SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Major South Korean lender Hana Bank announced that it has converted its closed branch in Seoul’s central Euljiro neighborhood into a complex cultural space called H.art1 through remodeling. H.art1 consists of four floors. On the first floor are installed ATMs and cafes. On the second floor, about 110 artworks [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean online lender K-Bank said Monday its net profit hit a record high in the third quarter on higher operational efficiency and stayed in the black for five straight quarters. Net profit stood at 25.6 billion won (US$18.2 million) in the July-September period, up 52.4 percent from a [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean online lender Kakao Bank said Wednesday its third-quarter net profit hit a record high this year on growth in interest revenue. Consolidated net profit stood at 78.7 billion won (US$55.4 million) in the July-September period, up 51.39 percent from a profit of 52 billion won a year [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Kakao Bank, the internet-only bank under mobile platform service provider Kakao Corp., on Thursday said it plans to enhance its banking services for the self-employed business, seeking to expand its customer base. The lender has posted fast growth with a focus on household banking since its launch of banking [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans are flocking to savings banks after they raised interest rates for deposits and installment savings. Since Wednesday, the Korea Federation of Savings Banks (KSFB) website and a number of savings bank apps, including OK Savings Bank Co. that uses the KSFB servers, have been shut down due [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — KakaoBank Corp., a major South Korean Internet-only bank, will review a set of shareholder return policies, including buybacks, its chief executive said Friday, as its share prices have been on a steep decline. Shares in KakaoBank dropped by 9.38 percent to end at 18,350 won (US$13) Friday, hitting the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Group’s insurance affiliates said Wednesday they have signed a deal with U.S. asset management behemoth Blackstone Inc. to invest some US$650 million in alternative assets, such as real estate and infrastructure facilities. The two — Samsung Life Insurance Co. and Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co. — will [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of offline offices run by financial firms in South Korea declined more than 1,000 over the past year as the use of mobile services spiked amid their fast transition to digitalization, data showed Tuesday. Local financial companies, including banks and insurers, had run a total of 15,924 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s major insurance companies are releasing a string of new insurance products associated with health management, based on expectations that their long-term profits will increase if customers are healthier and require less treatment for diseases and other health issues. KB Insurance Co., for example, released a special contract [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans’ use of internet banking services grew 6.9 percent in the first half of this year from six months earlier as customers preferred financial services through mobile devices, central bank data showed Thursday. The daily use of online banking services, including mobile banking, reached 18.82 million cases in [...]