(18 July 2024 – Asia) The finance ministers of Japan and Korea agreed to cooperate on stabilising their weak currencies amid overarching macroeconomic headwinds. Japanese Minister of […]
(24 April 2024 – South Korea) Euroclear Bank has announced Deutsche Bank as its cash settlement and foreign exchange bank with the Korea Securities Depository. The German bank […]
(5 July 2023 – South Korea) For the first time in 30 years, South Korea will allow new entrants to the banking sector as the government seeks to […]
(19 October 2021 – South Korea) JP Morgan is expanding its commercial banking business in South Korea by launching a new team focused on financing midcap companies. The new […]
(31 August 2020 – South Korea) OCBC has provided a green loan of 115 billion South Korean won ($97 million) to M&G Real Estate Asia to refinance an […]
(17 August 2020 – Korea) South Korea has sold the most ESG (Environmental, social and corporate governance) bonds in Asia so far this year, surpassing China which was […]
(27 February 2019 – South Korea) In a move designed to increase competition and promote innovation, South Korea’s banks will be forced to open their payment systems to […]
(31 January 2019 – South Korea) The daily foreign exchange turnover by local and foreign banks in South Korea rose 9.6 percent year on year to a record […]
(5 February 2018 – Asia) Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) is planning to acquire a majority stake in Indonesia's Bank Agris, the two lenders have announced. According to […]
(23 August 2017 – South Korea) Samsung’s mobile payment service, Samsung Pay has hit 10 trillion won (A$11.1 billion) in accumulated transaction volume in South Korea, the company […]
