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Chairman Kim Yong-hwan of NH Financial Group.
NongHyup Financial Group Inc. said on Oct. 26 that its third-quarter earnings increased nearly 3 percent on-year thanks to strong revenue and less money set aside to cover bad debt.
Net profit reached 182.7 billion won ($162.2 million) in the July-Sept…
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A view of an opening ceremony of the Industrial Bank of Korea’s Kangaroo Store in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province. IBK President Kwon Seon-joo is among the store’s staff, officials of IBK and officials from the Holt Children Welfare in the ceremony held recently in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province.(Photo: IBK)
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President Lee Kwang-goo of Woori Bank. (Photo: Woori Bank)South Korea’s government has sold a $2.1 billion stake in Woori Bank to multiple investors in its latest bid to privatize the lender and recoup taxpayer money it pumped in to bail out the lender some two decades ago, according to the country…
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President Ahn Min-soo of Samsung Fire and Marine Insurance Co.
South Korean non-life insurance companies are expected to report better earnings in the July-September period thanks to an improvement in the auto insurance segment despite a prolonged low-interest-rate environment.
According to Korea…
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Chairman Park Hyun-joo of Mirae Asset Group.(Photo: Mirae Asset Group)
Mirae Asset Daewoo will introduce Vietnam CB Fund in Korea scaled at 67 billion won, which is projected to earn more than 30 percent in Vietnam.
Mirae Asset Group said on Oct. 19 it is slated to introduce the No. 1 Linos Vietna…
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A Kookmin Card’s credit card with the credit card firm to introduce Blockchain for personal verification to verify the online financial transactions for the first time in Korea.(Photos: Kookmin Card).
KB Kookmin Card may become the first credit card operator in Korea to introduce the Blockchain te…
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Chairman Yoon Jong-kyoo of KB Financial Group leads the officers and staff of the financial group at a rally to continue to go all-out to make the group to hold on to its leading position in earnings in the financial industry(Photo: KFG)
KB Financial Group’s Net Interest Income (NII) for Q3 reache…
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President Lee Kwang-goo of Woori Bank.
The South Korean lender announced Oct. 26 that it received final approval from the Philippine’s financial authority to take over a 51 percent stake in Wealth Development Bank for 30 billion won ($26 million). With the stake purchase, Woori Bank will become th…
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President Ryu Sang-ho of Korea Investment and Securities Co.
Korea Investment and Securities bought some 1.5 trillion won worth of real estate abroad so far this year, the most among Korean securities firms, boosting investments in overseas real estate to diversify its assets due to a worsening fin…
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President Lee Kwang-goo of Woori Bank.
As many as 16 financial institutions and private equity funds from home and abroad have entered the preliminary bid for Woori Bank, whose government stake of 30 percent has been offered in splinters of 4 percent to 8 percent after four previous lump-sum privat…
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Tens of thousands of people, carrying candles and pickets, take to the street in front of the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul, to protest against President Yoon Suk-yeol’s issuing of martial law and demand President Yoon to step down from his pr…
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With (from left, standing) Minister of Environment Kim Wan-sup, Deputy Prime Minister-Minister of Economy and Finance Choi Sang-mok, Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Ahn Duk-geun, and Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Park Sang-woo…
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삼성전자, SK하이닉스, 한국전력, 한국수자원공사, 한국토지주택공사 등 관계기관은 11월 27일 오전 한국반도체산업협회에서 ‘용인 반도체 클러스터 인프라 구축 협약식’을 개최하고 원활한 전력‧용수공급 사업 추진을 위한 협약을 체결하였다.금번 협약을 통해…
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한국표준협회는 10월 21일 서울 삼성동 DT센터(협회 본사)에서 임시 총회를 열고 문동민(文東珉) 전 산업통상자원부 무역위원회 상임위원을 신임 회장에 선임했다고 22일 밝혔다.문동민 신임 회장은 (서울대 경제학과(학사), 서울대 행정대학원(석사)에서 학위를 취득했…
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