SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Households may have to cope with higher mortgage rates as the Bank of Korea (BOK) raised its key interest rate for the first time in a year, market watchers said Friday. In a widely anticipated move to cool property prices, the BOK lifted its key rate by 25 basis [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s comprehensive plan to deal with credit card fees paid by merchants is taking a heavy toll on credit card companies. The implementation of the plan may result in losses among card companies year, forcing them to take emergency measures. “Credit card companies were stunned to find out [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The Financial Supervisory Service (FSS), in collaboration with KB Kookmin Bank and Amazon Web Services, has developed an AI algorithm that can distinguish smishing. Smishing refers to a combination of SMS and phishing. It is a form of financial fraud where clicking on a certain web address sent via [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The financial regulator said Wednesday it will allow financial institutions to use non-financial information for their credit evaluation of an individual who applies for a loan. Choi Jong-ku, chairman of the Financial Services Commission (FSC), made the remarks as the ruling Democratic Party and the government announced a set [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Kakaopay Corp., a South Korean mobile payment platform provider, said Tuesday that four investment products sold out in just four hours and 20 minutes on the first day of launch. On Monday, the company said it will launch a new service called Kakao Investment, allowing users to invest in [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study suggests that 4 out of 10 life planners in South Korea may lose their jobs once employment insurance becomes mandatory for employees with jobs categorized as “special type of labor” in South Korea. Lee Ji-man, a professor at Yonsei University, will be presenting the details of [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Retail investors are estimated to hold more than 3 trillion won worth of Samsung BioLogics Co. shares, whose trading was suspended last week over window-dressing, a corporate researcher said Monday. As of last Wednesday, individual investors owned an estimated 9.6 million shares of Samsung BioLogics, or 14.53 percent, according [...]
PORT MORESBY, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — President Moon Jae-in on Sunday proposed the creation of an Asia-Pacific fund for digital economy to help promote regional cooperation and build capacity in developing countries. In an address to the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Papua New Guinea, Moon also presented his economic and social [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s No. 1 conglomerate, Samsung, saw its market capitalization fall nearly 12 percent this year due to losses in tech and bio shares, a corporate tracker said Sunday. The combined market value of its 16 listed companies came to 418.33 trillion won (US$369.5 billion) as of Wednesday, down [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of Turkey announced that a canal project that has included Korean construction companies by request of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will be breaking ground next year. In an interview with local Turkish media Anadolu Agency, Turkey’s transportation minister yesterday revealed that the [...]