KB Kookmin Bank Temporarily Closes Gangwon Wonju General Finance Center... Resumes Operations on the 4th

Operating Wonju Dangu Branch as an Alternative Outlet... Minimizing Customer Inconvenience
Operating Branch Hours Shortened by 1 Hour in Daegu and Gyeongbuk Regions

On the 24th, as concerns over the spread of COVID-19 grow, citizens wearing masks are commuting at the Gwanghwamun intersection in Seoul. Photo by Mun Ho-nam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Gwanguk] KB Kookmin Bank announced on the 2nd that one visitor to the Wonju Comprehensive Financial Center located in Wonju, Gangwon Province, was confirmed positive for COVID-19, prompting an emergency disinfection of the center and notification of related information to customers via text messages.

The confirmed case visited the KB Kookmin Bank Wonju Comprehensive Financial Center on the afternoon of the 28th of last month and was finally confirmed positive on the 1st. Accordingly, KB Kookmin Bank conducted an emergency disinfection of the Wonju Comprehensive Financial Center visited by the confirmed case and will operate the Wonju Dangu Branch as an alternative branch to minimize customer inconvenience.

Employees with potential infection risk will be quarantined at home for 14 days, and the branch will resume operations from the 4th with dispatched staff.

A KB Kookmin Bank official stated, "We took immediate action according to the emergency branch operation process to protect the health of customers and employees and to prevent the spread of COVID-19," adding, "We will do our best to minimize customer inconvenience."

Meanwhile, KB Kookmin Bank announced that starting from March 2nd, in accordance with the joint financial labor declaration for COVID-19 prevention, containment, and crisis overcoming, the operating hours of branches in the Daegu and Gyeongbuk regions will be shortened by one hour, operating from 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM. However, the After Bank branches that open at 10:00 AM, including Wolseong-dong Branch, Daegu Branch, and Daegu Isiapolis Branch, will operate from 10:30 AM to 4:30 PM. KB Kookmin Bank also stated that customers of the affected branches in Daegu and Gyeongbuk regions have been notified of the shortened operating hours via text messages and other means.

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