Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Korean Banks Rushing to Southeast Asian Markets


11 February 2015

Korean banks are focusing on Asian markets, including the Philippines and India, so as to cope with the current low interest rate trend by means of their economic growth rates of over 7% and high loan-deposit spreads. 

Shinhan Bank is planning to expand its sales networks in Asia to the Philippines from Vietnam, India, Singapore, and Myanmar. Woori Bank is going to widen its retail banking network in Indonesia by making use of Bank Woori Indonesia (BWI) and Bank Saudara (Tbk), which are scheduled to be merged late this month and Woori Bank will become the Korean bank with the largest number of overseas branches, specifically 184 in 18 countries.

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