Woori Bank
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Woori Bank (Korean: 우리은행, romanized: Uri Eunhaeng, lit. 'Our Bank') is a Korean multinational bank headquartered in Seoul. It is one of the four largest domestic banks in South Korea and is showing a strong presence not only in commercial banking but also in corporate finance in the Republic of Korea. It was originally founded in the 19th century but was renamed and merged multiple times until it finally adopted its current name in 2002. Woori Bank is known as the first South Korean bank to support web browsers other than Internet Explorer for online banking[2][3] in Korea. As of 2020, Woori ranks 95 among the largest banks in the world in terms of total assets with 311,852 billion in USD as of the end of 2019.
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Native name | 주식회사 우리은행 |
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Formerly | Hanvit Bank |
Company type | Subsidiary |
Industry | Financial services |
Founded | 30 January 1899; 125 years ago (1899-01-30) |
Headquarters | Jung-gu, , South Korea |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Kwang-Seok Kwon, (President & Chief Executive Officer) Byeong-Yong Jang (Standing Audit Committee Member/Director) |
Products | Consumer banking, corporate banking, insurance, investment banking, mortgage loans, private banking, private equity, wealth management, credit cards |
Revenue | ₩12,532 billion (FY 2019)[1] |
₩2,800 billion (FY 2019)[1] | |
₩2,038 billion (FY 2019)[1] | |
Total assets | ₩361,981 billion (FY 2019)[1] |
Total equity | ₩25,493 billion (FY 2019)[1] |
Number of employees | 15,529 (2019)[1] |
Parent | Woori Financial Group |
Rating | Moody's: A1 S&P: A Fitch: A- |
Website | go.wooribank.com |