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A slew of the key officials in the financial authorities and financial industry clap hands during the New Year Gathering held on Jan. 5 at Lotte Hotel in downtown Seoul. Seen among the dignitaries are Deputy Minister Choi Kyung-hwan who is also the Minister of Strategy and Finance, Chairman Yim Jong…
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President Hong Young-man of the Korea Asset Management Corp.(KAMCO).President Hong delivers his speech at the company’s New Year ceremony on Jan. 4 at the company’s head office in Seoul.(Photos:KAMCO).
KAMCO will continue with its own “KAMCO-style” reforms this year, with self-innovation and si…
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Chairman Yoon Jong-kyoo of KB Financial Group. (photo: KB Financial)
Chairman Yoon Jong-kyoo of KB Financial Group aims to boost the earnings ratio of non-banking affiliates to 40 percent of total group earnings. The new strategy comes in the wake of its failed takeover attempt of KDB Daewoo Securi…
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Chairman Han Dong-woo of the Shinhan Financial Group.(Photo:SFG)
Shinhan Finance Group announced plans to expand investments in Fintech companies in the new year. The investments will be done directly through Shinhan Group’s affiliates, such as Shinhan Bank and Shinhan Capital, to support substant…
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Chairman Kim Yong-hwan, left, holds a copy of the MOU signed between NH Financial Group and China Co-Op Group with his Chinese counterpart Yang Fenglu on Jan. 7 at the Chinese company’s office in Beijing, China.(Photo:NH Financial).
Chairman Kim Yong-hwan of NH Financial Group said this will be th…
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Chairman Kim Jung-tai of Hana Financial Group who won the Dasan Grand Gold Award for his role in the merger of Korea Exchange Bank with Hana Bank to set up KEB Hana Bank which launched its operation on Sept. 1, last year.(Photo:HFG)
Chairman Kim Jung-tai of Hana Financial Group said KEB Hana …
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President Lee Kwang-goo of Woori Bank inspects the operation of Weebee Bank, an online bank that the bank put into operation, for its online banking customers last year for the first time in the financial industry.(Photo:Woori Bank)
President Lee Kwang-goo of Woori Bank plans to boost the market va…
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Chairman Hong Ky-ttack of KDB Financial Group. (Photo:KDB)
The Korea Development Bank (KDB) said on Nov. 30 that it finalized a syndication loan of 2.1 trillion won for S-Oil’s 5 trillion-won project to build high-grade multiple chemical production facilities at its Ulsan Industrial Complex in Uls…
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President Kwon Seon-joo of the Industrial Bank of Korea.
President Kwon Seon-joo of the Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) said in her New Year’s statement issued on Jan. 4 that the bank will do its best to strenuously safeguard its leading position in the SME financial market in Korea.
She sa…
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Chairman Lee Duk-hoon of the Export-Import Bank of Korea.(Photo:Exim Bank)
Chairman Lee Duk-hoon of the Export-Import Bank of Korea (Korea Exim Bank), said in his New Year statement that the bank has set resurgence as the top goal this year.
First, the bank will provide support to businesses to cr…
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Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Ahn Duk-geun delivers a commemorative speech at a ceremony to celebrate the 17th anniversary of Semiconductor Day at Grand InterContinental Hotel Seoul Parnas in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, on Nov. 22. A ceremony to…
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Dignitaries, including First Vice Minister Jang Young-jin of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) and Co-Chairman Kang Sung-hyun of the Joint Promotion Committee of Korea sale FESTA 2023, pose for a photo at an opening ceremony for the …
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Notables, including Minister Nam Sung-hyun of Korea Forest Service (KFS) and Rep. Hong Moon-pyo of the People Power Party, Chairman So Byung-hoon of the National Assembly Agriculture, Food, Rural Affairs, Ocean and Fisheries Committee, attend a cerem…
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An image to publicize Smart GEO Expo 2023, to be held at KINTEX in Goyang, north of Seoul, from Nov. 8 to Nov. 10. (Photos: MOLIT)Celebrating the 15th anniversary, Smart GEO Expo 2023 will be held at KINTEX in Goyang, north of Seoul, from Nov. 8 to N…
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