Eximbank chief visits branches to understand employees, clients

Export-Import Bank of Korea (Eximbank) CEO Bang Moon-kyu, center, tries to grant loans to customers using a computerized processing system at the state-run lender's Busan branch, Monday. / Courtesy of Eximbank

The chief of Export-Import Bank of Korea (Eximbank) has embarked on a mission to check local industries and branches.

The state-run bank said Thursday CEO Bang Moon-kyu, who took office, Nov. 1, visited the lender's Busan branch Monday to experience client services for himself and listen to employees speak about their difficulties.

He took on the work of offering consultations to clients and approving loans.

After completing the tasks, Bang said he would review the introduction of digital banking at Eximbank.

"We will review utilizing digital banking, which is developing rapidly both in retail and corporate finance, to enhance convenience for corporate clients," he said.

After visiting the branch, Bang visited Autonics, an industrial automation systems provider based in Busan.

After meeting with the company's CEO Park Yong-jin, Bang said Eximbank will seek to boost loans for firms in innovative industries.

At his inauguration ceremony, Bang stressed the importance of assisting innovative firms in enhancing competitiveness as well as their entry into foreign markets.

Eximbank plans to increase the scale of loans for innovative industries next year, to over 10 trillion won.

Bang also visited the Marine Finance Center in Busan, and pledged to boost assistance for small- and medium-sized enterprises in the shipping sector to activate the local economy.