SEOUL, July 3 (Korea Bizwire) – The Financial Services Commission (FSC) is set to pass a reform bill which will require financial companies to record conversations with vulnerable elderly customers when selling derivative-linked securities, in a bid to address concerns over unscrupulous sales tactics. The FSC’s announcement about the new financial reforms came on Sunday amid [...]
SEOUL, July 3 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will not undergo a sharp drop in consumption despite the ever-rising household debt, a private think tank said Monday, citing growth in property and financial asset value. Households where the head of the family was over 55 have witnessed a 94.51 percent rise in income and 78.32 [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — As stock markets of emerging Asian countries rallied this year, Indian funds yielded profits of more than 20 percent on average, outperforming other overseas equity funds. Healthcare funds and Chinese funds also performed well, but Russian and Brazilian funds dropped in value. On February 28, fund rating firm KG [...]
SEOUL, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The rapid growth of K Bank is making its rivals nervous, with some bank heads praising the success of Korea’s first internet-only bank as ‘beyond expectations’, and noting that they hope to maintain a good relationship as partners as well as contenders. Speaking to Yonhap News, the heads of major [...]
SEOUL, June 26 (Korea Bizwire) – The housing market in Seoul and its adjacent areas are in an expansion phase, South Korea’s central bank said Monday, a move that has prompted the government to crack down on speculative real estate investments. The Bank of Korea (BOK) said in a report that the housing prices in [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Pension Service’s low interest loan packages dubbed “Silver Loans” are a big hit among its target demographic of pensioners who are 60 and above. Launched in May of 2012, the Silver Loan (officially titled “Rapid Loans for the Elderly Program”) initiative is still going strong with numerous [...]
SEOUL, June 16 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s won currency is likely to remain steady for the time being, despite U.S. Federal Reserve’s move to tighten its monetary policy, analysts here said Friday. The won has risen 6.9 percent against the U.S. dollar so far this year, and the local currency market showed a muted [...]
SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The chief of South Korea’s central bank on Tuesday renewed his stance to maintain the current monetary easing policy to support growth despite a possible U.S. rate hike this week. “As I mentioned yesterday, we will maintain the accommodative monetary policy to help out with economic recovery. We cannot [...]
SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) – With the Korea Insurance Development Institute due to reveal its reference net premium rates for electric cars by the end of June, industry watchers are speculating that premiums for EVs will be some 10 percent lower than gasoline or diesel-powered vehicles. The reference premium rate will be based on [...]
SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday it has reached an agreement with three local banks to allow users to use banking services via its voice command program, Bixby. The South Korean tech giant said under the project with Shinhan Bank, Woori Bank and KEB Hana Bank, users can ask the [...]