South Korea’s corporate bond market is showing signs of recovery, prompting banks to resume bond issuance to replace maturing debt.
December 22, 2022BOK tested the use of its CBDC system to purchase NFTs, perform cross-border remittances, fulfill seizure orders, and automate AML/CFT monitoring and STR filings.
November 8, 2022KRW 95 trillion will ultimately be channeled by 5 financial groups into corporate bonds, other debt securities, state firms, and small merchants and businesses.
November 2, 2022FSS investigations have so far involved 82 corporates and 12 banks. The total value of abnormal FX transactions discovered is now $7.2bn.
September 29, 2022The new disclosures are expected to push banks to increase the interest rates they pay on deposit products, and slow down the pace of interest rate hikes on loans.
August 24, 2022The FSS sought to reprimand Sohn Tae-seung, but two courts have now ruled in favour of the Woori Financial Group chairman and CEO.
August 4, 2022Six industry bodies have filed a joint request asking regulators to grant their boards more autonomy over their internal affairs rather than punishing their executives.
September 16, 2021An FSS decision to ban Woori Financial Group Chairman Son Tae-seung from the financial industry for three years is effectively nullified.
August 31, 2021Shinhan Bank has separately been ordered to repay up to 75 percent of investments it sold in Lime's credit insured funds.
April 22, 2021Some foreign banks have launched emergency safety measures, ordering employees to stay at home or halting operations indefinitely.
February 3, 2021