SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans are flocking to savings banks after they raised interest rates for deposits and installment savings. Since Wednesday, the Korea Federation of Savings Banks (KSFB) website and a number of savings bank apps, including OK Savings Bank Co. that uses the KSFB servers, have been shut down due [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s financial watchdog said Monday that there will be limited impact if Japanese savings banks operating here scale back their exposure amid an escalating trade row between the two nations. The value of outstanding loans extended by four Japanese savings banks in South Korea, including SBI Savings Bank [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean savings banks’ household lending has soared nearly 20 percent over the past year to top the 20 trillion-won (US$18.3 billion) mark despite their high interest, central bank data showed Thursday. Savings banks’ outstanding household loans stood at 20.6 trillion won as of end-September, up 19.8 percent from [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Corporate lending extended by South Korea’s nonbank financial institutions surged nearly 17 percent in the first half of the year amid tougher rules for household loans, central bank data showed Monday. Outstanding corporate loans by local secondary financial institutions, including credit cooperatives and savings banks, came to 113.4 trillion [...]