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Digital asset cross-industry ties spread as top 4 financial groups post 11 trillion won profit era

Big Tech, financial firms and payment companies in South Korea are widening digital-asset initiatives by teaming up with global blockchain companies. Kakao Group and Toss and Toss Bank are working with Circle to review stablecoin-based payment and settlement infrastructure and tokenised financial services. Banks are developing cross-border remittance and payment models. Separately, the top four financial holding groups posted combined first-half net profit above 11 trillion won, while regulators step up group-level oversight of fintech expansion.

Finance

IBK Industrial Bank of Korea first-half net profit 1.44 trillion won, down 4.4 percent

IBK Industrial Bank of Korea posted first-half consolidated net profit of 1.44 trillion won, down 4.4 percent from a year earlier, the bank said. Market share in SME finance rose to a record 24.6 percent as SME loans increased to 270 trillion won. The bank cited larger foreign-exchange valuation losses and higher loan-loss provisions as factors behind the profit decline. It will pay its first quarterly dividend.

Mobility

China and Thailand lead EV war as Japan and U.S. lag, analysis says

China and Thailand are moving ahead in reshaping the global auto industry by using domestic electric vehicle rollout policies to build export competitiveness, an analysis said. The key is the pace of electrification at home rather than export results alone. China’s plans target a sharp rise in new energy vehicles on its roads, supporting scale, learning effects and supply chains. Thailand is adjusting incentives toward export compensation as it becomes an EV export base.