. Use the authorized dealing representative to check an uncertain order before repeating it through another channel. A customer-service phone listing alone is not a guarantee that a particular trade can be executed during a system or exchange outage.[3][18]

KGI’s wealth-management complaint procedure accepts identified complaints through telephone, online channels, mail, email or personal attendance, and provides a response within 30 days of receipt. A client dissatisfied with the result can seek the Financial Ombudsman Institution or another legally established dispute-resolution route. The complaint procedure is separate from password assistance and from a request to execute or cancel an order.[19]

TradeCom provides domestic securities order submission, reports and account queries; QuoteCom provides domestic market data. Access requires the securities API risk disclosure and consent plus an application. KGI supplies components for customer-developed software, including C# and Python examples. The API page’s real-time TWSE quote licence permits display use only: algorithmic trading and other non-display use require the exchange’s separate approval. Trading permission and the right to reuse quote data are therefore separate checks.[15]

KGI’s Open Securities API participation describes product information made available through cooperating third parties. That information-sharing arrangement should not be read as the same permission as TradeCom’s account and order interface. The reviewed public pages do not establish a single API fee, withdrawal capability or revocation procedure applicable to both.[16][15]

The current app’s AI-related tools combine computation and KGI investment-advisory analysis to screen shares, and provide portfolio information. The same guide separately describes investor-set conditional orders. It does not establish consent for an AI agent to select and execute arbitrary trades autonomously.[14]

Recurring purchases use separate Taiwan securities, US sub-brokerage, US wealth-management and fund account routes. The domestic arrangement can select one or more dates from the first through the thirty-first: a holiday moves the debit to the next business day, but a date absent from that month produces no debit. Check the actual schedule and contract when changing or ending recurring investments.[20]

This profile concerns KGI Securities Co., Ltd. in Taiwan, with its published address at 700 Mingshui Road, Taipei. KGI Financial Holding reports that the Taiwan securities business ranked second by brokerage market share in 2025 and had 71 outlets. These describe national scale and distribution, not a comparison of investor outcomes. The group separately identifies KGI Futures and its overseas securities subsidiaries.[2][1]

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Taipei, Taiwan