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S. Korea, OECD Hold Conference on ‘Digital Finance’

SEOUL, Mar. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) opened a joint conference in Seoul on Monday to discuss ways to help Southeast Asian countries develop and transform their financial systems. The conference will be held for two days and discuss potential problems arising from the digitalization [...]

Kakao Bank’s Keys to Success

SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Only one month after the launch of Kakao Bank, the groundbreaking financial institution still enjoys great popularity, having already attracted some 3 million account holders. Pre-existing banks that had already entered the mobile financial space and K-Bank, the first internet bank in Korea, haven’t been able to draw as [...]