KB Kookmin Bank Awarded 'Best PB Bank' for 4 Consecutive Years by Global Finance

Song Tae-hoon, Head of KB Kookmin Bank New York Branch (left), is taking a commemorative photo with Joseph Giarraputo, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Global Finance, after receiving the Best Private Bank Award 2020 for South Korea at the award ceremony held on the 5th (local time) at the Harvard Club in New York, USA.

[Asia Economy Reporter Kangwook Cho] KB Kookmin Bank announced on the 7th that it was selected as the best private bank in Korea at the 'Best Private Bank Awards 2020' ceremony held on the 5th (local time) at 'The Harvard Club' in New York, USA, hosted by Global Finance.

The 'Best Private Bank Awards,' hosted annually by Global Finance, a world-renowned financial and economic magazine founded in New York in 1987, is an award given to the best banks that have contributed to the development of the financial industry by providing the best products and services to private banking (PB) customers. Winners are selected through a rigorous evaluation process by country, and with this award, KB Kookmin Bank has won the best PB bank award in Korea for four consecutive years.

KB Kookmin Bank operates 21 PB centers nationwide under its private banking brand 'GOLD&WISE,' based on the brand philosophy of 'wise asset management.' All PB centers operate as combined bank and securities branches, providing integrated asset analysis and optimal comprehensive asset management solutions tailored to customers' investment tendencies and needs.

A Global Finance official stated, "KB Kookmin Bank was selected as the best PB bank in Korea by demonstrating superior performance compared to other banks in all categories, including various financial indicators, strengthening market dominance through product and service offerings via group-level collaboration, and providing differentiated comprehensive asset management services and high-quality life care services to PB customers."

Kim Young-gil, Vice President in charge of the WM (Wealth Management) division of KB Financial Group, said, "This award is thanks to the unwavering love and trust from our customers to KB Kookmin Bank. We will continue to help realize customers' happy lives through finance and provide optimal comprehensive asset management services that thoroughly reflect customers' diverse needs to create a better world."

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