Hana Bank announced on March 6 that it has opened Hana The Next Lounge, a specialized face-to-face consultation channel for seniors and Pension The Dream Lounge, a specialized face-to-face consultation channel for VIP pension customers, in Seocho-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul.
Hana The Next Lounge’ provides free one-on-one consultations with retirement planning experts on topics such as retirement needs analysis, post-retirement cash flow diagnosis, risk coverage analysis, asset portfolio counseling, inheritance and gifts.
In addition, non-financial services such, including ChatGPT seminars, wine classes and gourmet classes which are currently held at Hana the Next Lounge in Euljiro and Seolleung of Seoul.
Second, the Pension The Dream Lounge provides one-on-one customized pension solutions, including comprehensive pension asset consulting, pre-retirement and post-retirement financial planning, and tax counseling for customers who have an individual IRP or defined contribution (DC) plan worth 100 million won or more.
In particular, Pension The Dream Lounge will be staffed with pension experts with more than 15 years of PB experience to provide systematic pension solutions for the entire life cycle, from retirement preparation to pension reception.
“Now that Korea has officially entered a super aging society, interest in retirement preparations is on the rise day by day in Korea,” a Hana Bank official said.
“Hana Bank plans to continue to expand specialized counseling channels to help customers plan for happy retirement lives through systematic retirement preparations.”
Customers can book consultations at Hana the Next Lounge by phone and Hana OneQ App which is Hana Bank’s flagship mobile application.
Support for SMEs in Chungcheongnam-do
Lee Dong-yeol, vice president of Hana Bank, and Chungcheongnam-do Governor Kim Tae-heum signed a “special appearance business agreement for financial support for small and medium-sized enterprises and micro-entrepreneurs” in Chungcheongnam-do.
According to the agreement, Hana Bank will make a special contribution of 5 billion won to the Chungnam Credit Guarantee Foundation (CCGF), which offers loans for the growth of companies in the province.
Based on this special contribution, the CCGF will provide credit guarantees worth 75 billion won (15 times the amount of the special contribution) to small and medium-sized businesses in the province that cannot prepare their collateral.
“Hana Bank has decided to support the local economy of Chungcheongnam-do by providing funds for SMEs and small business owners again this year,” Governor Kim said.
“We decided to contribute 5 billion won due to the governor’s special interest in SMEs and small business owners in Chungcheongnam-do,” Lee said.
“We will do everything we can do for the growth of SMEs and small business owners in Chungcheongnam-do and rev up the local economy.”
Signing Agreement with KDGC to Foster Korean Defense Industry
Hana Bank announced on March 5 that it signed a business agreement with the Korea Defense Guarantee Cooperative (KDGC) to foster the Korean defense industry and provide financial support to it.
The agreement will lay the foundation for global growth through export support for Korean defense companies and to sharpen the competitiveness of Korea’s national strategic projects by identifying and fostering small and medium-sized companies with excellent technologies.
Hana Bank will provide various financial benefits to member companies of the KDGC.
The financial benefits will include sharing market information using Hana Bank’s largest global network, issuing payment guarantees for each stage of defense industry export contract execution, consulting on export-related financial processes and business and win-win cooperation loans and preferential exchange rates.
“Under this agreement, we will continue to provide solid financial support to help our members become globally competitive in overseas markets,” said Kim Jin-woo, head of the Central Business Group at Hana Bank.
“Hana Bank will be a strong pillar for the development of the Korean defense industry through differentiated financial services based on win-win cooperation.”
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