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Cryptocurrencies RedotPay lands in Seoul with crypto cards

RedotPay, a Hong Kong-based blockchain fintech company, has arrived in South Korea with its cryptocurrency-based payment cards and is poised to disr...

Earnings Shinhan Financial’s overseas business blooms, on track for record earnings

Shinhan Financial Group Co., South Korea’s leading financial holding company, is poised to surpass 1 trillion won ($692 million) in annual net...

Earnings S.Korea’s top 4 financial holding firms cheer upbeat Q1 results

South Korea’s top four financial holding companies – Shinhan, KB, Hana and Woori – reported stellar earnings for the first quarter...

Mergers & Acquisitions Kyobo Life poised to buy Japan’s SBI Group-owned savings bank

Kyobo Life Insurance Co. is in the final stages of negotiation with Japanese financial group SBI Holdings Inc. to buy about a 50% stake in SBI Savin...

Banking & Finance Shinhan to lead financing for battery storage project in Japan

Shinhan Financial Group will lead 4.9 billion yen ($35 million) in financing for a large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) construction pro...

Real estate Shinhan REITs picked as sole bidder for BNK Digital Tower

Shinhan REITs Management is expected to acquire BNK Digital Tower, an office building in the affluent neighborhood of Gangnam in southern Seoul, aft...

Banking & Finance Shinhan Bank partners with Hyundai Mobis for loan services to suppliers

Hyundai Mobis Co., South Korea’s top auto parts maker, has partnered with the country’s biggest lender Shinhan Bank to help its partners...

Real estate Kumho Petrochemical's Seoul headquarters put on market

IGIS Asset Management Co., has put Kumho Petrochemical Group’s headquarters building, Signature Tower in central Seoul, up for sale – a ...

Tech, Media & Telecom Microsoft CEO Nadella seeks AI alliance with Hyundai, POSCO, Shinhan, KT

Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Satya Nadella is seeking to forge an artificial intelligence alliance with major South Korean companies...

Earnings Shinhan Bank reclaims top spot as S.Korea’s leading lender

Shinhan Bank, a key arm of Shinhan Financial Group, reclaimed its position as South Korea’s top lender posting its largest-ever profit in 2024...

Real estate Koramco REITS chosen preferred buyer of Crescendo Building in Seoul

Koramco REITs Management & Trust Co., a leading South Korean real estate firm, has been chosen as the preferred negotiator to buy the Crescendo ...

Banking & Finance Lotte Card Card to launch loans for affiliates in Vietnam

South Korea's Lotte Card said on Monday it will launch loans for affiliates in Vietnam.Lotte Finance Vietnam, the Vietnamese corporation of Lotte Ca...

Mergers & Acquisitions MBK kicks off Lotte Card sale for about $1.4 bn in 2nd bid

Lotte Card Co. is expected to be up for grabs in the first half of next year amid a second sale attempt by its largest shareholder MBK Partners, a N...

Banking & Finance KB Kookmin Card, UnionPay to cooperate on marketing

South Korea's KB Kookmin Card said on Tuesday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with China's UnionPay to cooperate on marketing. ...

Travel & Leisure S.Korean overseas card spending posts record $5.71 bn in Q3

With the increase in international travel during the summer, overseas card spending by South Korean residents reached a record high in the third qua...

Banking & Finance Shinhan Securities Vietnam launches mobile trading system

South Korea's Shinhan Securities said on Thursday its overseas subsidiary Shinhan Securities Vietnam (SSV) launched a mobile trading system (MTS) "N...

Banking & Finance Lotte Card launches long-term rental car card in Vietnam

South Korea's Lotte Card Co. launched a long-term car rental exclusive card in Vietnam to expand its presence in the local market.Its Vietnamese s...

Banking & Finance S.Korea's Hana Card, KFCC launch first PLCC

South Korea's Hana Card said on Tuesday it launched the first private label credit card (PLCC) product, the "MG+ Credit Card Primo Hana Card" of the...

Banking & Finance Shinhan Card launches debit cards for foreign residents in S.Korea

South Korea's Shinhan Card said on Friday that it has launched two debit cards exclusively for foreign residents in the country: the SOL Global Chec...

Banking & Finance Shinhan SOL Travel Cards' cumulative issuance reaches 1.2 mn

South Korea's Shinhan Card said on Wednesday that the cumulative issuance of its travel-specialized card, the Shinhan SOL Travel Card (available in ...

Banking & Finance Hana Card's debit card overseas payment reaches 50%

South Korea's Hana Card reported on Friday that its domestic market share in overseas debit card payments has reached nearly 50%.The number of sub...

Banking & Finance BC Card, Uzbekistan to connect payment network

South Korea's BC Card said on Monday that it signed a contract with Uzbekistan's state-run payment operator National Interbank Processing Center (NI...

Banking & Finance Shinhan Card tops S.Korea's EPG ranking for financial institutions

South Korea's Shinhan Card said on Monday it was ranked as the leading company in the domestic financial sector in an environment, population, and g...

Banking & Finance Shinhan Financial opens new headquarters in Ho Chi Minh City

South Korea's Shinhan Financial Group opened a new headquarters in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.Shinhan Financial held an inauguration ceremony for t...

Tech, Media & Telecom LG Uplus offers Korean Air gift cards to 5G subscribers

South Korea’s LG Uplus Corp. is expanding benefits for subscribers of its online-exclusive prepaid plan Nugget, including offering Korean Air ...

Banking & Finance Hana Card, Toss Bank jointly launch PLCC card

South Korea's Hana Card announced on Friday that it partnered with Toss Bank to launch its first private label credit card (PLCC), the Toss Bank Cre...

Korean chipmakers Samsung releases 1-terabyte microSD cards for mobile devices

Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday released higher-capacity memory cards for portable devices that can store up to 1 terabyte (TB) of data, almost ...

Alternative investments Shinhan Securities, Stockeeper to cooperate on STO

South Korea's Shinhan Securities announced on Friday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Stockeeper on Thursday to promote a sec...

Banking & Finance Korea’s Lotte Card sees 1st profit in Vietnam since launch

Lotte Card Co., South Korea’s No. 5 credit card issuer, is enjoying its first monthly profit in Vietnam after offering various financial produ...

Banking & Finance Shinhan Financial builds disaster response system

South Korea's Shinhan Financial Group announced on Sunday that it established a disaster response system to provide swift and substantial assistance...