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[THE INVESTOR] Shinhan Financial Group has steadily raised capital this year in a possible bid for ING Life Insurance, market watchers said on Aug. 22. Shinhan Financial plans to issue contingen...
[THE INVESTOR] Costco Korea is likely to replace its credit card partner after an 18-year relationship with Samsung Card, according to Seoul Economic Daily on Aug. 20. The Korean unit of the US dis...
[THE INVESTOR] The number of consumer complaints against financial firms rose 7.7 percent on year in the first-half of this year, mainly due to deceptive insurance products and fraudulent peer-to-p...
[THE INVESTOR] Kakao Bank, the country’s second internet-only bank, is rapidly catching up with regional banks across the country, data showed on Aug. 16. As of end-June, Kakao Bank’s assets came t...
[THE INVESTOR] Their operating income also jumped 8.56 percent to 84.96 trillion won, and sales went up 5.33 percent to 924.23 trillion won during the cited period, the data showed. Of the 536 K...
[THE INVESTOR] The combined net profit of Korea’s major credit card firms plunged nearly a third in the first half from a year earlier due mainly to decreased swipe fees, industry data showed on Aug...
[THE INVESTOR] Korean banks reported a 4 percent rise in their combined net profit for the first half of this year, thanks to a solid rise in interest income, data showed on Aug. 16. The combine...
[THE INVESTOR] Although Korea’s top four financial groups -- KB Financial , Shinhan Financial , Hana Financial and Woori Bank -- recorded impressive second-quarter earnings, their share pric...
[THE INVESTOR] Mirae Asset Daewoo, the brokerage arm of Korea’s leading mutual fund house, on Aug. 8 reported a record net income of 357.8 billion won (US$320 million) in the first half of this year...
[THE INVESTOR] Foreign investors turned net buyers in the Korean stock market for the first time in four months in July as they scooped up local shares in the second-quarter earnings season, the cen...
[THE INVESTOR] Korea’s unionized bank workers are likely to stage a strike in September for the first time in two years amid a feud with management over the introduction of a shorter workweek system...
[THE INVESTOR] Wealthy Koreans are not too keen on investing in cryptocurrencies, a report by KB Financial Group showed on Aug. 7. The report, based on a survey on 400 people with more than 1 billi...
[THE INVESTOR] Mirae Asset Daewoo has dropped its plans for an initial public offering of a Chinese company amid negative investor sentiments, industry sources said on Aug. 7. Mirae Asset Daewoo w...
[THE INVESTOR] JB Financial Group on Aug. 1 reported record earnings of 186.4 billion won (US$166 million) in the first half of this year, up 17.9 percent from a year ago, largely due to stable fund...
[THE INVESTOR] The financial regulator plans to set guidelines for closures of bank branches in an effort to minimize inconvenience to consumers, an industry source said on Aug. 1. The Financial...
Tinder, not just a dating app in Korea
Sandbox Network aims to go public by 2021
Activist fund to be more involved in Hanjin’s management
Unison Capital inches closer to selling Gong Cha Korea
Money20/20 Asia to include Token Day
Hana Financial kicks off in-house venture projects
Kakao Pay, KT to take part in govt’s Zero Pay
Yanolja hires former Tesla Motors Korea chief
January 23, 2019
