SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The head of the financial regulator said Tuesday that technology firms could become a top shareholder of an Internet-only bank as the government moves to ease regulations on Web-only banks’ ownership structure. Under the current banking law, a nonfinancial firm is banned from owning 4 percent of voting stocks [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Listed companies showed slower growth in net profits in the first half of the year, while banks raked in approximately 20 trillion won in interest fees alone. As the growth rate of listed companies was smaller, banks enjoyed a boom with interest income proving to be a significant driver [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The amount of money transferred via South Korea’s P2P service applications surged nearly five times on-year in 2017 on the back of its growing popularity among young customers, the financial watchdog said Tuesday. According to the data compiled by the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS), the amount of transactions via [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — President Moon Jae-in paid a visit yesterday to a conference to experience new innovations that are changing the fintech sector. The event at Seoul City Hall was held with the goal of vitalizing Internet-based banks. Moon participated in the conference which also showcased various examples of innovative fintech practices [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Prospects for Internet-only banks’ expansion received a major boost as President Moon Jae-in pledged to ease some regulations that ban nonfinancial companies from owning more than a 4 percent stake in a lender. Moon reversed his campaign pledge to keep the regulations intact Tuesday as he attended a meeting [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreigners’ turnover in South Korea’s secondary stock market rose this year, while their proportion in the main bourse moved down, data showed Monday. The overseas investors took up 9 percent of the daily turnover in the tech-laden KOSDAQ market during the first seven months of the year, up 1.6 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s national pension could run out of money by 2056 or 2057 if current financial conditions continue, three to four years earlier than previously projected by the government, official sources said Thursday. The government conducts reviews on the financial soundness of the National Pension Service (NPS) every five [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The market value of firms affiliated with South Korea’s top 10 conglomerates has fallen off this year as their stocks were affected by bearish market conditions, data showed Wednesday. The combined market value of listed firms belonging to the 10 leading business groups came to 913.2 trillion won (US$814 [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – JUSTOUCH, a new payment system based on near-field communication (NFC), is set to initiate services on August 1 with seven out of eight Korean credit companies offering the new system as a payment option for consumers. According to industry insiders, consumers will be able to make payments with JUSTOUCH [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Banks and other financial institutions that increasingly rely on chatbots to interact with customers are vulnerable to breaches of personal data protection, the financial watchdog said Tuesday. A chatbot is a computer program or artificial intelligence that is used in various business sectors, enabling customers to communicate with firms [...]