BNK Financial Group

BNK Financial Group Inc.
Native name
주식회사 BNK금융지주
FormerlyBS Financial Group
TypePublic
KRX: 138930
IndustryFinancial services
FoundedMarch 2011; 15 years ago (2011-03)
Headquarters
Busan
,
South Korea
SubsidiariesBusan Bank
Websiteeng.bnkfg.com

BNK Financial Group Inc. (Korean: 주식회사 BNK금융지주) is a financial holding company based in the Busan-South Gyeongsang region. It is one of the three regional financial holding companies in South Korea, alongside DGB Financial and JB Financial [ko].

History

BNK Financial Group was established as BS Financial Group in 2011. Busan Bank, a regional lender, was integrated with its affiliates, including BS Securities, BS Capital and BS Credit Information under the new financial holding company. In 2014, BS Financial Group acquired Kyongnam Bank from Woori Financial. After acquiring Kyongnam Bank, BS Financial was renamed BNK Financial in 2015.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Korea's private equity firms mull jointly buying regional financial group". Maeil Business Newspaper. April 7, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Busan Bank to set up holding firm this week". Yonhap. Seoul. March 14, 2011.
  3. ↑ Kim, Sung-hee (April 14, 2016). "BNK establishes mobile banking service". Korea Joongang Daily.
  4. ↑ "BS금융그룹 새 이름 'BNK'에 담긴 뜻은" [The meaning behind the new name of BS Financial Group, 'BNK']. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Busan. March 27, 2015.