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Chairman Choi Kyung-soo of the Korea Exchange (KRX).
Korea¡¯s stock markets will be open for 30 more minutes starting this month, the bourse operator said July 31, in a bid to add more vitality to the securities industry.
Starting Aug. 1, the markets for stocks and gold will close at 3:30 p.m., 30¡¦
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Chairman Park Hyun-joo of Mirae Asset Group.(Photo: Mirae Asset)
The Fintech, the latest fad in the financial industry, has been sweeping the insurance industry as well. The Mirae Asset Life Insurance Co. introduced diverse services connected with the Fintech application in an effort to catch consu¡¦
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Shinhan Card President Wi Sung-ho. (Photos: Shinhan Card)
President Wi Sung-ho of Shinhan Card has been named to serve another term as head of the credit card firm. The Shinhan Financial Group¡¯s Affiliate Management Committee approved the extension of the Shinhan Card CEO Wi¡¯s term on Aug. 18 as ¡¦
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Chairman Kim Jung-tae of Hana Financial Group.
Hana Financial Group set sail to set up a new credit analysis system in cooperation with the Fintech Co. focusing on such important factors as consumption patterns, financial conditions and content on Social Network Services (SNS), all of which are fre¡¦
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Chairman Yim Jong-yong of Financial Services Commission(FSC).(Photo: FSC)
The Financial Services Commission (FSC) has been working to ease the laws on the capital market and financial investors. The moves are an attempt to diversify access funding for SMEs and venture businesses.
The FSC sai¡¦
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Chairman Park Hyun-joo of Mirae Asset Group.
When Mirae Asset Daewoo and Mirae Asset Securities are merged in November, their total combined capital is projected to be 1 trillion won more than had been projected earlier in the year.
Financial authorities said on Aug. 2 that the two securitie¡¦
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President Kim Won-kyu of NH Investment and Securities Co. L, shakes hands with President Ahn Hyo-jo of K Bank in a meeting held on Aug. 11.(Photos: NH I&S)
NH Investment and Securities Co. secured a stake in K Bank, rekindling its plan to enter the Internet banking sector.
Hyundai Securities p¡¦
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Chairman Yoon Jong-kyoo of KB Financial Group. (Photos: KB Financial Group)
KB Financial Group is about to experiment with its human resources policies, with the aim of exchanging personnel among affiliates. The move will take place around the end of this year when KB Investment and Securities and ¡¦
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Top officials of both NH Financial Group and China Co-Op Group led by Chairman Kim Yong-hwan and Chairman Yang Feng Lu are shown in this photo after signing an MOU on cooperation between the two financial groups which will allow NH Capital to enter China¡¯s capital and lease market.(Photo: NH ¡¦
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CEO Kim Jae-chun of Korea Housing Finance Corporation (HF).(Photos: HF)
Korea Housing Guarantee Corp. (HF) won the Top Public Service Award in the customer service sector as evaluated by the Korea Management Association Consulting Co. to assess the Korean industry¡¯s service quality index for 2016,¡¦
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LS ELECTRIC Executive Vice President Lee Chung-hee and Steve Nelson, Mayor of Cedar City, pose wit others at a ground-breaking ceremony for the expansion of the company¡¯s key local production hub, LS ELECTRIC Utah Inc., in Cedar City, Utah, on June ¡¦
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Chairman Chey Tae-won of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) delivers a speech at an opening session of the 49th Jeju Forum hosted by KCCI on July 15. (Photo: KCCI)Chairman Chey Tae-won of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCC¡¦
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Chang In-hwa, CEO of POSCO HOLDINGS, Sajjan Jindal, Chairman of JSW Group, Lee Hee-geun, President of POSCO, and Jayant Acharya, CEO of JSW Steel, participate in a ceremony in which POSCO signed a joint venture agreement with JSW Steel, India¡¯s lead¡¦
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Doosan Group Chairman Park Jung-won presents a sculpture symbolizing Doosan as a souvenir to NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang on June 7. (Photo: Doosan Group)Doosan Group plans to engage in all-round promotion with Nvidia to explore new opportunities in areas¡¦
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