SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Internet-only lender Toss Bank logged a rapid business expansion only nine months after its launch, backed by the convenience of mobile banking and services that target all ages, bank data showed Tuesday. Since its launch in October 2021, the online bank has opened 3.6 million new accounts as of [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Citibank Korea Inc., the Korean unit of U.S. banking giant Citigroup, said Wednesday it signed agreements with KB Koomin Bank and Toss Bank to help its individual customers refinance their loans after closing its retail banking sector. Citibank Korea closed all new sign-ups for retail banking and financial services [...]
SEOUL, June 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean insurance companies have toughened the screening of insurance claims, resulting in growing complaints from policyholders. It has been pointed out that insurance companies are now using on-site investigations excessively. For insurance companies, on-site investigation is an effective way to detect any possible fraud, but the problem is [...]
SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean financial companies are beefing up efforts to foster their own characters based on judgment that they would help attract more customers. Among the characters that are famous in the banking industry is Shinhan Bank’s polar bear “SOL,” designed based on the motif of the Little Bear that [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The combined net profit of insurance firms in South Korea dropped by more than 21 percent in the first quarter of this year amid the pandemic and a decline in asset value, regulator’s data showed Monday. The net profit of 53 major insurers here totaled 3.05 trillion won (US$2.45 [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreign bank branches in South Korea saw their combined net profit down 4.5 percent in 2021 due to a rise in securities-linked losses amid market downswings, data showed Monday. The combined net income of 35 foreign lenders’ local branches stood at 1.15 trillion won (US$904.4 million) in the fiscal [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean online lender K-Bank said Monday its earnings shot up in the first quarter of the year on the back of a jump in interest income. Net profit stood at 24.5 billion won (US$19.1 million) in the January-March period, higher than its net income of 22.5 billion won [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean brokerage house Hana Financial Investment Co. said Monday that it is seeking to take over affiliate Hana Bank’s subsidiary in Hong Kong as part of efforts to tap into the Asian financial hub. Hana Financial Investment is considering a plan to purchase a 100 percent stake in [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Police on Friday referred an employee of Woori Bank, one of South Korea’s largest commercial banks, and his brother to the prosecution on charges of embezzling more than 60 billion won (US$47 million), officials said. The employee is suspected of having embezzled a total of 61.4 billion won through [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — KakaoBank Corp., a South Korean internet-only bank, Tuesday reported a 43.2 percent jump in its first-quarter earnings as its customer base continued to expand amid the coronavirus pandemic. Net income came to 66.80 billion won (US$52.8 million) in the January-March period, compared with 46.66 billon won tallied a year [...]