IM Financial Group Co., Ltd. (IMFG; ) is financial holding company headquartered in
Daegu
Daegu (; ), formerly spelled Taegu and officially Daegu Metropolitan City (), is a city in southeastern South Korea. It is the third-largest urban agglomeration in South Korea after Seoul and Busan; the fourth-largest List of provincial-level ci ...
, South Korea. Its flagship company, IM Bank, is one of the largest regional banks in the country, mostly serving customers in the
Daegu-Gyeongbuk region.
History
The group was founded on May 17, 2011, upon the
Financial Supervisory Service's approval for the establishment of a financial holding company for Daegu Bank and its two arms, Daegu Credit Information and Kardnet (now DGB U-Pay). After the establishment, DGB acquired Woori Aviva Life Insurance from
Nonghyup Financial Group in 2015 and took over HI Investment & Securities from
Hyundai Heavy Industries Group in 2018.
Relationship with United Nations
DGB Financial Group first joined the
United Nations Global Compact
The United Nations Global Compact is a non-binding United Nations pact to get businesses and firms worldwide to adopt sustainable and socially responsible policies, and to report on their implementation. The UN Global Compact is the world's ...
on July 18, 2006, to support ten universal values in the areas of labour, human rights, environmental protection, and anti-corruption. The company signed the
United Nations Environment Programme
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is responsible for coordinating responses to environmental issues within the United Nations system. It was established by Maurice Strong, its first director, after the Declaration of the United Nati ...
(UNEP) statement on September 27, 2006.
See also
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List of banks in South Korea
This is a list of South Korean banks and the parenthesized number is the bank number.
Central bank
*Bank of Korea (001)
Specialized banks
Specialized banks are financial institutions established under a special act, not the Korean Banking Act. T ...
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Daegu
Daegu (; ), formerly spelled Taegu and officially Daegu Metropolitan City (), is a city in southeastern South Korea. It is the third-largest urban agglomeration in South Korea after Seoul and Busan; the fourth-largest List of provincial-level ci ...
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Gyeongbuk
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DGB Daegu Bank Park
References
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Financial services companies of South Korea
Companies listed on the Korea Exchange
Companies in the KOSPI 200
Companies based in Daegu
Banks established in 1967
South Korean brands