New insurance product offers bonus for long-term customers
ABL Life Insurance has brought about an insurance product, of which the premium paid and the insurance money received are all in U.S. dollars.
It is an annuity insurance where an insurer can...
Central bank pessimistic about economic outlook
The Bank of Korea (BOK) shaved this year’s economic growth forecast to 2.2 percent on July 18, three months after the central bank lowered the projection by 10 basis points to 2.5 percent.
It marks...
Central bank takes preemptive step amid trade dispute
The Bank of Korea (BOK) cut its benchmark rate by 0.25 percentage points to 1.5 percent on July 18 to help the sluggish economy deal with the trade tension with Japan.
The...
Why foreign life insurers have so many executives?
There are 24 life insurance companies in Korea. Excluding small-sized players, 18 outfits have more than 250 employees as of this April, according to the Korea Life Insurance Association.
A total of...
Officials complain about NY's strong standards
This is the second in a series looking at whether Korean lenders are properly dealing with anti-money laundering issues in time with the visit to Korea of the Financial Action Task Force this month....
FATF will check local banks for anti-money laundering compliance
This is the first in a series looking at whether Korean lenders are properly dealing with anti-money laundering issues in time with the visit to Korea of the Financial Action Task...
Seoul-based lender recognized by prestigious magazine
A renowned financial magazine picked Citibank Korea as the “Best International Bank in Korea.” The Seoul-based lender won the accolade 10 times for the past 12 years.
FinanceAsia, a Hong Kong-based publication reporting Asia’s financial...
Korean lenders opt not to acquire Cambodian financial outfit
Shinhan Bank is Korea’s largest lender by net profit. When its new CEO Jin Ok-dong took charge of the Seoul-based entity early this year, he promised to remain ahead of the...
Korean outfit earns 120 million euros in 2 years
Mirae Asset Global Investments has signed a deal to sell an office tower in Frankfurt’s banking district at 400 million euros, two years after it bought the property named Taunusanlage 8...
BOK chief stresses 'timely strategies'
Bank of Korea Gov. Lee Ju-yeol hinted at the possibility of cutting down the benchmark rate amid the Sino-US trade conflicts, which weigh on Asia’s fourth-largest economy.
In a speech commemorating the central bank’s 69th anniversary...
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