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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)
Korea Credit Guarantee Fund¡¦
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Chairman Yoon Jong-kyoo of KB Financial Group.
KB Financial Group is already reaping benefits from the planned acquisition of Hyundai Securities, as its share price rose as soon as it was named as the priority bidder on March 31.
Although the takeover bid drew criticism from some quarters of the s¡¦
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President Lee Kwang-goo of Woori Bank.
Woori Bank, South Korea's second-biggest bank by assets, on May 4 announced that it posted a 52 percent jump in first-quarter net profit from a year earlier on improved margins and lower costs.
For the three months ended March 31, Woori Bank's net profit soar¡¦
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Shinhan Card President Wi Sung-ho, right, holds an agreement signed with President Ganzorig ULzilbayar of Golomt Bank of Mongolia on cooperation on Big Data between the two financial institutions on May 11 in Seoul. (Photo:Shinhan Card)
Online fund sales based on around 2 trillion won worth of poin¡¦
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POSCO E&C President Song Chi-young. (Photos: POSCO E&C)POSCO E&C signed a supply contract for carbon reduction equipment to be installed at POSCO¡¯s Pohang Steelworks with ThyssenKrupp Uhde, a German engineering firm specializing in plant¡¦
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CAK Chmn. Han Seung-goo of the Construction Association of Korea, President Lee Han-woo of Hyundai E&C, President Lee Ki-jung of Hanyang University and President Lee Chung-jae of the Korea Construction Economy Institute of Korea pose with Hanyang¡¦
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Chairman Han Man-hee of the International Contractors Association of Korea (ICAK).Amid growing expectations that the construction industry will win Middle East reconstruction projects following the US-Iran agreement, the Overseas Construction Associa¡¦
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Samsung C&T President and CEO Oh Se-chul and Hitachi Energy CEO Andreas Schierenbeck pose with executives following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to expand power grid collaboration in Europe. (Photo: Samsung C&T)Samsung C&T¡¦
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