Kookmin Bank
TypeSubsidiary
Founded1 November 1963 (1963-11-01)
HeadquartersSeoul, South Korea
Key people
Hur Yin, (CEO)
ProductsFinancial services
Number of employees
26,000
ParentKB Financial Group
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGukmin/Gungmin Eunhaeng
McCune–ReischauerKukmin Ŭnhaeng
Websiteomoney.kbstar.com

Kookmin Bank (Korean: 국민은행) or KB Kookmin Bank is among four of the largest banks ranked by asset value in South Korea, as of the end of March 2014.[1] It is the largest among banks in Korea and the 60th largest in the world as of 2017.[2]

History

The current KB Kookmin Bank was formed in December 2000 in a merger between the old Kookmin Bank and the Housing & Commercial Bank. They were both founded by the Korean government in the 1960s for special purposes. Kookmin Bank, which catered towards providing financial services for middle and low income consumers, was privatized in 1995. During the Asian financial crises both banks acquired other financially troubled banks. The merger of the two banks was partly due to the government policy of making banks bigger and more stable. After the merger, KB acquired various companies include credit card, insurance and brokerage firms, transforming into the current financial group in 2008.[3] In September 2004, Kookmin Bank said it would restate its 2003 and 2004 earnings after a financial watchdog found that the bank avoided $270 million in taxes.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Banks in South Korea".
  2. ↑ "국내 1위가 세계 60위…국내은행 글로벌 경쟁력은". 2017-09-10.
  3. ↑ "[인사이드 스토리]한국 금융 M&A". 22 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "Kookmin Bank set to revise earnings on probe result". 2014-12-03. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-10-18.
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