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THE INVESTOR] K-Bank, Korea’s first internet-only bank, said on April 18 that it has attracted more than 200,000 customers in two weeks.
K-Bank has also attracted about 230 billion won (US$203 million) worth of deposits and made loans worth some 130 billion won so far, bank officials said.
The pace of growth in K-Bank’s deposits and loans was faster than originally expected.
K-Bank, formed by a consortium of
KT,
Woori Bank and 19 other companies, set a target of attracting 500 billion won worth of deposits and making loans worth 400 billion won this year.
By Alex Lee and newswires (
alexlee@heraldcorp.com)