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Chairman Sohn Tae-seung of Woori Financial Group. (Photo: WFG)Chairman Sohn Tae-seung of Woori Financial Group and CEO of Woori Bank said he will go after M&As like never before to expand the group’s business scale in key financial areas such as insurance and securities. “Our M&As just beg…
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Chairman Jung Ji-won of the Korea Exchange. (KRX) (Photo:KRX) The stock market trading slowed somewhat even though the new tax on stock trading was put into force on May 30. Transactions amounted to 1.099,1 billion, a fall from the 1.383,9 billion trade transactions averaged daily in May.The daily t…
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President Lee Jin-kook of Hana Financial Investment Co.Hana Financial Investment Co. (HFI), an affiliate of Hana Financial Group, plans to boost its capital to around 4 trillion won and become a large investment banking firm. Its closest rival, Shinhan Financial Investment, has put off its plan to i…
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Chairman Kim Jung-tai holds a copy of an MOU signed with President Loie Le Guisquet of Oracle EMEA and JAPAN, for mutual cooperation on GLN’s successful launch of services and global expansion and collaboration on new technologies such as blockchain and AI, among others. (Photo: HFG)Hana Financial …
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Chairman Cho Yong-byeong of Shinhan Financial Group. (Photo: SFG)Shinhan Financial Group Co. reported a 7.1 percent increase in its net profit for the first quarter ending March from a year earlier, thanks to gains from the insurance unit, Orange Life Insurance, Ltd. it acquired last year.Shinhan Fi…
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Chairman Yoon Jong-kyoo of KB Financial Group. (Photo:KB Financial Group)KB Financial Group posted 845.7 billion won in net profit in the first quarter of this year a little down YoY but three times more than the preceding quarter, the group said on April 24.The group cleared that the Q1 net profit …
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A group of dignitaries led by Chairman Kim Jung-tai of Hana Financial Group, 3rd L, and leaders of local banks in Taipei, Taiwan, pose for a photo session at a launching ceremony of the Hana Bank’s overseas electronic payment service at the bank’s Taiwan branch on April 24. (Photo: Hana Financial …
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Chairman Kim Gwang-soo of NH Financial Group. (Photo: NHFG)NH Financial Group reported an 11-percent jump in its first-quarter earnings from a year earlier thanks to a stellar performance of its banking and investment securities units.NH Financial Group said in a regulatory filing on April 29 that i…
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Chairman Sohn Tae-seung of Woori Financial Group. (Photos: WFG)Woori Financial Holdings Corp. delivered a net profit of 568.6 billion won ($490.5 million) in the first quarter, posting better-than-expected results since its rebranding to a holding entity earlier this year.The Korean company said Apr…
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President Lee Dong-cheol of KB Card, left, delivers a check for 120 million won in donation to the Mirok Umbrella Children’s Foundation on May 3. (Photo: KB Card)KB Card donated 120 million won to the Mirok Umpbrella Children’s Foundation to help the foundation’s efforts to fight against fine dus…
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Nongshim CEO Jo Yong-chul makes a presentation on the success of Shin Ramyun at Lotte Hotel in Seoul on May 13. (Photos: Nongshim)Nongshim announced on May 13 that cumulative sales of Shin Ramyun, which marks its 40th anniversary this year, surpassed…
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Chairman Cho Won-tae of Hanjin Group. Korean Air has gotten a lot of “love” from financial markets, in particular for the brainchild of the merger, Chairman Cho Won-tae of Hanjin Group. The historic M&A with Asiana Airlines is evaluat…
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A view of Samsung Electronics Suwon Digital City. (Photo: Samsung Electronics)Labor and management of Samsung Electronics reached a tentative agreement on incentives at the last minute on May 20, averting a strike one and half hours before the deadli…
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Hyundai Motor Vice Chair Chang Jae-hoon (right) poses for a photo with Vice Minister of Trade, Industry and Resources Moon Shin-hak at the 23rd Automobile Day Event on May 12.Hyundai Motor Group Vice Chair Chang Jae-hoon won the Gold Tower Order of I…
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