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Finance
Shinhan Bank data leak raises concerns over internal controls
Shinhan Bank confirmed a leak of personal and credit information affecting about 25,000 customers after an abnormal method was used to bypass authentication and access some services. The leaked data include names, phone numbers, annual income and calculated loan limits, as well as 66 resident registration numbers and 97 CI linkage identifiers. South Korea\'s Financial Supervisory Service began an emergency on-site inspection. The incident is expected to raise questions about Shinhan Bank\'s information protection and internal control systems.
Finance
Big investment banks\' venture capital supply rises to 11.6 trillion won in Q2; small, mid-cap research mandate sought
Venture capital supply by seven large securities firms obligated to provide risk capital rose to 11.6 trillion won in the second quarter, up 2 trillion won, or 20.4 percent, from the first quarter, South Korea\'s Financial Services Commission said. Authorities plan to review differentiated credit for higher-risk investments and to overhaul brokerage research rules. Measures include curbing buy-rating bias, boosting small and mid-cap coverage, and extending mandatory IPO research.
People
NHN Dooray wins personal information protection and utilisation technology award
NHN Dooray said on Wednesday it won the chairperson’s prize from the Personal Information Protection Commission at the 2026 Personal Information Protection and Utilisation Technology Awards. The award was newly created this year to spread personal information protection technologies. Dooray was recognised for applying a three-layer protection architecture covering infrastructure, data export controls and usage controls, and for meeting cloud security and safety assessments. The company plans to expand service coverage within the military.
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Finance
Toss expands finance for self-employed with Jeju Bank sole listing of owner credit loan
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Crypto
Stablecoins post 18 months of net outflows abroad, totaling 10.4 billion dollars
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AI & Enterprise
Tynapse makes Asia-Pacific top 10 in Nvidia Inception Grand Challenge 2026
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Finance
Korea Exchange to build 12-hour trading system by end-2027
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Finance
South Korean financial regulators launch forced probe into \'information cartel\' over M&A insider trading
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Finance
P2P lenders gain momentum as rules ease; financial CEO appointments gather pace
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Finance
Korea Premium Week opens; government steps up long-term investment push, Kosdaq overhaul
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Finance
FSC to formalise online deposit comparison and recommendation, allowing platform broker registration
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Finance
Financial sector audit to focus on household loans, ETFs and financial incidents
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Finance
Meritz Securities licensed to issue commercial paper, expands operators to nine
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Finance
Online investment-linked finance industry welcomes FSC reforms, aims to supply mid-rate loans in 8% range
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Finance
Financial Security Institute steps up emergency system against cyber attacks over Chuseok holiday
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Finance
Online investment-linked finance gains momentum for mid-rate loans, expands base to sole proprietors
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People & Appointments
Baek Kyung-hoon stresses finance role in developing physical AI, cites virtuous cycle of commercialisation and investment
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Finance
FSC to expand mid-to-low credit lending by online investment-linked finance, raise investment limits