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Chairman Kim Jung-tai of Hana Financial Group. (Photo: HFG)Hana Financial Group is well on its way to providing 20 trillion won in support to startups and venture firms in investments and loans in the next three years to help them to develop the needed new technologies to give them a competitive adv…
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Chairman Kim Gwang-soo looks back at the initial year of his achievements at a media briefing session on May 8. (Photo: NHFG)Chairman Kim Gwang-soo of NH Financial Group said he will lead the group to find an international partner to come up with a new joint venture model before the year is out. He …
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President Jin Ok-dong of Shinhan Bank.Shinhan Financial Group (Shinhan Bank), South Korea’s oldest bank, has unveiled a blockchain-based platform to hasten loan processes, Shinhan Bank said on May 27.The new system will utilize blockchain technology to verify loan applications and documents without…
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President Kim Do-jin of the Industrial Bank of Korea. (IBK) (Photos:IBK)The Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) emerged as a “Big Hand” in the entertainment industry following key investments in a number of films and musicals that turned out huge profits.Financial sources said on Feb. 17 that the bank …
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President Jeong Young-chae of NH Investment & Securities Co.NH Investment & Securities Co. (NHIS) has been selling the Fidelity Global Dividend Income Fund, which has been investing in a number of selected business firms around the world based on their dividend payment and large growth poten…
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President Lee Dong-cheol of KB Kookmin Card.KB Kookmin Card will no longer automatically issue paper receipts for transactions less than 50,000 won from July 1, as the credit card firm decided to introduce selective issuance system so cardholders can decide whether or not to get receipts for transac…
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Chairman Sohn Tae-seung of Woori Financial Group. (Photo: WFG)Woori Financial Group is on the verge of launching a new CIB operation by integrating the investment banking units of its affiliates - Woori Bank and Woori Investment Bank - which will be the first such move of its rebirth as a financial …
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Chairman Sohn Tae-seung of Woori Financial Group. (Photo: WFG)Chairman Sohn Tae-seung of Woori Financial Group and CEO of Woori Bank said he will go after M&As like never before to expand the group’s business scale in key financial areas such as insurance and securities. “Our M&As just beg…
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Chairman Jung Ji-won of the Korea Exchange. (KRX) (Photo:KRX) The stock market trading slowed somewhat even though the new tax on stock trading was put into force on May 30. Transactions amounted to 1.099,1 billion, a fall from the 1.383,9 billion trade transactions averaged daily in May.The daily t…
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President Lee Jin-kook of Hana Financial Investment Co.Hana Financial Investment Co. (HFI), an affiliate of Hana Financial Group, plans to boost its capital to around 4 trillion won and become a large investment banking firm. Its closest rival, Shinhan Financial Investment, has put off its plan to i…
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Dignitaries, including Chmn. Shin Hak-cheol of the Korea Chemical Industry Association (KCIA) and Nah Sung-hwa, director general for industrial supply chain policy at MOTIR, participate in the 2026 Chemical Industry New Year’s Gathering at Lotte Hot…
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KEPCO President & CEO Kim Dong-chel of Korea Electric Power Corp. poses with ENEC CEO Mohamed Al Hammadi after KEPCO struck an MOU on new nuclear power technology, AI and global market cooperation partnership with Emirates Nuclear Energy Company …
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(from left) Senior Managing Director Jeong Cheol-sang of HJ Shipbuilding & Construction, Cho Seok-jin, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer (CNO) of KHNP, and Kim Jong-doo, CEO of Doosan Enerbility’s Nuclear Business Group a…
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GS Caltex holds a completion ceremony for a palm oil refinery of the ARC in Balikpapan, Indonesia, on Nov. 19. GS Caltex Vice Chairman and CEO Hur Sae-hong poses for a photo with POSCO International President Lee Kye-in and other representatives of b…
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