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FSC holds 2nd council meeting on promoting ESG in financial sectorApr 27, 2023

The FSC held the 2nd private-public joint council meeting on promoting ESG in financial sector on April 27, joined by businesses, investors, private sector experts and relevant institutions. At the meeting, participants held discussionsabout(a) ESG disclosure regulations in major foreign countries, (b)ESG assessment market trend, (c) climate risk and related strategies from the financial sector and (d)carbon emissions market trend. At the beginning of the meeting, FSC Vice Chairman Kim So-young delivered opening remarks where he spoke about the key direction of ESG disclosure, assessment and investment, and emphasized the importance of transparency and accountability.
FSC holds talks with fintech businesses in effort to promote fintech industry's overseas expansionApr 24, 2023

The FSC held talks with fintech businesses, financial institutions, private sector experts and relevant institutions on April 24 to discuss ways to promote the fintech industry's overseas business expansion. At the meeting, participants went over the progress in relevant policy support made available to fintech businesses so far, shared experiences of best practice cases of overseas business expansionand exchanged opinions and policy suggestions. Some of the suggestions made by fintech businesses in attendance include (a) making available investment support to promising fintech businesses on a continuing basis, (b) providing target country's overseas market information and expanding the availability of consulting opportunities, and (c) promoting business networking with the financial companies and fintechbusinesses in overseas markets. In his opening remarks, FSC Vice Chairman Kim So-young said that authorities will work to refine the current fintech support system managed by Fintech Center Korea to be able to provide comprehensive one-stop assistance from an early startup stage to the growth and overseas expansion stage.
Vice Chairman holds 6th working group meeting of the taskforce on improving management and operating practices of banksApr 20, 2023

The FSC and the FSS held the 6th working group meeting of the taskforce on improving the management and operating practices of banks and banking system on April 20, chaired by FSC Vice Chairman Kim So-young. At the meeting, participants discussed ways to improve the bonus remuneration system of banks under the Act on Corporate Governance of Financial Companies. More specifically, participants discussed (a) promoting incorporation of longer term based performance pays instead of short-term bonuses, (b) introducing a say-on-pay vote to ensure that shareholders have a degree of control on the issue of executive pay, and (c) requiring a disclosure of payfornon-registered executive officers in charge of company management. The 7th working group meeting is expected to be held on April 26 in which authorities will discuss ways to improve the interest rate calculation system.
FSC Chairman holds press briefing on measures to boost support for startups and venture businessesApr 20, 2023

The FSC and the Ministry of SMEs and Startups held a press briefing on their joint effort to boost support for startups and venture businesses on April 20. In his opening remarks, FSC Chairman Kim Joo-hyun talked about the current startup and venture business environment in which securing investment for startupshas become more difficult due to high interest rates and market anxieties. Against this backdrop, Chairman Kim said that the government has drawn up measures to increase support for both venture investors and startup businesses in different stages to help ensurea continuation of their innovative drivein theeconomy.
Vice Chairman meets with relevant authorities to discuss financial support measures for jeonse scam victimsApr 20, 2023

FSC Vice Chairman Kim So-young held a meeting with officials from the Financial Supervisory Service, Korea Housing Finance Corporation, Korea Inclusive Finance Agency and Korea Asset Management Corporation on April 20 to discuss measures to provide financial support for those who have fallen victims to jeonse scams recently. In response to the growing impact of jeonse scams, first, the FSS will work to ensure that the suspension being placed from today on the practice of auctioning off victims' houses is well observed by financial institutions and debt management companies. In the meantime, authorities will also make available diverse support programs to help the victims of jeonse scams with their living expenses, debt adjustment, etc.
Vice Chairman holds 5th working group meeting of the taskforce on improving management and operating practices of banksApr 13, 2023

The FSC and the FSS held the 5th working group meeting of the taskforce on improving the management and operating practices of banks and banking system on April 12, chaired by FSC Vice Chairman Kim So-young. At the meeting, participants discussed ways to promote banks' corporate social responsibility and the measures to improve the process regarding banks' branch closures. At the meeting, Vice Chairman Kim said that promoting banks' corporate social responsibility is important to foster a virtuous cycle of win-win relationship between banks and their consumersandalsonecessary to create a condition where the economy can grow on a sustainable basis. Regarding banks' branch closures, Vice Chairman Kim said that despiteanaccelerated paceofdigital transformation, it is important for banks to prioritize the value of trust from the perspective of consumers, especially for the elderly, who may face difficulties in accessing financial services if their local bank branches close down. As such, Vice Chairman Kim urged the banking sectortoactively cooperate in implementing the measures to improve the process of banks' branch closures announced at the meeting.
Vice Chairman speaks about importance of information transparency in ESG evaluation processApr 13, 2023

FSC Vice Chairman Kim So-young attended a policy seminar on improving the transparency and credibility in the ESG evaluation market on April 13 and spoke about the need to ensure information transparency throughout the entire ESG evaluation process. In his opening remarks, Vice Chairman Kim said that the role of ESGratingsservice providers is becoming more important as there are more ESG investments taking place. In this regard, to help boost the transparency in ESG-related information, Vice Chairman Kim said that the government will work to seamlessly implement its plan to phase in the ESG disclosure requirement from 2025. Meanwhile, Vice Chairman Kim said that the government will also work to properly balance the goal of promoting market autonomy andthat ofguaranteeing investor trust. Based on the discussions at today's seminar, the FSC plans to introduce specificmeasuresto increase the credibility and transparency in the ESG evaluation market in the future.
FSC Chairman visits an SME and discusses financial support provided by policy financial institutionsApr 11, 2023

FSC Chairman Kim Joo-hyun visited Tanktech, an SME in the plant and shipbuilding sector located in Busan on April 11, to have talks with its employees and listen to their comments and suggestions. Tanktech is a recipient of the enterprise support program made available by policy financial institutions. During his visit, Chairman Kim said that there are currently diverse support programs made available to help ease the financing burden of SMEs such as low interest rate loans and preferential guarantees, and that authorities will take their suggestions into consideration in implementing various financial support programs.
FSC Chairman speaks about importance of market-oriented measures for corporate restructuringApr 11, 2023

FSC Chairman Kim Joo-hyun attended the business agreement ceremony for launching a corporate restructuring innovation fund at Busan International Finance Center in Busan on April 11. The Korea Development Bank, the Export-Import Bank of Korea, the Industrial Bank of Korea and the Korea Asset Management Corporation pledged to invest KRW500 billion in policy funds and actively cooperate with each other for launching a corporate restructuring innovation fund worth KRW1 trillion. In his congratulatory remarks, Chairman Kim talked about the importance of pursuing market-oriented measures for corporate restructuring and said that authorities will work to establish up to KRW4 trillion worth of corporate restructuring innovation funds by 2027 to facilitate normalization of enterprises through capital markets.
FSC Chairman holds talks with startup and venture businessesApr 10, 2023

FSC Chairman Kim Joo-hyun met with startup and venture businesses on April 10 and held talks on ways to more effectively provide financial support to help ease their financing difficulties amid a slowdown in investment activities and liquidity crunch in the startup sector. At the meeting, Chairman Kim said that authorities have been encouraging policy financial institutions such as the Korea Development Bank, the Industrial Bank of Korea, Korea Credit Guarantee Fund and Korea Growth Investment Corporation to assess their startup and venture support programs and to more actively expand the availability of support. After listening to various opinions raised by startups and venture businesses, Chairman Kim said that the FSC will take them into account when drawing up policy support measures together with the Ministry of SMEs and Startups.
Vice Chairman holds talks with heads of banksApr 06, 2023

FSC Vice Chairman Kim So-young met with the heads of all local banks on April 6 and urged active cooperation forimprovingthe management and operating practices of banks and banking system. In his opening remarks, Vice Chairman Kim spoke about some of the positive outcomes of operating a taskforce for this effort including the expanded availability of loan transfer infrastructure, introduction of online deposit product brokerage services and improvement in disclosureofinterest rate differences between deposits and loans. To promote competition in the banking sector, Vice Chairman said that policy decisions should be made from a perspective of bringing about more benefits for the public based on financial market stability and consumer protection. Regarding the banking sector's bonus remuneration system, the Vice Chairman said that an assessment should take place on employees' innovative efforts while giving sufficient consideration for their prudential management and consumer protection efforts as well. After operating the taskforce until the end of June, Vice Chairman Kim said that authorities will draw up specific measures for improvement.
FSC holds 7th financial regulatory innovation committee meetingApr 05, 2023

The FSC held the 7th financial regulatory innovation committee meeting on April 5 and discussed measures to ease rules on the loan-to-deposit ratio (in KRW) for local branches of foreign banks, promote online insurance comparison and recommendation platform services and make the current procedure of "duty to explain" financial products more consumer-oriented. Previously, foreign bank branches with a total volume of loans (in KRW) worth KRW2 trillion or more had to maintain 100 percent or lower in their loan-to-deposit ratio. However, this 100 percent or less threshold will be required from foreign bank branches whose total size of loans (in KRW) amounts to KRW4 trillion or more. At the meeting, FSC Chairman Kim Joo-hyun talked about the need to continue to push forward with the financial regulatory reform agendas in line withdigital transformation even against the backdrop of increased market uncertainties following steep rate hikes and the recent bank turmoil abroad. In this regard, Chairman Kim said that authorities will work to effectively balance financial market stability and financial regulatory reform in order to further enhance the global competitiveness of Korea's financial industry.