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LG Uplus announces executive appointments to strengthen AX and telecom operations
LG Uplus held a board meeting on Nov. 27 and carried out a reshuffle that promoted three executives to executive vice president, one to senior vice president and named seven new vice presidents. The company highlighted AX as the driver of medium to long‑term growth. It prioritised talent able to support growth in AI contact centres, AI data centres and its AI call app Xio, while reinforcing core telecom operations. Business division head Kwon Yonghyun was promoted to executive vice president, alongside CFO and CRO Yeo Myonghee and CHO Yang Hyoseok. IT and platform build group leader Jung Sungkwon was promoted to senior vice president.
Finance
Shinhan Bank launches SOL Trip&Shop debit card
Shinhan Bank introduced the SOL Trip&Shop debit card, developed with Shinhan Card and designed for overseas online shopping. The card builds on the bank’s travel card line and offers enhanced benefits for online Visa payments. Users can earn up to 2.5 percent in points on overseas online purchases and receive cashback, including 11 percent on Hotels.com. The bank also launched a three-step customer event to mark the release.
Finance
KB Financial holds top prize ceremony for 80th Liberation ‘Rewriting Daehan Is Alive’
KB Financial Group held a top prize ceremony for its 80th Liberation anniversary lyric contest at KB Kookmin Bank’s Yeouido building. The project invites the public to write lyrics to a melody by music director Jung Jae-il. University student Han Seong‑il’s work was selected from 2,135 submissions and received 8.15 million won. KB Financial plans to release an official track with the new lyrics on March 1 next year. A company official said the contest highlighted enduring efforts to carry forward historical spirit.
