BNK Financial Group

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BNK Financial Group Inc.
Native name
株式會社 BNK金融持株
Formerly BS Financial Group
Company type Public
KRX : 138930
Industry Financial services
Founded March 2011 ; 13 years ago  ( 2011-03 )
Headquarters ,
South Korea
Subsidiaries Busan Bank
Website eng.bnkfg.com

BNK Financial Group Inc. ( Korean 株式會社 BNK金融持株 ) 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 . [1]

History [ edit ]

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. [2] In 2014, BS Financial Group acquired Kyongnam Bank from Woori Financial . [3] After acquiring Kyongnam Bank, BS Financial was renamed BNK Financial in 2015. [4]

See also [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

  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. ^ "BS金融그룹 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.

External links [ edit ]

  • Official website
  • Business data for BNK Financial Group: