Company:Woori Financial Group
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Native name | 주식회사 우리금융지주 |
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| Type | Public |
| KRX: 053000 NYSE: WF | |
| Industry | Financial services |
| Founded | January 11, 2019 |
| Headquarters | , |
| Subsidiaries | Woori Bank |
| Website | woorifg.com |
Woori Financial Group (Korean: 우리금융지주) is a Seoul-based banking and financial services holdings company and is the largest bank in South Korea . Woori has had a short history as a financial institution. It was formed in 2001 from the forced merger of 4 predecessor commercial banks and an investment bank (Hanvit, Peace, Kwangju and Kyongnam Banks and Hanaro Investment Banking and their subsidiaries). The banks were taken over and recapitalised by the government because they had fallen below the Basel I Accord mandated eight percent capital adequacy ratio. The South Korea , through the Korean Deposit Insurance Corporation, remains the primary investor as a result.[1]
This came about as a part of the 1997 Asian financial crisis, which affected the operations of virtually all banks and financial firms in South Korea.
Business
See also
- List of South Korean companies
- Woori Bank
References
- ↑ Lee, Eun-joo (June 26, 2013). "Divide-and-sell strategy for Woori". Korea Joongang Daily. https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2973711.
External links
- Business data for Woori Financial:
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