KB Kookmin Bank Holds 'Traditional Market Love Sharing' Event with Financial Supervisory Service for Lunar New Year

Revitalizing Traditional Markets with Onnuri Gift Certificates and Spreading Warmth to Neighbors in Need!

At the 'Seollal Traditional Market Love Sharing' event held on the 20th at Mangwon Market in Mapo-gu, Seoul, attendees are taking a commemorative photo. From the left in the photo: Yoo Won-sik, Chairman of Korea Food for the Hungry International; Kim Hye-eun, Public Relations Ambassador of Korea Food for the Hungry International; Yoon Seok-heon, Governor of the Financial Supervisory Service; Kim Jin-cheol, President of Mangwon Merchants Association; Heo In, President of KB Kookmin Bank; Jung Moon-chul, Head of KB Kookmin Bank Brand ESG Group; Lee Gi-no, Head of KB Kookmin Bank Central Region Sales Group. Photo by Yoo Won-sik

[Asia Economy Reporter Jo Gang-wook] KB Kookmin Bank announced on the 20th that, together with the Financial Supervisory Service and the international relief organization World Vision, it held a 'Sharing Love for Traditional Markets' event at Mangwon Market in Mapo-gu, Seoul, to revitalize traditional markets and deliver love to neighbors in need during the Lunar New Year holiday.

On this day, Yoon Seok-heon, Governor of the Financial Supervisory Service, Hur Yin, President of KB Kookmin Bank, Yoo Won-sik, Chairman of World Vision, and Kim Hye-eun, World Vision Ambassador, visited Mangwon Market and spent meaningful time selecting gifts to be delivered to neighbors in need.

The Sharing Love for Traditional Markets event is held twice a year during the Lunar New Year and Chuseok holidays. It involves purchasing goods at traditional markets using Onnuri Gift Certificates to invigorate the markets and then delivering the purchased items to neighbors in need to share warm love. Since its inception in 2011, KB Kookmin Bank has delivered daily necessities to approximately 69,500 households through this event up to last year.

At this event, KB Kookmin Bank and the Financial Supervisory Service plan to purchase food and daily necessities worth about 60,000 won per household at traditional markets nationwide and deliver them to about 4,500 households in need.

Yoon Seok-heon of the Financial Supervisory Service said, "It is very meaningful to purchase high-quality products from traditional markets ahead of the Lunar New Year and deliver them to social welfare organizations."

Hur Yin, President of KB Kookmin Bank, responded, "I hope that the 'Sharing Love for Traditional Markets' event, now in its 10th year, will serve as a catalyst for revitalizing traditional markets and that it will bring warm comfort to neighbors in need."

Kim Jin-cheol, President of the Mangwon Market Merchants Association, expressed gratitude, saying, "We are very thankful that the Financial Supervisory Service and KB Kookmin Bank continue to work hard to revitalize traditional markets."

Meanwhile, KB Financial Group applies ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) principles across all corporate activities to fulfill corporate social responsibility and continuously practice 'Finance that Changes the World' by growing together with society.

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