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Chairman Cho Yong-byoung of Shinhan Financial Group. (Photo: Shinhan Financial Group)Shinhan Financial Group enjoyed its best-ever business performances in 2021, posting a net profit of 4,019.3 billion won. The results were attributable to asset growth, increased interest income from interest r…
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Chairman Yoon Jong-kyu of KB Financial Group. (Photos: KB Financial Group)KB Financial Group joined the very small group of companies which have recorded 4 trillion won in net profit in 2021 by setting a new profit record. The financial group will also implement shareholder-friendly policies ba…
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Chairman Kim Jong-ho of Korea Technology Finance Corp. (KOTEC).In his New Year’s message, Chairman Kim Jong-ho of Korea Technology Finance Corp. (KOTEC) said that, “Last year was a year in which KOTEC proved its values to outside by easing difficulties related to a liquidity crisis, caused by the …
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Lee Dong-gull, chairman of KDB speaks at an online press conference for the New Year with regard to the European Commission’s disapproval of a merger between KSOE and DSME on Jan. 27. (Photo: KDB)“We are very sorry for the decision which the European Commission made based on national selfishness,…
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Chairman Kim Jung-tai of Hana Financial Group. (Photos: Hana Financial Group)In 2021, Hana Financial Group’s annual net profit surpassed 3 trillion won for the first time in the company’s history, as increased loans and interest rate hikes significantly drove the growth of interest income. Ha…
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Sohn Tae-seung, chairman of Woori Financial Group. (Photos: Woori Financial Group)For Woori Financial Group, 2021 was the best ever year in its history. It succeeded in its complete privatization and logged its highest business performance ever, with its annual net profit nearly doubling from 2020.O…
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Son Byung-hwan, chairman of NH NongHyup Financial Group, has time to check and discuss the status of overseas stores’ business operations in a New Year’s meeting with heads of overseas branches on Jan. 26. (Photo: NH NongHyup Financial Group) NH NongHyup Financial surpassed 2 trillion won in …
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Shinhan Bank President Jin Ok-dong delivers a big speech at the 2022 Management Strategy Meeting and the 2021 General Achievement Evaluation Conference on Jan. 21. (Photo: Shinhan Bank)Jin Ok-dong, president of Shinhan Bank, said at the 2022 Management Strategy Meeting on Jan. 21, “In order to be l…
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President Lee Jae-keun of KB Kookmin Bank. (Photo: KB Kookmin Bank)KB Kookmin Bank and SK Telecom signed an NUGU-based AI Banking Service Business Agreement in 2021. In early February of this year, they introduced “Conversation with Koli,” which is an AI-powered service of a KB banking app.Convers…
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President Park Sung-ho of Hana Bank. (Photos: Hana Bank)Hana Bank will ramp up investments in digital healthcare platforms. To that end, the bank announced on Feb. 10 that it signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Cenacle Soft leading the cloud electronic medical record (EMR) sect…
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A staff member with KGC explains about standardized ingredients of the brand G1899 at the Supply Side Global 2025 that took place in Las Vegas, the United States, from Oct. 29 to Oct. 30. (Photos: KGC)Korea Ginseng Corp. (KGC) has entered the global …
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A bird’s eye-view of a project to build the planned National AI Computing Center in Haenam, Jeollanam-do. Samsung SDS was the sole bidder of the project. (Photo: Solaseado)Announcing the outcomes of a third bidding on the National AI Computing Cente…
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Chairman Shin Dong-bin of Lotte Group. (Photos: Lotte Group)Chmn. Shin Dong-bin of Lotte Business Group carried out a sweeping reshuffle, forcing all vice chairmen to resign from their positions. Twenty CEOs, almost one-third of the CEOs of the …
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CJ Group Chairman Lee Jay-hyun poses for a photo with UAE Media Council Chairman Abdullah Al Hamed in the United Arab Emirates on Dec. 9.CJ Group Chairman Lee Jay-hyun successfully carried out his global field-oriented management initiative in 2025, …
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