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Woori Bank President Sohn Tae-seung.(Photos: Woori Bank)
Fitch Ratings has affirmed South Korea-based Woori Bank's Long-Term Issuer-Default Rating (IDR) at 'A-'. The Outlook is Stable. Fitch has also affirmed Woori Bank's Viability Rating at 'bbb+'. A full list of rating actions is at the end of th…
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New Chmn. Kwon Yong-won of Korea Financial Investment Association(KOFIA).
Chairman Kwon Yong-won said he will be a leader in financial sector deregulation while running the Korea Financial Investment Association (Kofia) over the next three years.
He met reporters for the first time since getting e…
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Senior Vice Chairman Choi Hyun-man of Mirae Asset Daewoo Securities Co.
Senior Vice Chairman Choi Hyun-man of Mirae Asset Daewoo said some seniors use a principal bank from the age of the “development economy.” Now is the time to have a principal securities firm, he said, to keep up with changes …
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President Wi Sung-ho of Shinhan Bank introduces the contents of Shinhan Sol, the digitalization project that integrated six apps into a platform at the Renewal Digital Conference held on Feb. 2 at Dongdaemun Digital Plaza near East Gate in Seoul.(Photo: Shinhan Bank)
President Wi Sung-ho of Shinhan…
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President Kim Do-jin of Industrial Bank of Korea addresses the branch and other outlet leaders of IBK held on Jan. 16 at Chungju Training Institute in Chungju, North Chungcheong Province.(Photos: IBK)
The Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) has been eyeing takeovers of two Indonesian banks under a plan …
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President Kim Won-kyu of NH Investment and Securities, 3rd R, is joined by a number of local officials led by Vu Chijung, chief of the International Cooperation Bureau of the Vietnamese Securities Commission at a launching ceremony for NH Securities Vietnam on Feb. 9 in Hanoi, Vietnam.(Photo: NH I&a…
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President Lim Yong-jin of Shinhan Card, left, holds an agreement to take over 100 pct of the stake in Prudential Vietnam Finance signed early in January with Wilson Guig, the top strategist for Prudential Vientman Finance.
Shinhan Financial Group acquired 100 percent of Prudential Vietnam Financial…
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A scene from the presentation ceremony for the Kyobo Life Insurance Co.’s Dasom Scholarhip held on Feb. 27, 2017.A winner of Dasom Scholarship from Kyobo Life speaks at the presentation ceremony of the scholarship held on Feb. 27, 2017.(Photos: Kyobo Life)
Kyobo Life Insurance Co has been focusing…
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Chairman Cho Yong-byeong of Shinhan Financial Group. (Photo: Shinhan Financial Group)
"Changes shouldn’t be taken as dangers, but taken as opportunities for challenges to win new customers and create new markets,” Chairman Cho Yong-byeong said in his inaugural speech last March.
Shinhan Financia…
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Chairman Yoon Jong-kyoo of KB Financial Group, center, is all smiles after getting the 2017 Dasan Financial Grand Award on Jan. 3 at an award presentation ceremony held at Lotte Hotel.
(Photo: KB FG)Chairman Yoon Jong-kyoo won the 27th Dasan Financial Grand Award 2017 on Jan. 3 at a cer…
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Nongshim CEO Jo Yong-chul makes a presentation on the success of Shin Ramyun at Lotte Hotel in Seoul on May 13. (Photos: Nongshim)Nongshim announced on May 13 that cumulative sales of Shin Ramyun, which marks its 40th anniversary this year, surpassed…
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Chairman Cho Won-tae of Hanjin Group. Korean Air has gotten a lot of “love” from financial markets, in particular for the brainchild of the merger, Chairman Cho Won-tae of Hanjin Group. The historic M&A with Asiana Airlines is evaluat…
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A view of Samsung Electronics Suwon Digital City. (Photo: Samsung Electronics)Labor and management of Samsung Electronics reached a tentative agreement on incentives at the last minute on May 20, averting a strike one and half hours before the deadli…
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Hyundai Motor Vice Chair Chang Jae-hoon (right) poses for a photo with Vice Minister of Trade, Industry and Resources Moon Shin-hak at the 23rd Automobile Day Event on May 12.Hyundai Motor Group Vice Chair Chang Jae-hoon won the Gold Tower Order of I…
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