iM Financial Group is running May as a \"Social Contribution Day\" month to expand community coexistence activities, it said on Thursday. The group said all employees took part in social contribution programmes tied to Family Month and its 15th anniversary. It funded support for vulnerable groups and carried out volunteer work at a child-care facility. It also provided financial education, supported youth transport costs, and backed senior welfare and housing energy-efficiency initiatives.

Woori Bank will work with the Korea Inclusive Finance Agency on a nationwide relay campaign to help prevent harm from illegal private lending and promote policy-backed finance support schemes. The campaign, sponsored by Woori Bank for a second consecutive year, will run through the end of December. The two organisations plan to provide information to about 11,000 financially vulnerable people, including the elderly and people with disabilities, and local residents.