SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – More South Koreans have canceled their installment savings accounts before maturity this year, industry data showed Monday, an apparent sign that an increasing number of ordinary people are feeling the pinch from the country’s sluggish economy. The early cancellation rate of installment savings accounts at Shinhan, KB Kookmin, KEB [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – An over-the-counter stock market for promising startups will open in South Korea in November to help them raise funds more easily and offer investors a chance to buy their shares, the bourse operator said Tuesday. The Korea Exchange (KRX) said the stock market, named the KRX Startup Market (KSM) [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea announced Monday it will lay the systemic groundwork for the spread of digital currency as part of efforts to promote financial technology, also called fintech. “The government will push for the systematization of digital currency on a full scale in tandem with a global trend in the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will revise a law and administrative regulations on the local banking industry to make it easier for banks here to tap into insurance and investment-related businesses, and open new offices abroad, the financial regulator said Thursday. The move is meant to give local banks more autonomy in [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s stock market operator said Wednesday it has signed a contract with its Vietnamese counterpart to set up the IT infrastructure for the Southeast Asian nation’s equity trading. Under the deal with the Hochiminh Stock Exchange (HoSE), the Korea Exchange (KRX) will offer a set of programs based [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will relax regulations on local banks’ capital to help them improve profitability and raise global competitiveness, the nation’s top financial regulator said Friday. Yim Jong-yong, chairman of the Financial Services Commission (FSC), admitted that banks here are subject to some “excessive” rules including those on loan loss [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Recent data from the Bank of Korea shows that Korea’s shadow banking system has grown exponentially over the years, increasing potential risks and vulnerability in the Korean market. Shadow banking refers to non-bank financial institutions that provide traditional banking services but outside conventional financial regulations. According to data revealed [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s financial regulatory body said Friday it will soon decide whether to issue a permit for the nation’s first online-only bank. Two consortiums, one led by KT Corp. and the other by Kakao Corp., are preparing to enter the banking sector with their technical expertise. KT’s consortium submitted [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean stock market was very much affected by the first U.S. presidential debate, and was clearly in favor of Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. Korea’s representative KOSPI index opened Tuesday with doubts over the first debate, but with Clinton gaining strength against Donald Trump as the debate progressed, the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Amid rapid automotive innovation that has promoted enhanced driving safety, car insurance may gradually become nonessential. According to a KIDI report released Monday, if 50 percent of domestic vehicles are equipped with level 1 function-specific automation (NHTSA), including autonomous emergency and autonomous reverse braking technologies, annual insurance payouts will [...]