SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s bourse operator said Thursday that it will provide guidelines that meet global standards for listed firms’ disclosures for their environment, social and governance (ESG) management. The Korea Exchange (KRX) has been pushing for advanced ESG disclosure systems to match global standards, best represented by the International Sustainability [...]
SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Loans issued to seniors over 60 years of age from insurance companies jumped last year, a lawmaker said Monday, citing data from the Financial Supervisory Service. Loans taken out by seniors over 60 years of age from insurance companies reached 11.16 trillion won (US$8.55 billion) as of late December [...]
SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s major insurance companies are posing a challenge to commercial banks by releasing mortgage loans with a maturity of up to 40 years. Kyobo Life Insurance Co., which is already selling policy-type 40-year mortgage products for youth and newly-wedded couples, is set to launch sales of general-type products. [...]
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 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Investor sentiment has been unduly negative toward Samsung Electronics in light of the company’s strong performance and solid earnings forecast, a chief analyst at a local research firm has said. “I think investor worries are excessive. Limited supply will shore up memory chip prices in the coming months,” Greg [...]
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 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Shares of South Korean mobile payment service Kakao Pay Corp. have plunged following the stock sales through block deal by Alipay Singapore Holdings Pte, which is the company’s second-largest shareholder. Kakao Pay employees owning company stock, in turn, are seeing significant losses. On Wednesday, Kakao Pay shed 15.19 percent to [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreigners withdrew more money than they injected into South Korea’s stock markets for the fourth straight month in May amid worries over economic slowdowns in major countries and the fallout from the ongoing war in Ukraine, central bank data showed Thursday. Net foreign money outflows from the main bourse, [...]
SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Securities firms are lowering their forecasts for Samsung Electronics Co.’s share price despite the company’s optimistic projections. The average target price proposed by brokerage houses for the giant chipmaker last Thursday was 93,100 won, down by more than 9 percent over the past 12 months, according to the data [...]
SEOUL, June 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean investors are continuing to buy shares in electric vehicle leader Tesla Inc. despite the plunging price, data showed Sunday. Local investors bought US$1.03 billion worth of Tesla shares last month, the highest since last December, according to the data from the Korea Securities Depository. As such, South [...]