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President Jung Jin-wan of Woori Bank. (Photos: Woori Bank)On June 16, Woori Bank announced that it launched the WON Biz e-MP Service, a first in the Korean financial industry, to integrate business-to-business transaction information (orders, contracts, settlements among others) with financial servi…
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President Kang Tae-young of NongHyup Bank. (Photos: NongHyup Bank)NongHyup Bank announced on June 5 that it will hold the 4th Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Big League 2025 until October to promote field-oriented work automation.The RPA Big League is an internal competition where frontline staff m…
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Kim Sung-hwan, president of KIS poses for a photo with seminar participants at the 2025 Global Market Outlook Seminar held on May 23 at the Grand InterContinental Parnas in Seoul. (Photo: KIS)Korea Investment & Securities (KIS) has solidified its strategic cooperation with global asset managemen…
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Yoon Byung-woon, president of NH Investment & Securities, announces a new platform at “The First Media Day: Refreshing Overseas Investment” at The Plaza Hotel in Jung-gu, Seoul on June 17. (Photo: NH Investment & Securities)“NH Investment & Securities will go beyond fee-lowering compe…
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President Yoo Jae-hoon of Korea Deposit Insurance Corp. (KDIC) (Photo: KDIC)Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation (KDIC) has finalized the differential evaluation grades for the 2024 fiscal year for 269 insured financial institutions including insured banks, insurance companies, financial investment c…
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President Kim Sung-tae of the Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK]. (Photo: IBK)Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) announced on May 12 that it launched the IBK ESG Diagnosis System to support small companies’ ESG management. The IBK ESG Diagnosis System provides ESG Diagnosis Consulting to diagnose the …
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Chairman Yang Jong-hee of KB Financial Group. (Photo: KB Financial Group)KB Financial Group announced via internet and mobile live broadcasts on April 24 that it posted 1,679.3 billion won in net profit with an ROE of 13.04 percent in the first quarter of 2025. Despite a decline in interest inc…
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Chairman Jin Ok-dong of Shinhan Financial Group. (Photo: Shinhan Financial Group)Shinhan Financial Group has recorded the company’s highest-ever first-quarter net profit. The growth of its interest income was driven by an increase in loans, despite a decline in the market interest rate and the…
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Chairman Ham Young-joo of Hana Financial Group. (Photo: Hana Financial Group)Hana Financial Group’s net profit swelled nearly 10 percent year on year during the first quarter of 2025. This is the best first quarter performance since the company merged with Hana Bank and Korea Exchange Bank.Han…
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Chairman Chairman Lim Jong-ryong of Woori Financial Group. (Photo: Woori Financial Group)Woori Financial Group announced its business results for the first quarter of 2025 at an investor relations (IR) conference on April 25. Woori Financial Group realized a net profit of 615.6 billion won.&nbs…
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LG Chem Vice Chairman & CEO Shin Hak-cheol. (Photos: LG Chem)LG Chem announced on May 8 that it had hosted the Zemi-CONNECT Global symposium in Bangkok, Thailand, gathering over 120 endocrinologists from Korea, Thailand, and the Philippines. …
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(From left) Toyota Tsusho President & CEO Toshimitsu Imai, Circular Economy Division COO Masaharu Katayama, LG Energy Solution CSO Kang Chang-beom and LG Energy Solution CEO Kim Dong-myung pose for a photo at a JV signing ceremony on June 19. (Ph…
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Models introduce Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy S25 Edge, a category-defining slim smartphone joining the Galaxy S series, which went on sale in Korea from May 23. (Photo: Samsung Electronics)Samsung Electronics on May 13 revealed the full specificatio…
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Chairman Cho Won-tae of Hanjin Business Group. (Photo: Korean Air)Chairman Cho Won-tae of Hanjin Business Group, concurrently CEO of Korean Air, said, “Korea’s next government should prioritize ways of protecting the Korean aviation industry from t…
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