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			|  | President Kim Won-kyu of NH Investment and Securities Co.Actor Ha Jong-woo holds an ad for NH I&S online trading service in Indonesia.(Photos: NH I&S)
NH Investment & Securities Co. plans to create a private equity fund (PEF) in Indonesia, one of the fastest-growing economies in Asia, a¡¦	
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			Chairman Yoon Jong-kyoo of KB Financial Group is in a photo for launching KB Kookmin Bank¡¯s new mobile platform at the bank¡¯s head office in Yeouido, Seoul, on June 28.
KB Kookmin Bank said June 28 that it has launched Liiv, a mobile financial platform that is designed to be useful for consumers¡¦			 |  
		
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			President Wi Sung-ho of Shinhan Card.(Photo: Shinhan Card)
Under its customer focus group, ¡°Compassionate Finance Customer Panel,¡± Shinhan Card has been working to listen to what its customers want out of credit cards and to improve its services for cardholders in real time. 
The panel is n¡¦			 |  
		
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			President Lee Kyung-seob of NH Bank.A scene from a ceremony last year to open NH Bank¡¯s New Delhi Branch in New Delhi, India, including Future Strategy Manager Lim Jeong-soo of NH Bank, and Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Manager Tarun Bhagava cutting the tape.(Photos: NH Bank)
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			President Lee Kyung-seob of NH Bank.
NH Bank launched its NH ISA Balance Accounts, an individual bank account product that leaves its handling to the bank, from May 22, the bank said recently.
The ISA products, which can manage diverse financial products through its accounts, enjoy the benefits of¡¦			 |  
		
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			Chairman Park Hyun-joo of Mirae Asset Group.(Photos:Mirae Asset)
Mirae Asset Daewoo Securities made a capital increase of $100 million (113.5 billion won) to its subsidiary in New York to strengthen its overseas operation.
The latest movement was made in just six days after Park Hyeon-joo, chairma¡¦			 |  
		
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			Chairman Kim Yong-hwan of NH Financial Group.(Photo:NH Financial)
Chairman Kim Yong-hwan of NH Financial Group said on May 3 that the group may ask for increased down payments on loans from shipbuilders and maritime shipping firms whose financials have gotten poor. NH Financial is also considering ¡¦			 |  
		
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			Chairman Yoon Jong-kyoo of KB Financial Group.
"We will strengthen the wealth management and corporate investment banking sectors and create synergy among the affiliates of KB Financial Group,¡± Chairman Yoon Jong-kyoo said in regards to his plan after taking over Hyundai Securities. ¡°We will be a¡¦			 |  
		
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			A model holds an ad for Woori Bank¡¯s ISA installment savings account.(Photo:Woori Bank)
Woori Bank started to sell the ISA products, joining forces with a savings bank named, ¡°ISA Deposits and Installment Savings with Savings Bank¡± for the first time as a nationwide commercial bank in Korea.
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			President Kwon Seon-joo of Industrial Bank of Korea.(Photo:IBK)
The Korean version of tax-efficient savings accounts, which benchmarked a U.K. scheme, went on sale March 15. The government hopes it will boost household wealth amid a rise in ¡°floating money¡± prompted by low interest rates and unce¡¦			 |  | 
		
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				K-water President Yun Seog-dae poses with ambassadors from the five countries of the Mekong River during their meeting designed to discuss ways of promoting cooperation in sustainable water management at Samcheonggak, Seoul, on Sept. 26. (Photo: K-wa¡¦			 |  
			
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				Chairman & CEO Kim Tae-hyun of the National Pension Service delivers a commemorative speech at a ceremony to mark the 38th anniversary at NPS headquarters in Jeonju City on Sept. 18.The National Pension Service (NPS) held a ceremony to mark its 3¡¦			 |  
			
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				Minister Jeong Eun-kyeong of the Ministry of Health and Welfare poses with major participants of the 15th Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) High-Level Meeting on Health and the Economy (HLMHE) that took place from Sept. 15 to 16 at The Shilla ¡¦			 |  
			
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				President Hong Jin-bae of the Institute of Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation and Rashid Bashir, Dean of Grainger College of Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States participate¡¦			 |  |  |