The Bank of Korea is the central bank of South Korea and issuer of South Korean won. It was established on 12 June 1950 in Seoul, South Korea.
Shinhan Financial Group Co., Ltd. is a financial holding company headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. Its subsidiaries provide a full range of financial services, including banking, securities, life insurance, and investment banking. It is one of Korea's so-called Big Five financial groups, along with KB Financial Group, NH Financial Group, Hana Financial Group, and Woori Financial Group.
BC Card (Korean: 비씨카드) is a South Korean financial services company headquartered in Seoul. South Korea's largest payment processing company, it provides end-to-end payment services, primarily to financial institutions, as well as to local merchants through its subsidiary company Smartro; credit cards, debit cards and prepaid cards; local brand network operation under the brand of "BC"; card issuing BPO to financial institutions; as well as Internet commerce and mobile payment solutions.
Standard Chartered Korea is a banking and financial services company headquartered in Seoul, South Korea and a wholly owned subsidiary of Standard Chartered. It was created by the acquisition of the former Korea First Bank by Standard Chartered in 2005.
Shinhan Bank Co., Ltd. is a bank headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. It was founded under that name in 1982, but through its merger with Chohung Bank in 2006, traces its origins to the Hanseong Bank, one of the first banks to be established in Korea. It is part of the Shinhan Financial Group, along with Jeju Bank. As of June 30, 2016, Shinhan Bank had total assets of ₩298.945 trillion, total deposits of ₩221.047 trillion and loans of ₩212.228 trillion. Shinhan Bank is the main subsidiary of Shinhan Financial Group (SFG).
Chohung Bank Co., Ltd. was a bank company headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. It was formed by the 1943 merger of Hanseong Bank, established in 1897 and sometimes referred to as Korea's first bank, and Dong-il Bank, originally established in 1906 as Hanil Bank and renamed in 1931.
Hana Bank, known from its initial establishment in 1971 to 1991 as Korea Investment Finance Corporation, is one of South Korea's largest banks. It merged with Seoul Bank in 2002, then with Korea Exchange Bank in 2015, and was branded KEB Hana Bank from 2015 to 2019. It is a subsidiary of Hana Financial Group.
Yeouido, also Yohido, is a river island on the Han River in Seoul, South Korea. It is Seoul's main finance, media, and investment banking district. It is 8.4 square kilometres (3.2 sq mi) large and has a population of 32,674 as of August 2023.
Shinhan Card Co. Ltd. is Korea's biggest, global top-five credit card company. Headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, the company has a partnership with Shinhan Capital, and is an affiliate of Shinhan Financial Group. Shinhan Card was established in 1990, as a technical and business company licensed by Shinhan Bank. It introduced the technology of sending virtual one-time card numbers in Visa's 3-D Secure first in the world for its customers' security.
Korea First Bank, sometimes also referred to as Jeil Bank, was a Korean bank that operated between 1929 and 1997.
Jung District is one of the 25 districts of Seoul, South Korea.
The Bank of Chōsen or Bank of Joseon, known in 1909-1911 as the Bank of Korea, was a colonial bank that served as bank of issue for Korea under Japanese rule as well as being a commercial bank, with significant operations beyond Korea. Formed in 1909 by transfer of the former Korean operations of Japan's Dai-Ichi Bank, it issued the Korean yen from 1910 to 1945. Its seat was initially established in Seoul, relocated to Tokyo in May 1924, and subsequently relocated back to Keijō. It has been described as "a primary component of Japanese foreign expansionism".
Financial services in South Korea refers to the services provided in ROK by the finance industry: banks, investment banks, insurance companies, credit card companies, consumer finance companies, government sponsored enterprises, and stock brokerages.
Shinhan Asset Management (Korean: 신한자산운용) is an asset management company headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. It is one of the largest asset management companies in South Korea, with US$55.6 billion of assets under management as of end of 2020. It is a subsidiary of the Shinhan Financial Group.
Lotte Hotels and Resorts is a South Korean luxury hotel chain operated by Lotte Hotel Co., Ltd., the hospitality arm of Lotte Corporation. The company was founded in May 1973. Starting with the opening of Lotte Hotel Seoul in 1979, luxury chain hotels opened in Jamsil, Busan, Jeju, and Ulsan. The first business hotel, Lotte City Hotel Mapo, opened in April 2009, and the first overseas chain, Lotte Hotel Moscow, opened in June 2010. On December 8, 2011, the second business hotel, Lotte City Hotel Gimpo Airport opened within the Lotte Mall Gimpo Airport complex.
Chohung Bank FC is a defunct South Korean semi-professional football club that was located in Seoul, South Korea. The club played at the highest level in South Korea in the 1970s, winning the national league on two occasions and the national cup once.
In 2013, there were two major sets of cyberattacks on South Korean targets attributed to elements within North Korea.
Gangnam Finance Center (Korean: 강남파이낸스센터), formerly known as Star Tower or I-Tower, is a 204 metres (669 ft) skyscraper in Seoul, South Korea. It was constructed in the period 1995–2001. It is the 33rd tallest building in South Korea and 9th or 10th tallest building in Seoul. It has 45 surface floors and 8 underground ones.
