Banks turn to corporate lending amid tightened mortgage rules
Commercial lenders are fortifying corporate lending, stymied by rapid saturation of the mortgage market due to tightened household debt regulations, market watchers said Thursday.

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Commercial lenders are fortifying corporate lending, stymied by rapid saturation of the mortgage market due to tightened household debt regulations, market watchers said Thursday.
Over 83 percent of deposits and withdrawals are mediated by online banking, central bank data showed Thursday.
The frequent embezzlement cases involving employees in the banking industry are often part of larger schemes engineered by senior banking figures with co-conspirators, according to sources, Wednesday.
The Korea Times awarded seven winners of the 20th English Economic Essay Contest for university students at the award ceremony at Lotte Hotel Seoul, Tuesday.
Hana Financial Group Chairman Ham Young-joo met with Alex Heath, head of Australia's Climate and Energy Division under the Commonwealth Treasury, in the latest efforts to identify joint green investment and business opportunities with investors in Oceania, the group said Sunday.
The Bank of Korea (BOK) and the agriculture ministry remain at odds over the cause of fresh produce price inflation, experts said Thursday.
The Korea Times is pleased to announce the winners of its 20th English Economic Essay Contest for university students.
Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) Gov. Lee Bok-hyun called for expanding the scope of a board of directors' fiduciary duty to include shareholders and scrapping criminal punishment for breach of trust by corporate executives under Korea's commercial law on Friday.