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Chairman Moon Chang-yong of Korea Asset Management Corp.(KAMCO). (Photo: KAMCO)Korea Asset Management Corporation (KAMCO) will look at revising the KAMCO Act so it can actively assist troubled but viable small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). It plans to do that by normalizing their business th…
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Chairman Yoon Jong-kyoo of KB Financial GroupKB Financial Group reported its best-ever quarterly net income for the April-June period, largely supported by recovery of bad debts.The holding company, in a regulatory filing on July 18, said its net profit in the second quarter jumped 17.2 percent on q…
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Chairman Sohn Tae-seung of Woori Financial Group. (Photos: WFG)Woori Financial Group said July 22 that it recorded a net profit of nearly 1.18 trillion won ($1.53 billion) for the first half of the year, marking a new high. Second-quarter net income increased 7.6 percent on-quarter to 610.3 billion …
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Chairman Kim Gwang-soo of NH Financial Group. (Photo: NHFG) NongHyup Financial Group Inc. reported a net profit of 564.4 billion won ($476.6 million) in the second quarter, surging 30.4 percent from the previous three months thanks to solid earnings from its major lending unit.Net profit in the firs…
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President Kim Do-jin of Industrial Bank of Korea, delivers his congratulatory speech at the bank’s 58th anniversary ceremony held on Aug.1 at the bank’s head office in Euljiro, downtown Seoul.The Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) celebrated its 58th anniversary this year by launching a digital servic…
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Chairman Lee Dong-gull of Korea Development Bank.(Photo: KDB)South Korean state lenders will put up 5 trillion won ($4.1 billion) in a government-sponsored fund to finance mergers and acquisitions to raise competitiveness and resilience of Korea Inc. against outside risk factors, such as trade barri…
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President Lee Dae-hoon of NH BankNH Bank has set up a special loan fund under the name of “NH Business Success Loan,” amounting to 3 trillion won, to be provided to companies sustain damages from the Japan’s unilateral trade sanctions against Korea.The bank announced on Aug. 12 that it will give …
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Chairman Park Hyeon-joo of Mirae Asset Group.Mirae Asset Financial Group is emerging as the leading bidder for a U.S. luxury hotel portfolio being sold by trouble Chinese insurer Anbang Insurance Group Co, people with knowledge of the matter said. An affiliate of Mirae is working to arrange financin…
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Chairman Shin Chang-jae of Kyobo Life Insurance Co. (Photos: Kyobo Life)Kyobo Life Insurance marked its 61st anniversary Aug. 7. and celebrated it with the publication of a book on its 60-year history.Founder Shin Yong-ho started the insurance firm with total assets of only 22 million won ($19,547) …
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A scene from an opening ceremony for Shinhan Vietnam Finance Company, a local affiliate of Shinhan Card, on July 2 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, attended by a number of key figures from both Korea and Vietnam led by Chairman Cho Yong-byeong of Shinhan Financial Group, President Lim Young-jin of Shin…
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▲ 인천항만공사 항만정보화실 직원들의 청렴 메세지(“관행이라는 묵은 ‘때’를 박박 벗겨내야, 진정한 청렴의 ‘때’가 옵니다.”) 인증샷 촬영을 하고 있다.인천항만공사(www.icpa.or.kr, 사장 이경규)는 청렴을 조직의 핵심 경쟁력으로 육성하기 위해 ‘청렴 특화 …
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Geyongsangbuk-do Gov. Lee Cheol-woo. (Photo: Gyeongsangbuk-do)Gyeongsangbuk-do struck a contract to achieve self-sufficiency for defense semiconductors with major research institutions in the national defense and semiconductor sectors, universities a…
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President Lee Kyung-gyu of Incheon Port Authority and Kim Yong-tae, the head of the Incheon Regional Office of Oceans and Fisheries, poses with award winners at a ceremony to celebrate held a ceremony to celebrate Incheon Port’s record high coastal …
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President Ahn Byung-gil of Korea Ocean Business Corp. (KOBC) poses with participating dignitaries at a ceremony to open KOBC’s first overseas branch in Singapore’s central business district. (Photo: KOBC)Korea Ocean Business Corp. (KOBC) has opened…
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