SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s chief financial regulator called on the nation’s umbrella bank union Wednesday to withdraw its plan to go on a general strike later this week, saying such a collective action will never win public support especially at a time when the local banking industry faces a “life-or-death” crisis. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Starting October 5, Korea will launch its first debit card cashback service at convenience stores. Although a popular practice in a number of western countries, the service has not yet been introduced to Korean consumers. In a nutshell, the service is offered to customers who wish to add a certain [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Starting September 1, adult ADHD patients in Korea will be able to have their ADHD medication expenses partially covered by the national health insurance plan. Attention deficiency hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, although largely perceived as a condition most prevalent in children and teenagers, is also becoming common among adults. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – It has been almost three months since the Supreme Court of Korea ruled that insurance companies must pay the families of suicide victims, but a recent report from the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS), submitted to lawmaker Min Byung-doo (Minjoo Party of Korea), revealed that insurance companies have yet to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s mobile banking, mostly based on smartphones, continued to grow quickly in the second quarter of 2016, with the daily average transaction volume exceeding 3 trillion won (US$2.7 billion), central bank data showed Tuesday. The daily transaction volume rose 6.3 percent on-quarter to 3.78 trillion won during the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s top financial regulator unveiled a set of measures Tuesday to foster big investment banks, a move that could expedite the mergers and acquisitions of local brokerage houses. The Financial Services Commission (FSC) said it will allow brokerage houses with a capital base worth more than 4 trillion [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) – ISAs, or Individual Savings Accounts, have been among the most popular financial products in Korea since their launch in the first half of 2016. In a nutshell, an ISA is an integrated asset management account that can consist of various financial products, including savings accounts, stocks, mutual funds, and [...]
SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Shinhan Bank, one of Korea’s leading banks, has stepped forward to improve its work environment for employees by implementing what it calls a ‘Smart Work System’, which launched on Monday. To begin with, the company implemented a work-from-home system for employees who don’t necessarily require the use of a [...]
SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The loss ratio in the automobile insurance industry refers to the total loss paid by an insurance company in the form of claims out of total collected premiums, for which the ratio must be kept at 78 percent for insurance companies to avoid incurring losses. However, the car insurance industry in [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The latest predictions of the future of the Korean asset management market indicate that the use of robo-advisors, AI-based asset management services, will become more prevalent in coming years. The AI platforms will serve as investment advisors that recommend specific financial products and investment portfolio composition via analysis of [...]