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Financial authorities ‘Luna incident’ urgent trend check… Digital Asset Framework Act

As the Korean cryptocurrencies Luna and Terra USD plummeted every day, shaking up the global virtual currency market, the financial authorities launched an urgent trend check. According to the virtual currency industry and related ministries, the Financial Services Commission and the Financial Supervisory Service, which are the departments in charge of virtual assets, launched an […]

‘Loan refugees’ concern should be cautious about jeonse loan regulations

At the earliest, the FSC’s additional measures for household loans, which will be announced this week, are paying attention to whether the measures to regulate jeonse loans are included. On the afternoon of the 28th of last month, a notice about a chartered loan product was posted on the exterior wall of a commercial bank […]

Bithumb reports second cryptocurrency exchange operator after Upbit

Bithumb, a domestic cryptocurrency exchange, submitted a business registration form to the government on the 9th. It is the second largest cryptocurrency exchange. The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of the Financial Services Commission announced on the 9th that Bithumb Korea, the operator of Bithumb, reported a business in accordance with the Specific Financial Transaction Information […]

Household loans ‘halved’ by tightening loans?

A loan information banner hung at the entrance of a bank in Seoul on the 2nd. News 1 As the financial authorities began tightening bank loans in earnest, the increase in household loans at major commercial banks fell by half last month. However, the increase in mortgage loans, which account for about 90% of household […]