SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The volume of transactions processed through the decimal point trading service for foreign stocks has been on an upward trend since it was introduced three years ago. According to data that Rep. Youn Kwan-suk of the ruling Democratic Party received from the Financial Services Commission, the number of users [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean internet-only banks are ramping up efforts to attract more deposits in the wake of a newcomer’s entry into the fast-growing sector, industry sources said Wednesday. The heated race comes as the latecomer, Toss Bank, has begun receiving applications from customers even before its official launch scheduled for [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Kakaopay Corp., a financial unit of tech giant Kakao Corp., will suspend its car insurance comparison service later this month after providing an unauthorized brokerage service, industry sources said Friday. Kakaopay’s service to help customers find the best deal among six partnered car insurers, including Hyundai Marine and Fire [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of individual savings accounts (ISAs) offered by local securities firms has soared this year following a rule change that allows holders to invest in equities, data showed Wednesday. A total of 1.29 million people held ISAs at brokerage houses as of the end of July this year, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s initial public offering (IPO) market is booming with mega deals this year, already smashing the previous high while several more big deals are scheduled for the remaining months. A total of 73 companies have raised a combined 16.1 trillion won (US$13.9 billion) through their listings in the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s major financial holding firms that control large-sized commercial banks are asking financial authorities to grant them Internet bank licenses as a way to cope with competition from Kakao Bank and K-Bank. The four entities – KB Financial Group Inc., Shinhan Financial Group Co., Woori Financial Group Inc. and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Cryptocurrency investment has surged in popularity among South Koreans from the latter half of last year, and teens were no exception, a lawmaker said Monday, citing data from four major cryptocurrency exchanges. The value of deposits made by teenage investors totaled 4 billion won (US$3.43 million) as of the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Citibank Korea Inc. has again postponed a decision on the exit plan for its retail banking unit amid differences over sale terms, industry sources said Tuesday. Citibank Korea, the South Korean unit of Citigroup Inc., had originally planned to hold a board meeting on Aug. 26 to determine how [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Asset Management Co., South Korea’s top money manager, said Monday that its Samsung Global Metaverse Fund surpassed the 50 billion won mark in assets under management just two months after being released as the ‘metaverse’ emerging as a central theme for investors in the fund market. The fund, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid a recent surge in the number of disputes over noise between floors resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, which has prompted most Koreans to spend more time at home, construction companies are moving heaven and earth to develop technology that can reduce noise between floors. DL E&C Co. and [...]