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President Park Chang-hoon of Shinhan Card. (Photos: Shinhan Card)Shinhan Card announced on Aug. 28 that its Shinhan Card, The BEST-X and Trip Pass Card, picked up two of the main awards in the Brand & Communication category at the Red Dot Design Award 2025. Shinhan Card has now earned10 awards a…
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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Koo Yun-cheol presides over an Extended Meeting on Macroeconomic and Financial Stability with related institutions to look into market changes, caused by an interest rate cut by the U.S. Federal Reserve at the Korea Federation of Banks buildi…
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Chairman Yang Jong-hee presides over the 2025 Second Half KB Financial Group Management Workshop on July 11-12. (Photo: KB Financial Group)KB Financial Group announced its first half 2025 business results via live internet and mobile broadcast on July 24.KB Financial Group’s net income in the first…
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Shinhan Financial Group holds its 2025 Second Half Management Forum with Jin Ok-dong, Chairman of Shinhan Financial Group, presideding over the forum at Shinhan Bank's Blue Campus in Yongin, Gyeonggi-do, on July 1. (Photo : Shinhan Financial Group)Shinhan Financial Group posted a record net profit o…
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Chairman Ham Young-joo of Hana Financial Group. (Photos: Hana Financial Group)Hana Financial Group reported consolidated net income of 2.301 trillion won for the first half of 2025, including 1.1733 trillion won for the second quarter of 2025.This represents an increase of 11.2% (232.3 billion won) …
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Chairman Yim Jong-yong of Woori Financial Group. (Photos: Woori Financial Group)Woori Financial Group announced its first half 2025 business results on July 25. The financial institution racked up cumulative net income of 1,551.3 billion won for the first half. Despite a challenging business en…
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NongHyup Financial Group announced on July 31 that its net profit for the first half of 2025 reached 1.6287 trillion won. This represents a 114.9 billion won (6.6%) decrease compared to the same period of 2024.NongHyup Financial Group’s interest income contracted by 231.5 billion won (5.3%) year-on…
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President Lee Hwan-joo of KB Kookmin Bank. (Photos: KB Kookmin Bank)KB Kookmin Bank announced on July 31 that it will actively promote customized inclusive finance for small business owners, young people, and other groups in need of practical financial support.Notably, since March this year, KB Kook…
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Shinhan Bank President Jung Sang-hyuk delivers a congratulatory speech at the bank’s 43rd anniversary ceremony at its headquarters in Seoul on July 7. (Photo: Shinhan Bank)Shinhan Bank announced that it held a ceremony in honor of its 43rd anniversary at its headquarters in Jung-gu, Seoul, on July …
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President Lee Ho-sung of Hana Bank. (Photos: Hana Bank)Hana Bank announced that it held the 2025 Temple Stay Event from June 28 to 29, inviting about 30 foreign guests to Beopjusa Temple in Songnisan-myeon, Boeun-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do, to share Korean traditional culture and beauty.Hana Bank has be…
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President Hong Beom-sik of LG Uplus. (Photos: LG Uplus)LG Uplus said on Oct. 23 that a paper on its in-house developed Generative AI technology “ixi-GEN” was recognized by EMNLP 2025, one of the world’s top natural language processing (NLP) confer…
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LG Uplus CISO and CPO Hong Kwan-hee explains security-first strategies at a meeting on security strategies at LG Uplus office building in Yongsan, Seoul, on July 29. (Photo: LG Uplus)LG Uplus has unveiled “U-Dok Pick AI,” combining a variety of AI …
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CEO Kim Young-shub of KT. (Photos: KT)KT said on June 12 that Palantir Chief Revenue Officer Ryan Taylor visited Korea and executives and staffers from both sides discussed the direction of specific strategies. Palantir is a software platform de…
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President Park Yoon-kyu of the National Industry Promotion Agency poses with WIS Innovation Awards winners at an awards ceremony on the sidelines of 2025 World IT Show, which took place at COEX in Seoul from April 24 to April 26. (Photo: NIPA)2025 Wo…
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