Woori completes Korean bank’s first offshore bond settlement
- Source
- The Korea Herald - Business
- Source link
- https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10846915
- Published
- 2026-08-20 14:40:42
- Discovered by ProcIntel
- 2026-08-20 12:01:58
- Category
- Procurement & Supply Chain News
- Geography
- South Korea
- Organisations
- —
- Review status
- Pending
- Record type
- REAL
Summary
Woori Bank has become the first Korean bank to complete a government bond transaction with an overseas financial institution through an international securities settlement network, marking the first such transaction by a domestic bank since authorities opened the channel earlier this year. The bank said Thursday it sold and settled Korean Treasury bonds through an International Central Securities Depository while also conducting related foreign exchange and hedging transactions. ICSDs, including
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