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With the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) League opening, banks are introducing specialized deposit offerings based on the performance of each baseball team. These products are designed to tap into fans loyalty and passion toward professional baseball, which has the largest sports fan base in the country.
The popularity of online mortgage refinancing loan services is soaring in the country, with over 1.3 trillion won ($970 million) worth of requests for transferring housing loans to other lenders having been made in just a few days since the service s launch in the past week.
Fintechs and online platforms operated by leading commercial lenders began providing mortgage refinancing services for apartments valued below 1 billion won ($762,700), financial authorities said Tuesday. Jeonse loan services are scheduled to commence on January 31.
JB Financial Group announced Tuesday that its net profit for the third quarter of this year was recorded at 167.3 billion won ($121.8 million), an increase of 0.1 percent compared to the same period last year.