South Korea launched a task force on Wednesday to study ways to improve business practices and pay schemes at banks, days after the country’s president called on lenders to help curb the cost-of-living burden on vulnerable people. | Reuters
SEOUL – South Korea launched a task force on Wednesday to study ways to improve business practices and pay schemes at banks, days after the country’s president called on lenders to help curb the cost-of-living burden on vulnerable people.
The panel is headed by the deputy chief of the top financial regulator, the Financial Services Commission , and comprises regulators, scholars, researchers and officials from financial industry associations, the FSC said in a statement.Kim So-young, vice chairman of the FSC, said at the panel’s inaugural meeting that it would study ways to boost competition either between existing banks or by allowing entries of niche service providers.
The panel would also look into ways to help banks diversify their business practices, currently heavily dependant on interest rate margins, and improve their pay structure, he said.
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