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President Kim Jae-chun of Korea Housing Finance Corp.(Photo: KHFC)
Korea Housing Finance Corp. (KHFC) provides housing finance in Korea. It offers long-term mortgage loans; housing guarantees for individuals, such as guarantees for rental, installments, and home purchases; housing guarantees for ho…
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President Lee Kwang-goo of Woori Bank.
Shares of Woori Bank have been rising rapidly this year with the expectation that the bank would do well in the first year of its privatization. The government sold most of its stake in the bank to multiple private sector investors last November for $2.1 billi…
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Shinhan Card President Lim Young-jin.
Shinhan Card has launched the Asiana Shinhan Card Air 1.5, which strengthens benefits for cardholders from the accumulation of mileage with Asiana Airlines. The new card has the highest mileage accumulation rate among similar cards in operation, with more benef…
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The “KB Card Easy Auto Loan” enables a car buyer to pay for a car with his or her credit card and make repayments in monthly installments for 60 months as if repaying a loan.
But the interest charges for the installment financial product vary depending on car model and the amount of the down pa…
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Under its Three Highs Loan Policy, the Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) in February provided a total of 2 trillion won in loans, consisting of 1 trillion won each to small individual businessmen, and SMEs with mid-level credit ratings.
Loans with the Special Support Program, for small business firm…
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A group of dignitaries clap their hands at a seminar on June 8 where the announcement on the opening of K-OTC Market on July 1 is made by Chairman Hwang Young-key, 3rd R front row, of KOFIA.(Photo:KOFIA)
Korea’s over-the-counter market (K-OTC) market is slated to open next month, helping investors…
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Chairman Cho Yong-byoung of Shinhan Financial Group.(Photo: SFG)
Shinhan Financial Group posted a net profit of 997.1 billion won in the first quarter, up 29.3 percent from 771.4 billion won in the same period last year. The result is a whopping 62.9 percent increase from three months ago and the h…
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Chairman Yoon Jong-kyoo of KB Financial Group.(Photo: KB Financial)
KB Financial Group’s net profit for the first quarter of this year came in at an impressive 870.1 billion won, up 59.7 percent year-on-year.
The stellar performance was driven by higher interest income and fee and commissio…
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Chairman Kim Yong-hwan of NH Financial Group shakes hands recently with an official while on a tour of the IT Center of the group.(Photo: NH Financial)
NongHyup Financial Group Chairman Kim Yong-hwan said he always puts principles above all in solving problems.
When he was a fourth-grade officer w…
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President Kim Do-jin of the Industrial Bank of Korea(IBK).(Photo: IBK)
The Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) may be about to declare the highest dividend in its history this year, attracting the attention of stock market investors at home and abroad.
On a consolidated basis with affiliates including …
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KR Chairman Lee Young-seok poses with participants at the 2026 Southeast Asia Committee (KRSAC) meeting in Singapore on July 30. (Photo: KR)Korean Register (KR) successfully hosted two key events in Singapore from July 29 to 30: the 2026 Technical Se…
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Busan Mayor Jun Jae-soo. (Photos: Busan Metropolitan City Government)Busan Mayor Jun Jae-soo revealed his roadmap to remake Busan into a “maritime capital of the nation” to spearhead an era of “New Arctic Shipping Routes”, a huge opportunity for …
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President Lee Jae-myung toasts with Samsung Electronics Chmn. Lee Jay-yong, Hyundai Motor Group Chmn. Chung Eui-sun, SK Group Chmn. Chey Tae-won, Chmn. Lee Hae-jin of Naver’s Borad of Directors, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Science and ICT …
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President of Song Sang-keun of the Busan Port Authority (BPA). (Photos: BPA)The Busan Port Authority (BPA) participated in 2026 IAPH-KMI Forum in Tokyo on July 27 and presented its strategies to make Busan Port a digitalized smart port. The foru…
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