[AKyung Hit Products] KB Kookmin Bank Offers Up to 1%P Increase for Joining Environmental Protection Efforts

'KB Malgeun Haneul Savings'

[Asia Economy Reporter Kangwook Cho] KB Kookmin Bank is strengthening its image as a social enterprise and addressing fine dust issues through the launch of eco-friendly concept products.

In June 2018, KB Kookmin Bank signed a business agreement with the Ministry of Environment and the Environment Foundation, installing fine dust traffic lights, supporting air purifiers for local children's centers, and producing and distributing environmental education books. The bank is also carrying out various environmental projects, such as creating the 'KB Kookmin's Clear Sky Forest' in Mongolia, a source of fine dust, and domestically.

Various environmental benefits have also been added to financial products. The 'KB Clear Sky Savings,' launched in March last year, offers preferential interest rates (up to 1.0%p annually) and free insurance services related to public transportation/bicycle accidents (coverage up to 200 million KRW) when customers practice small daily actions to protect clear skies. In particular, it presents missions that can be easily practiced in daily life, such as not issuing paper passbooks and using public transportation, and provides preferential interest rates upon completion.

KB Kookmin Bank accumulates a donation of 1,000 KRW per savings account subscribed by customers, and when the target amount (100 million KRW) is reached, it plans to create an 'urban forest' in Seoul. According to the donation pledge, in September last year, the bank delivered 100 million KRW raised through KB Clear Sky Savings to the Environment Foundation at Haneul Park in Mapo-gu, Seoul, and also held a tree-planting event for the creation of the urban forest.

A KB Kookmin Bank official said, "KB Clear Sky Savings is a product launched to empathize with and solve fine dust problems together with customers," adding, "We will continue to make various efforts to improve environmental issues."

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