SEOUL, Jul. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The daily average trading volume at South Korea’s main bourse reached the lowest level in 30 months in July, data showed Sunday, as investors’ sentiment was hurt by the global trade disputes. As of Friday, the daily average trading volume on the main bourse reached 4.3 trillion won (US$3.63 [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Insurance services will provide point benefits on a trial basis within this year if companion animals achieve their target health goals. The Financial Services Commission (FSC) said Thursday it has designated five more innovative financial services, including point benefits for companion animals. To that end, insurtech startup SmallTicket will [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Kakao Corp., the operator of South Korea’s leading messenger app Kakao Talk, got a nod from the country’s financial regulator Wednesday to raise its stake in the Internet-only bank Kakao Bank. Kakao Bank, the country’s second Internet-only bank, began operations in July 2017 and quickly gained popularity among local [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band BTS’ fan meetings and concerts in South Korea last month created an economic effect worth nearly 500 billion won (US$424.2 million), an academic report showed Wednesday. According to the report by a research team led by Pyun Ju-hyun, a business professor at Seoul’s Korea University, BTS [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of South Korean finance and investment companies are going beyond preferring suits and ties to allow employees to wear the clothes of their choice. Many finance firms are introducing the new policy to reflect the fact that taking off a tie helps to drop perceived body [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will step up its efforts this week to fend off a move by Japan to impose additional trade restrictions against Seoul, according to government officials on Sunday, amid a growing trade dispute that could also disrupt global supplies of semiconductors and smartphones. Diplomatic and economic tensions are [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The financial damage caused by cryptocurrency-related crimes reached nearly 2.7 trillion (US$2.3 billion) over the past two years, government data showed Sunday. The financial loss of scams and fraud involving cryptocurrencies came to 2.69 trillion won between July 2017 and June 2019, according to the data from the justice [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Professionals from both South Korea and abroad are gathering in the blockchain market as the popularity of cryptocurrencies continues to expand rapidly. Former executives from major IT, finance, and venture investment firms in the country and abroad are joining blockchain businesses as advisors. David Park, the former head of [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of major tech companies and financial institutions have joined hands to launch a blockchain-based digital identity platform available on smartphones to provide a trustworthy and secure solution, they said Sunday. Samsung Electronics Co., three mobile carriers — SK Telecom Co., KT Corp. and LG Uplus Corp. — [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Kakao Bank, South Korea’s second Internet-only bank, said Friday it has attracted more than 10 million accounts in about two years since launching operations. Kakao Bank, controlled by Kakao Corp., the operator of South Korea’s dominant messaging app KakaoTalk, started operations on July 27, 2017, quickly gaining popularity among [...]