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NH농협은행은 2월 24일 서울 서초구 소재 NH디지털혁신캠퍼스에서 국내 최초로 블록체인 기반의 분산ID(Decentralized Identifier : 분산 신원식별 시스템) 기술이 적용된 「모바일 사원증」 서비스를 선보였다고 25일 밝혔다. 분산ID 기술은 블록체인 기술을 기반으로 신원증명(ID)을 관리하는 전자신분증 시스템을 일컫는…
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Hana Bank is seeking making strategic investments by acquiring a stake in a ranking Myanmar-based commercial bank to enter the Southeast Asian financial Market. The move is similar to Hana Bank’s strategy of diversifying its business portfolio by acquiring an equity stake in the Joint Stock Commerc…
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Cho Yong-byung, chairman of the Shinhan Financial Group. (Photo: Shinhan Financial Group) Shinhan Financial Group recorded the highest-ever net profit since its establishment, with 3,403.5 billion won in net profit in 2019. This was an increase of 7.8 percent compared to the previous year. The group…
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Chairman Yoon Jong-kyoo of KB Financial Group. (Photo: KB Financial Group)KB Financial Group remained in the “3 trillion won club” for net income for three consecutive years in 2019. The group announced on Feb. 6 that it posted 3,311.8 billion won in net income last year, including 534.7 billion w…
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Chairman Kim Jung-tai of Hana Financial Group (Photo: Hana Financial Group)The Hana Financial Group announced on Feb. 4 that it posted 2,408.4 billion won in annual net profit last year, up 7.35 percent year on year based on consolidated financial statements. During the same period, its sales and op…
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Chairman Sohn Tae-seung of Woori Financial Group speaks at the financial group’s management strategy meeting at Woori Financial Group headquarters in Sogong-dong, Seoul, on Jan. 12. (Photo: Woori Financial Group)Woori Financial Group, which marked the first anniversary of the establishment of a hol…
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New President Kwon Kwang-suk of Woori Bank.President Kwon Kwang-suk of Community Credit Cooperatives has been tapped as the new president of Woori Bank. Woori Bank’s selecting Kwon, who is in his 50s and is outside the bank, may be construed as the bank’s intention to begin generational change in …
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Chairman Kim Gwang-soo of NH Financial Group. (Photo: NH Financial Group)NH Nonghyup Financial Group posted a record 1,779.6 billion won in net income in 2019. Its net income was the highest since the company was founded in 2012. It is also an improvement of 46 percent from 2018’s 1,218.9 billion w…
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President Lee Dae-hoon of NH Nonghyup Bank encourages employees after checking main systems at the NH Integrated IT Center in Euiwang, Gyeonggi Province on Jan. 22.Lee Dae-hoon, head of NH Nonghyup Bank, started his third term this year. It marked the first time that a president of NH Nonghyup Bank …
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President Yoon Jong-won of the Industrial Bank of Korea gives his inauguration speech as he took office as IBK’s 26th present on Jan. 29. (Photos: IBK)“I will create an innovation-powered organization to enhance competitiveness through innovative finance and fair play-based management,” said Yoon…
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Minister Kim Yun-duk of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Chairman Han Man-hee of the International Contractors Association of Koreas, ministers and vice ministers from 32 countries and contractor CEOs attend the Global Infrastructu…
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POSCO E&C President Song Chi-young. (Photos: POSCO E&C)POSCO E&C signed a supply contract for carbon reduction equipment to be installed at POSCO’s Pohang Steelworks with ThyssenKrupp Uhde, a German engineering firm specializing in plant…
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CAK Chmn. Han Seung-goo of the Construction Association of Korea, President Lee Han-woo of Hyundai E&C, President Lee Ki-jung of Hanyang University and President Lee Chung-jae of the Korea Construction Economy Institute of Korea pose with Hanyang…
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Chairman Han Man-hee of the International Contractors Association of Korea (ICAK).Amid growing expectations that the construction industry will win Middle East reconstruction projects following the US-Iran agreement, the Overseas Construction Associa…
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