Hana Financial Group has begun moving into its Cheongna headquarters in Incheon, bringing affiliates together and linking the site with a nearby integrated data centre. The group plans a phased relocation through November, with about 2,200 staff joining the Cheongna workforce to total about 4,000. The headquarters emphasises collaboration through open floor plans, internal stairways and a 5G wireless work environment. The data centre operates group security monitoring and is expanding AI capabilities, including a planned second facility.

Financial companies in South Korea are stepping up social contribution activities ahead of the Chuseok holiday, ranging from purchases to support traditional markets to aid for vulnerable groups and employee-led volunteering. The Financial Supervisory Service joined four firms and the Salvation Army for a market event in Seoul. Major banks and financial groups ran nationwide programs delivering goods and vouchers to welfare facilities, low-income households, seniors living alone, multicultural families and patients.