KakaoBank sees record quarterly net profit
South Korea's KakaoBank Corp. enjoyed a record quarterly net profit of 111.2 billion won ($81 million) for the first quarter of this year, the com...
BOK's rate policy back to square one after GDP, Fed comments
TBILISI, Georgia – The Bank of Korea (BOK) will go back to square one on monetary policy as stronger-than-expected economic growth in the...
Woori Financial acquires Korea Foss Securities to offer brokerage services
Woori Financial Group Inc., South Korea’s fourth-largest financial services group, has acquired Korea Foss Securities Co., paving the way for ...
Taeyoung E&C kickstarts debt workout with loan sale to IGIS
Creditors to Taeyoung Engineering & Construction Co. (Taeyoung E&C) gave the go-ahead to a debt workout program for the cash-strapped South ...
Korea’s Kookmin Bank raises $600 mn in global senior debts
South Korea’s largest bank Kookmin Bank said on Tuesday it has issued $600 million worth of global senior secured bonds. The debts were oversu...
Navigating choppy waters: Dollar-won FX forecasting
Late last year, when the Korean won traded at 1,288 per dollar, most market analysts and economists predicted that the Korean currency would regai...
Hanwha Life to buy stake in Indonesia's Lippo-owned bank
South Korea’s second-largest insurer Hanwha Life Insurance Co., with 109 trillion won ($79.4 billion) in total assets as of end-September 2023...
S.Korea’s IBK, Japan’s Mizuho Bank agree on $218-million committed line
South Korea’s state-run Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) has agreed on a 300 billion won ($218 million) committed credit line with Japanese lead...
Hana Bank launches All-care Solution for Real Estate Wealth
South Korea's Hana Bank announced on Tuesday that it launched the premium real estate wealth management service Hana Real Estate All-care Solution i...
Korean banking group's Q1 profits drop on ELS sales
The combined net profit at South Korea’s four largest financial services firms, including KB Financial Group, are estimated to have dropped ne...
HD Hyundai, Hyundai Dept. Store to co-work for recycling plastic waste
South Korea's HD Hyundai Oil Bank Co. and Hyundai Department Store Co. have partnered to create a closed-loop plastic film recycling system, a first...
Foreign banks expand Korean operations amid China’s slowdown
Major foreign banks have actively increased staff at their operations in South Korea to offset growing uncertainty in their business in China, grapp...
Toss Bank exceeds 10 mn customers
South Korea’s fintech platform Toss Bank saw that its subscribers surpassed 10 million. According to the company, it's been two years and...
S.Korea asks savings banks to raise capital to avoid crisis
South Korea’s top financial regulator advised about 10 local savings banks in trouble to increase their capital by the end of this month to pr...
SoftBank-backed Balancehero still hungry for bigger market
In India, the world’s most populous country, about 1.2 billion people are estimated to have no credit score because most are unbanked, meaning...
KB Kookmin Card launches card for overseas payments
KB Kookmin Card, a credit card unit of KB Financial Group, announced on Monday that it launched the WE:SH Travel credit card that offers benefits sp...
Golf equipment maker Taylormade to refinance $222 mn of debt
One of the South Korean owners of Taylormade Golf Co., a leading global golf equipment maker, is set to refinance its 300 billion won ($221.7 millio...
Korea’s Shinhan to invest $180 mn in India’s HDFC Credila
South Korea’s Shinhan Bank is set to invest $180 million in HDFC Credila Financial Services Ltd., India’s largest education loan provide...
Korea’s rate cut hope wanes with inflation above 3% in March
South Korea’s headline inflation stayed above 3% for two straight months in March on a surge in fruit and vegetable prices coupled with higher...
KDB halts KDB Life sale process to take full control
The state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB) has suspended the protracted sale process of KDB Life Insurance Co. to take full control of the insurer b...
Samsung seeks to launch new super mobile banking app with a local bank
Samsung Financial Networks, a union of Samsung Group’s four financial affiliates, is seeking to launch a super mobile banking app in partnersh...
Korea’s IPO market heats up with HD Hyundai Marine, K Bank
South Korea’s initial public offering market is heating up as HD Hyundai Marine Solution Co., which aims to raise 742.6 billion won ($553.4 mi...
Shinhan to build landmark office tower for non-banking units
Shinhan Financial Group Co., South Korea's second-largest financial group, plans to build a new high-rise office tower in Seoul’s central busi...
Korean savings banks swing to loss after 9 years
South Korea’s savings banks turned to the red after nine years in 2023 as they put aside heavy reserves on future loan losses, with their loan...
Daishin to sell its headquarters at $493 mn to NH-Amundi
South Korea’s Daishin Securities Co. is set to sell its headquarters office to NH-Amundi Asset Management Co. for 660 billion won ($492.6 mill...
Korea eyes $1.5 bn injection in KDB to boost chip, battery sectors
South Korea may inject some 2 trillion won ($1.5 billion) into Korea Development Bank (KDB) by the end of this month to support the state-run bank's...
Shinhan Bank, Indodana co-work on digital finance
Shinhan Bank announced on Friday that its Indonesian subsidiary Shinhan Bank Indonesia signed a strategic business agreement with PT Artha Dana Tekn...
Korea's Shinhan, Hana accelerate overseas push after record profits
South Korean major banks aim to accelerate their expansions in other countries as their overseas investments paid off with record profits last year ...
Daewoo E&C, Kuwaiti banks sign $250 mn loan agreement
Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. has signed an agreement to take on a $250 million loan from three Kuwaiti banks, Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait (A...
South Korea, odd one out in new global gold rush
South Korea has remained muted to a new gold rush fueled by various central banks across the world gobbling up the precious metal, raising concerns ...
