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Chairman Yoon Jong-kyoo of KB Financial Group.
KB Financial Group’s saw its share price outstrip its rival Shinhan Financial Group in January for the first time in four years. KB Financial’s shares jumped 2.66 percent as of the close on Jan. 25 to 46,300 won per share, an astounding rise of 56.2 …
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Chairman Kim Jung-tae of Hana Financial Group.
Hana Financial Group posted 1.345 trillion won in net profit in 2016, up nearly 50 percent year-on-year, the group said on Jan. 24. It’s the largest net profit since Hana Bank merged with Korea Exchange Bank in 2012.
Officials of the group attributed…
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Chairman Kim Yong-hwan of NH Financial Group shakes hands with a staff as he visits the NH Investment and Securities Co. head office with President Kim Won-kyu of the securities affiliate of the group behind him.(Photo: NH Financial Group)
NH Bank erased the deficit it incurred in 2015 and hi…
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Chairman-designate Cho Yong-beong of Shinhan Bank slated to succeed chairman Han Dong-woo of Shinhan Financial Group who retires in March.(Photos: SFG)Shinhan Card President Wi Sung-ho tapped as Shinhan Bank president.
Cho Yong-beong, the chairman-designate of Shinhan Financial Group said he will g…
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President Lee Kwang-goo of Woori Bank.
President Lee Kwang-goo of Woori Bank has been recommended as the first president of the privatized Woori Bank by the Woori Bank President Recommendation Committee.
The president-nominee will officially take over the office for two years as soon as shareholde…
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President Kim Do-jin of Industrial Bank of Korea.(Photo: IBK)
The Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) logged consolidated net profit of 1.164,6 trillion won in 2016, up 1.6 percent YoY, which includes those of IBK Capital and IBK Investment and Securities.
IBK posted its own net profit of 1.267 t…
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KB Card CEO Yoon Woong-won.
KB Kookmin Card Co. introduced a blockchain-based personal authentication system for its bank service users from November last year, becoming the first Korean financial institution to adopt such a simplified, but more secure mobile payment verification system in Korea.
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President Kim Won-kyu of NH Investment and Securities Co,(Photos:NHIS)
NH Investment and Securities Co. has decided to push the Mirae Asset Rogers Commodity Index Fund, which is focused on investments in industrial raw materials, including energy, minerals and farm produce. Experts are now counting…
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Chairman Hwang Young-key of the Korea Financial Investment Association.
Chairman Hwang Young-key of the Korea Financial Investment Association (KOFIA) said there are some financial regulations that the securities firms find very restrictive for their operations, and thus, need to be reformed.
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President Chun Byong-jo of KB Securities.
KB Securities Co. will strengthen its PEF operation in the new year by setting up a fund and establishing a team to take charge of its operation.
According to IB sources, the securities firm may consider setting up a PEF as large as as 300 billion won to b…
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President Lee Jae-myung and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi address a joint press conference in New Delhi on April 20. President Lee Jae-myung made a state visit to Vietnam and expanded diplomatic activities designed to build global supply c…
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(from left) Dignitaries, including Presidential Chief of Staff for Policy Kim Yong-beom,; Kim Sung-hwan, Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment; Kim Jung-kwan, Minister of Trade, Industry and Resources; Bae Kyung-hoon, Deputy Prime Minister and …
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President Lee Jae-myung shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Jan. 5 as they attended a ceremony to sign MOUs. (Photo on the courtesy of the Presidential Office)President Lee Jae-myung held summi…
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HD Hyundai Chmn. Chung Ki-sun takes office at a ceremony on Oct. 17. (Photos: HD Hyundai)New HD Hyundai Group Chung Ki-sun said “As far as Our group’s changes and leap forward is concerned, now is a critical juncture.” Chmn. Chung made the re…
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