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Sohn Tae-seung, chairman of Woori Financial Group. (Photos: Woori Financial Group)For Woori Financial Group, 2021 was the best ever year in its history. It succeeded in its complete privatization and logged its highest business performance ever, with its annual net profit nearly doubling from 2020.O…
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Son Byung-hwan, chairman of NH NongHyup Financial Group, has time to check and discuss the status of overseas stores’ business operations in a New Year’s meeting with heads of overseas branches on Jan. 26. (Photo: NH NongHyup Financial Group) NH NongHyup Financial surpassed 2 trillion won in …
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Shinhan Bank President Jin Ok-dong delivers a big speech at the 2022 Management Strategy Meeting and the 2021 General Achievement Evaluation Conference on Jan. 21. (Photo: Shinhan Bank)Jin Ok-dong, president of Shinhan Bank, said at the 2022 Management Strategy Meeting on Jan. 21, “In order to be l…
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President Lee Jae-keun of KB Kookmin Bank. (Photo: KB Kookmin Bank)KB Kookmin Bank and SK Telecom signed an NUGU-based AI Banking Service Business Agreement in 2021. In early February of this year, they introduced “Conversation with Koli,” which is an AI-powered service of a KB banking app.Convers…
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President Park Sung-ho of Hana Bank. (Photos: Hana Bank)Hana Bank will ramp up investments in digital healthcare platforms. To that end, the bank announced on Feb. 10 that it signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Cenacle Soft leading the cloud electronic medical record (EMR) sect…
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Lee Won-duk to take office as new president of Woori BankLee Won-duk, senior vice president of Woori Financial Group, has been tapped as the next Woori Bank president. Analysts say that Lee is the right person to improve the vitality and management stability of Woori Bank, such as injecting fre…
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Kwon Joon-hak, president of NH Bank, held a video meeting for 2022 with heads of 10 overseas branches at the bank headquarters in Jung-gu, Seoul on Feb. 10. (Photo: NH Bank)Kwon Joon-hak, president of NH Bank, examined the business performance of overseas branches and subsidiaries. NH Bank anno…
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Chairman Choi Hyun-man of Mirae Asset Securities. (Photo: Mirae Asset Securities)Mirae Asset Securities announced on Jan. 27 that it posted the company’s best-ever business performance, with provisional operating profit of 1.4858 billion won on a consolidated basis in 2021. For the first time …
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Korea Investment Holdings Chairman Kim Nam-goo. (Photos: Korea Investment & Securities)Korea Investment & Securities posted its best-ever business performance last year. In an electronic filing on the company’s provisional business results issued on Feb. 10, Korea Investment & Secu…
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Korean Eximbank Chairman Bang Moon-kyu poses for a commemorative photo with the head of the National Authority for Egyptian Railways Mostafa Abou Elmakarem after signing a loan agreement in Cairo, Egypt, on Jan. 21. (Photo: Korean Eximbank)The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Korea Eximbank) has decided…
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Chairman Lee Jae-yong of Samsung Electronics. (Photo: Samsung Electronics)Samsung Electronics surpassed the milestone of exceeded 20 trillion won in the fourth quarter, the best-ever quarterly figure. It represents a new record for Korean companies.&…
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Chairman Shin Dong-bin of Lotte Group. (Photo: Lotte Group)In a New Year’s message delivered to executives and staff on Jan. 2, Lotte Group Chmn. Shin Dong-bin said, “Let’s make a new history together based on growth and innovation.” Chmn. S…
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KCCI Chmn. Chey Tae-won delivers a welcoming speech at a New Year’s greeting meeting for business leaders on Jan. 2 (Photos: KCCI)Greeting the New Year, business leaders converged to share their resolve and determination to help the national economy…
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Executive Chair Chung Eui-sun of Hyundai Motor Group talks with Vice Chmn. Jang Jae-hoon, President Sung Kim, Senior Executive Vice President Kim Hae-in, Kia Motors President Song Ho-sung and Hyundai Mobis President Lee Gyu-suk at the 2026 HMG New Ye…
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