The Act Governing Electronic Payment Institutions Article 41
To prevent specialized electronic payment institutions from damaging the rights and interests of consumers by failing to entrust the funds to a trustee or obtain full performance guarantee from a bank, specialized electronic payment institutions shall set aside funds to establish a sinking fund.When a specialized electronic payment institution runs into financial difficulty, thereby becoming insolvent and breaching its contract, the sinking fund may, in the capacity of a third person, repay the consumers and, from the time of making repayment, assume the rights of the consumers within the extent of repayment.Regulations governing the organization, management, repayment, and other matters of the sinking fund shall be prescribed by the competent authority.Each specialized electronic payment institution shall set aside a certain percentage of its business revenue to the sinking fund; the certain percentage shall be prescribed by the competent authority in consideration of the economic and business conditions and the affordability of each specialized electronic payment institution.
中文原文 電子支付機構管理條例第41條
為避免專營電子支付機構未依第二十一條交付信託或取得銀行十足履約保證,而損及消費者權益,專營電子支付機構應提撥資金,設置清償基金。
專營電子支付機構因財務困難失卻清償能力而違約時,清償基金得以第三人之地位向消費者為清償,並自清償時起,於清償之限度內承受消費者之權利。
清償基金之組織、管理及清償等事項之辦法,由主管機關定之。
清償基金由各專營電子支付機構自營業收入提撥;其提撥比率,由主管機關審酌經濟、業務情形及各專營電子支付機構承擔能力定之。
專營電子支付機構因財務困難失卻清償能力而違約時,清償基金得以第三人之地位向消費者為清償,並自清償時起,於清償之限度內承受消費者之權利。
清償基金之組織、管理及清償等事項之辦法,由主管機關定之。
清償基金由各專營電子支付機構自營業收入提撥;其提撥比率,由主管機關審酌經濟、業務情形及各專營電子支付機構承擔能力定之。