Woori Bank

Woori Bank
Native name
주식회사 우리은행
FormerlyHanvit Bank
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryFinancial services
Founded30 January 1899 (1899-01-30)
HeadquartersJung-gu, ,
South Korea
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Kwang-Seok Kwon, (President & Chief Executive Officer)
Byeong-Yong Jang (Standing Audit Committee Member/Director)
ProductsConsumer banking, corporate banking, insurance, investment banking, mortgage loans, private banking, private equity, wealth management, credit cards
RevenueIncrease ₩12,532 billion (FY 2019)[1]
Increase ₩2,800 billion (FY 2019)[1]
Decrease ₩2,038 billion (FY 2019)[1]
Total assetsIncrease ₩361,981 billion (FY 2019)[1]
Total equityIncrease ₩25,493 billion (FY 2019)[1]
Number of employees
15,529 (2019)[1]
ParentWoori Financial Group
RatingMoody's: A1
S&P: A
Fitch: A-
Websitego.wooribank.com

Woori Bank (Korean: 우리은행, romanizedUri 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.

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Woori Financial Group Inc. 2020 Annual Report (Form 20-F)". sec.gov. United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  2. ^ 이 (Lee), 현정 (Hyeon-jeong) (2010-07-08). 우리銀, '우리오픈뱅킹 서비스' 실시. 아시아 경제 (Asian Economics) (in Korean). Retrieved 2010-07-13.
  3. ^ "우리은행". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2010-07-13.

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