[DigitalToday reporter Ji-young Lee] Hana Bank was named South Korea's best private bank at a private banking awards ceremony hosted by a global financial publication. It also won, for the first time, awards in the family business succession and innovation categories, taking three prizes this year.

Hana Bank said on Monday it won the country’s top prize, South Korea's best private bank, at the 18th Global PB Awards 2026 jointly hosted by British financial publications The Banker and PWM.

At an awards ceremony held in London on Nov. 5 local time, it was also named South Korea's best private bank for family business succession and South Korea's best private bank for innovation. Both categories marked the bank's first wins.

Hana Bank set a record of 14 wins in total through this year after it was first named South Korea's best private bank in 2011, the first among major commercial banks in the country.

It also won across the four major PB awards hosted by global financial media outlets including Euromoney, starting with Global Finance's global best real estate investment and South Korea's best private bank in February, along with PBI.

An official at Hana Bank's wealth management group said, "We will continue to strengthen differentiated wealth management solutions and expertise and fulfill our role as customers' lifelong financial partner."