Finance
Financial Services Commission eases loan-to-deposit ratio rules for regional firms, sole proprietors
South Korea\'s Financial Services Commission said on Tuesday it will give advance notice of a revision to banking supervision rules to ease loan-to-deposit ratio standards for loans to companies and sole proprietors based outside the Seoul metropolitan area. The measure lowers weighting applied to such loans by 5 percentage points each. The commission estimated banks\' lending capacity for regional firms and sole proprietors could rise by up to 21 trillion won, assuming current ratios are maintained.
