Foreign banks expand Korean operations amid China’s slowdown

Major foreign banks have actively increased staff at their operations in South Korea to offset growing uncertainty in their business in China, grapp...

BNP Paribas, HSBC fined $20.4 million in Korea for naked short-selling

South Korea’s financial regulator has slapped a combined 26.52 billion won ($20.4 million) in fines on BNP Paribas SA, its Korean brokerage un...

HSBC, BNP Paribas reported to Korean prosecutors for naked shorting

The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd. (HSBC) and BNP Paribas CIB have been reported to South Korean public prosecutors in violation of ...

HSBC, BNP Paribas to be fined for naked short sales in S.Korea

South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) will fine the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd. (HSBC) and Bank BNP Paribas the large...

Shinhan Financial chief in Europe to meet with BNP Paribas, investors

Jin Ok-dong, chairman of Shinhan Financial Group Co., is off to Europe for investor relations sessions with its shareholders, including BNP Paribas ...

GS E&C secures €70 mn green loan from BNP Paribas for warehouses

South Korea’s construction conglomerate GS Engineering & Construction (GS E&C) said on Dec. 16 it has become the first Korean constr...

Shinhan Financial acquires BNP Paribas Cardif General Insurance

Shinhan Financial Group has acquired BNP Paribas Cardif General Insurance, the non-life insurance unit of French banking group BNP Paribas in a move...

Shinhan seeks to acquire stake in JV with BNP Paribas in split move

Shinhan Financial Group is seeking to acquire a stake held by BNP Paribas in a joint venture in what is widely seen as the South Korean holding compan...