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From the Front Lines At Seoul Bank: Restructuring and Reprivatization

By Chungwon Kang

December 1, 2003

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Chungwon Kang. From the Front Lines At Seoul Bank: Restructuring and Reprivatization, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2003) accessed November 23, 2024
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Summary

Soon after Korea agreed to an IMF-supported program, Seoul Bank and Korea First Bank were nationalized through an injection of public funds by the government. The two banks were singled out early in the IMF-supported program to be sold to foreign investors. Korea First Bank was sold to foreign investors at the end of 1999. Seoul Bank, however, remained a government-owned bank, managed by a team of professionals recruited from outside of the traditional banking sector. This paper describes the restructuring of Seoul Bank by the new management team between June 2000 and October 2002, when the bank was sold to Hana Bank in a merger transaction.

Subject: Bank credit, Bank resolution, Banking, Commercial banks, Credit, Financial crises, Financial institutions, Loans, Money, Nonperforming loans

Keywords: Balance sheet, Bank management, Bank resolution, Bank restructuring, Bank share, Commercial banks, Credit, Financial support, Global, Government shareholder, Holding company, Korea, Labor-government agreement, Loan portfolio, Loans, Management improvement plan, Managing director, Nonperforming loans, Operating income, Public funds, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    39

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2003/235

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA2352003

  • ISBN:

    9781451875676

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941

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