South Korea\'s Financial Supervisory Service and the Korea Financial Training Institute on Thursday signed an agreement with the Korea Federation of Banks and eight financial holding companies to foster financial consumer protection specialists and strengthen capabilities. The parties will expand consumer protection training for financial company employees and work to raise awareness across the sector. New and revamped courses will target executives, prospective chief consumer officers, department heads, practitioners and branch sales staff, with stronger training on mis-selling prevention and voice phishing response.

Shinhan Financial Group said on Tuesday it will strengthen its ESG execution and spread a culture of carbon-neutral practices as it marks the third anniversary of its energy strategy declaration. The strategy focuses on using environmentally friendly energy, saving energy and returning savings to society. The group has expanded measures such as a vehicle rotation scheme, building energy-efficiency work and a clothing recycling campaign involving employees.