View source for Company:KB Kookmin Bank

{{short description|South Korean bank}}
{{Infobox company 
| name           = KB Kookmin Bank<br/>KB국민은행
| logo           = KB logo.svg
| logo_size      = 250px
| type           = [[Finance:Public company|Public]]
| traded_as      = {{kse|105560}}<br/>{{nyse|KB}}
| company_slogan = 
| foundation     = {{start date and age|1963}}
| location       = Jung-gu, [[Place:Seoul|Seoul]], {{wipe|South Korea}}
| key_people     = Heo In, <small>([[Company:CEO|CEO]])</small>
| num_employees  = 26,000
| products       = Financial Services
| homepage       = [https://omoney.kbstar.com/quics?page=oeng#loading omoney.kbstar.com]
| revenue        = {{profit}} {{wipe|United States dollar}}26.5 billion  (2012)
|module=
{{Infobox Korean name|child=yes|tablewidth=260|title=Korean name
hangul=KB국민은행|
hanja=KB國民銀行|
rr=KB Gungmin Eunhaeng|
mr=KB Kungmin Ŭnhaeng|
}}
}}
'''KB Kookmin Bank''' ([[Social:Korean language|Korean]]: KB국민은행) or '''KB''' is among the four largest banks ranked by asset value in {{wipe|South Korea}} at the end of March 2014.<ref name=relbank>{{cite web|url=http://www.relbanks.com/asia/south-korea| title=Banks in South Korea}}</ref> It is the largest among banks in Korea and 60th largest in the world by 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/bulletin/2017/09/08/0200000000AKR20170908168500002.HTML| title=국내 1위가 세계 60위…국내은행 글로벌 경쟁력은}}</ref>

Current KB Kookmin Bank was formed in Dec, 2000 between old Kookmin Bank and Housing & Commercial Bank. They were both founded by Korean government in 1960s for special purposes. Kookmin Bank, which specially provided financial service for middle and low income consumers, was privatised in 1995. During the Asian financial crises both banks acquired other financially troubled banks. Merger of two banks was partly due to the government policy to make banks bigger and more stable. After the merge, KB acquired various companies include [[Finance:Credit card|credit card]], [[Finance:Insurance|insurance]] and [[Finance:Brokerage firm|Brokerage firm]] to transform in to the financial group in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bizwatch.co.kr/article/finance/2018/06/22/0011| title=[인사이드 스토리]한국 금융 M&A}}</ref> In Sep, 2004, Kookmin Bank said it would restate its 2003 and 2004 earnings after a financial watchdog found the bank avoided $270 million in taxes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brecorder.com/component/news/single/16267/| title=Kookmin Bank set to revise earnings on probe result}}</ref>

==See also==
*List of South Korean companies
*List of Banks in South Korea
*List of Korea-related topics
*Economy of South Korea
*Kookmin Bank FC, K-2 league football team.

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=KB Yahoo! Finance page for KB]


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