SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of South Koreans are redeeming their credit debts prior to their expiration date due to heavier financial burdens caused by rising interest rates, with some even willing to pay penalties for redeeming debts prior to the due date. Rep. Yun Chang-hyun of the People Power Party [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The outstanding amount of “jeonse” home rental loans among young people rose sharply this year, a lawmaker said Monday. South Koreans in their 20s and 30s hold 96.36 trillion won (US$73.3 billion) in debt issued to pay for deposit-based rental homes, said Rep. Jin Sun-mee of the Democratic Party, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s financial regulator said Monday state-run policy lenders plan to increase loans with low and fixed interest rates to small firms to help ease their financial burdens caused by high inflation and rising borrowing costs. The Financial Services Commission (FSC) said in a policy briefing to President Yoon [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — About one out of eight mid-aged people in South Korea has borrowed money due to economic challenges caused by the coronavirus pandemic, a survey showed Sunday. According to the survey of 3,923 people by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 12.5 percent of people in their 40s [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The value of loans issued to young South Koreans from the non-banking financial sector is on the rise, with some being pushed into declaring bankruptcy. Rep. Jin Sun-mee of the Democratic Party shared a report from the Financial Supervisory Service that showed young South Koreans under the age of [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans in their 20s and 30s are struggling with rising interest rates. A majority of loans for jeonse (long-term deposits for rent), in particular, are provided at floating interest rates, which makes young South Koreans react to an increase in interest rates with concern or give up on [...]
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, May 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Eight out of 10 young people in their twenties who applied for personal rehabilitation took out loans from secondary financial institutions including credit cooperatives and savings banks, a survey showed Wednesday. The Seoul Financial Welfare Counseling Center conducted a survey of 512 young people in their twenties who completed [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Over the last three years, an increasing number of South Koreans in their 20s and 30s are borrowing money to pay for more than half of cost of their housing. Rep. Kang Jun-hyeon of the ruling Democratic Party compiled and analyzed more than 1.2 million funding plans submitted between [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The use of non-face-to-face bank loans that can be applied for simply through several clicks online is on a steady rise. The outstanding balance of non-face-to-face loans at the nation’s 18 commercial banks as of the end of June 2021 totaled 111.8 trillion won (US$94.4 billion), an almost threefold [...]