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Online-Only Bank Gains Approval in South Korea

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Asia/PacFintechNews Roundup
·Dec. 16, 2016·1 min read

K-Bank has gained authorization to open South Korea’s first online bank; firm is an affiliate of Alibaba-owned Ant Financial; Kakao Bank is also involved in the final approval process to open the country’s second online bank.  Source

 

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