KEB wins banking award from finance magazine

Korea Exchange Bank was selected as the best emerging market bank in Korea by an international financial magazine on Saturday.

Global Finance, a U.S.-based financial magazine, awarded KEB in the World’s Best Emerging Market Banks in Asia 2012’s Korea category at the awards ceremony held at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club in Tokyo, Japan.

The magazine awards banks in different countries every year to time with the IMF/World Bank Annual Meeting.

Global Finance gave highest points to KEB in the asset, profitability, strategy, customer service, price competence and innovative product categories. It praised the bank for its leading position in the foreign exchange and trade finance field in Korea.

“KEB will continue to develop innovative products and offer heartfelt customer services to secure its status as the best global bank in Korea,” said KEB CEO Yun Yong-ro.

(claire@heraldcorp.com)