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Chairman Cho Yong-byeong of Shinhan Financial Group, left, Minister Park Young-sun of the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, center, Chairman Ahn Kun-joon of Korea Venture Business Association are seen here holding a copy of the Voluntary Mutual Survival Business Agreement they signed at the Shinhan Du-…
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Chairman Kim Jung-tae of Hana Financial Group. (Photo: HFG)Hana Financial Group Inc., a major South Korean banking company, said its second-quarter net profit rose 3.8 percent on-year, thanks to a modest gain in interest income.Net profit stood at 658 billion won ($550 million) for the April-June pe…
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Chairman Yoon Dae-hee of Korea Credit Guarantee Fund(Kodit), 2nd R, listens to CEO Chung Ji-sung of SOS Rap, one of the SMEs selected to become the Reform Icons under the Reform Icon Support Program launched by Kodit in July, as he explains what the company has been doing to become one of the Reform…
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CEO Lee Dae-hyun of Korea Investment, a new affiliate of Korea Development Bank, explains KDB plan to sell Daewoo E&C under KDB management at the KDB IR Center in Seoul on July 17. (Photo: KDB)Korea Development Bank (KDB) announced on April 25 that it would set up KDB Investment as its subsidiar…
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Chairman Cho Yong-byeong of Shinhan Financial Group, 4th L, joins the new members of the group’s Real Estate Strategic Committee which was reorganized and recently launched in a ceremony held on Aug. 7 to include a real estate business consultative committee and a real estate financial council with…
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Chairman Sohn Tae-seung of Woori Financial Group announces the 40-40-40 Vision of the group’s management strategy at a meeting of the group’s CEOs held at Grand Hilton Convention Center in Seoul on July 19. (Photo: WFG)“We will boost the non-interest and overseas earnings to reach 40 percent of t…
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Chairman Yoon Jong-kyoo of KB Financial Group shakes hands with CEO Saeed Amidi of Plug and Play after signing an agreement to groom promising startups across the globe and collaborating on supporting early-stage business ventures in Korea on July 31 at the financial group’s office in Yeouido, Seou…
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President Ji Sung-kyu of KEB Hana Bank.KEB Hana Bank took a 15 percent stake in BIDV, the state-owned and largest commercial bank in Vietnam, for over 1 trillion won, showing its bona-fide strategy to boost its overseas operation.The bank announced on July 22 its move to acquire the stake in the lar…
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An ad for Korea Exchange Gold Spot Market. (Photo: KRX)Gold futures, which have been traded on the Korea Exchange since March 2014, recently hit an all-time high, while transaction volume continues to grow.The recent global gold frenzy may have started in Korea. The spark was Bank of Korea Gov. Lee …
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Financial Services Commission Chairman Choi Jong-ku and commercial bank presidents hold an agreement on jeonse and monthly rent loans tailored to meet youth’s need after signing it at the Korea Federation of Banks building in downtown Seoul on May 22. (Photo: FSC)Korea Housing-Finance Corp. (HF) is…
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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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On June 8, SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won and NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang shake hands ahead of a media briefing regarding collaboration between the two companies. (Photo: SK Telecom)Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA, departed after completing a colorful and pr…
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang poses with Chmn. Chung Eui-sun of Hyundai Motor Group after looking into the four-leg security robot “SPOT” and self-driving mobility robot “MobED” that are in place at the group’s headquarters in Seocho-gu, Seoul, on Jun…
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