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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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Chairman Hwang Young-key of Korea Financial Investment Association.
Chairman Hwang Young-key of the Korea Financial Investment Association (KOFIA) said private funds have been leading the growth of the fund market, whose value is estimated at 500 trillion won. At the same time, public funds have no¡¦
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Chairman Yoon Jong-kyoo of KB Financial Group.(Photo:KB Financial)
Competition among South Korean banks and brokerages is heating up to sell new individual savings account (ISA) products, with some banks offering cash gifts or preferential interest rates well above the market average to woo more cu¡¦
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The participants in the KODIT Global Forum on SME Finance held on May 12 on the occasion of its 40th anniversary hold hands during the seminar in a photo session at Lotte Hotel in downtown Seoul including Chairman Suh Geun-woo of Kodit, 4th R, in front row. (Photo:KODIT)
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Vice Chairman & CEO Kim Jung-soo of Samyang Foods. (Photos: Samyang Foods)Samyang Foods, once a Korean ramen pioneer and legend, is making a splash in the global ramen market with Buldak Ramen, a spicy ramen brand. Buldak Ramen has establish¡¦
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LG Chem CEO and Vice Chmn. Shin Hak-cheol and Sinopec Chmn. Hou Qijun applaud as both sides signed a deal to jointly develop core materials of the sodium-ion battery at LG Twin Tower in Yeouido, Seoul, Oct. 30. (Photo: LG Chem)LG Chem is joining forc¡¦
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Dignitaries, including Chmn. Shin Dong-bin of Lotte Group and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, applaud as they participated in a ceremony to dedicate a petrochemical plant, dubbed ¡°Lotte Chemical New Ethylene (LINE),¡± in Cilegon on the island¡¦
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Chairman & CEO Choi Jin-shik of the Federation of Middle Market Enterprises of Korea (FOMEK), Minister for Trade Yeo Han-koo and Malaysian Amb. to Korea Dato' Mohd Zamruni bin Khalid pose with other attendees at speaking at ¡°2025 MME Internation¡¦
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