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Finance
Woori Bank relaunches 'Thrilling Lucky Savings' account, offers up to 13.0 percent
Woori Bank is resuming sales of its event-based installment savings product, the Woori Thrilling Lucky Savings account, after sales of 100,000 accounts ended in March. The bank raised the base interest rate by 0.5 percentage point to 3.0 percent a year. The six-month product allows monthly deposits of up to 500,000 won and is available through the Woori WON Banking app, limited to one account per person. Bonus rates are awarded through monthly lucky-card draws, with a maximum rate of 13.0 percent a year.
AI & Enterprise
Hana Financial launches 'Cheongna era' as 4,000 staff gather at new headquarters
Hana Financial Group is set to begin a full-scale move to its newly completed Cheongna Group Headquarters in Incheon’s Cheongna International City, starting a so-called “Cheongna era.” The group said it will begin placing about 2,200 employees from 10 affiliates from September, with total financial staff in Cheongna expected to reach about 4,000 including existing personnel. The move is the final step of its Hana Dream Town project begun in 2012.
AI & Enterprise
KakaoBank presents financial AI cases at UN ITU event
KakaoBank presented its financial AI research at the UN International Telecommunication Union-led AI for Good Global Summit 2026 in Geneva, held from July 7 to 10 local time. It introduced a method that integrates multiple AI functions needed for financial services into a single specialised model to cut computing resources and operating costs. Its AI-based smishing detection service and a guardrail technology blocking prompt attacks targeting large language models were included in the event’s official outcomes report.
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Games & Commerce
Dream Age to start global closed beta test for new game Alcheron on July 16
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Crypto
Charles Hoskinson calls Ethereum staking structure a mess, says Cardano is better
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Crypto
Fidelity returns table puts bitcoin, gold and long-term bonds among worst in first half of 2026
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Crypto
XRP Ledger new wallets jump 40 percent, biggest rise in three months
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Crypto
Bitcoin miners face U.S. grid test as power demand rises, flexibility proof key by 2027
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Crypto
U.S. SEC adds three crypto items to 2026 regulatory agenda
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Crypto
Bitcoin spot ETF flows show signs of reversal, Fed still a factor
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Crypto
Bitcoin slips toward $62,000, trims rebound; CryptoQuant says room to rise
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Crypto
Strategy buys 10 percent more bitcoin in three months, holdings reach 843,775 BTC
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Crypto
Bitcoin finance platform Strike launches collateralised loan without margin calls
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Crypto
Shiba Inu on-chain transactions plunge more than 95 percent in a day
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Crypto
Lyn Alden says bitcoin unlikely to hit record high in 2026
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Crypto
AI commerce on XRPL tops 1 million transactions, highlighting XRP and RLUSD payments
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Crypto
Bitcoin bottom signal lights up again as on-chain metrics send mixed messages
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Crypto
Wall Street called for $300, but why SpaceX shares fell below IPO price