Banking & Finance
Kakao Pay CEO to serve another term
Kakao Pay CEO Shin Won-keun is to serve another two-year-term as the chief of the mobile payment company, the company announced Tuesday.
Mar 26, 2024
Anna J. Park
Korea Times Politics & City Reporter
Anna Jiwon Park has been covering the politics at The Korea Times since the summer of 2024, when she joined the press pool for the Office of the President in Korea. Prior to that, she spent about five years reporting extensively on financial markets, regulatory authorities and the financial industry. She joined The Korea Times in 2019 after spending eight years as a broadcast journalist at Arirang TV, Korea’s leading global broadcaster, covering politics, defense and culture.
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Economy
Invest Seoul to expand in size by next year
Invest Seoul, established by the Seoul Metropolitan Government in early 2022 to attract major global investors to the capital city, is set to expand both in terms of size and function by early next year.
Mar 25, 2024
Economy
FSC chief visits Poland to bolster financial cooperation
Financial Services Commission (FSC) Chairman Kim Joo-hyun embarked on a visit to Poland on Sunday to strengthen financial ties between the two nations.
Mar 24, 2024
Banking & Finance
Woori Bank to strengthen business ties with CJ OliveNetworks
Woori Bank has signed a strategic partnership with CJ OliveNetworks, aiming to enhance and broaden its non-financial services, the bank announced on Sunday.
Mar 24, 2024
Banking & Finance
AXA General Insurance nominates new CEO candidate
AXA General Insurance announced Thursday that it has nominated Hans Vraken as its new CEO.
Mar 21, 2024
Banking & Finance
OK Savings Bank becomes largest shareholder of DGB Financial
Market attention is now drawn on what lies behind OK Savings Bank's surprise emergence as the largest shareholder of DGB Financial Group.
Mar 21, 2024
Economy
Jeju Beer Company sold 3 years after Kosdaq IPO
Jeju Beer Company has sold its controlling stake to a local automobile maintenance and repair business, ending the local craft brewer's fairy tale story.
Mar 20, 2024
Economy
The Penthouse Cheongdam maintains top rank for Korea's most expensive apartment
The Penthouse Cheongdam in southern Seoul has ranked as the most expensive apartment complex in Korea for four consecutive years, according to the latest housing price chart released Tuesday by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.
Mar 20, 2024
Economy
Life insurers seek new growth in hybrid, pension, overseas markets
In the face of threats of market saturation and decreasing population in the country, the Korea Life Insurance Association (KLIA) aims to find new growth momentum in the hybrid insurance and pension markets.
Mar 19, 2024