K-Bank Opens 'Euljiro Era'... Seo Hoseong Officially Appointed as New CEO

Completed Relocation to Eulji Twin Tower Headquarters

Expectations for ‘Financial Synergy’ within KT Group

[Asia Economy Reporter Kiho Sung] K Bank is leaving Gwanghwamun in Seoul and starting a new challenge in Euljiro.

K Bank announced on the 9th that it has completed its office relocation to Eulji Twin Tower in Jung-gu, Seoul. With this, K Bank and BC Card will share the same building, strengthening ‘financial synergy’ within the KT Group.

The new office is designed to maximize communication among employees. ‘Idea Walls’ for standing meetings are placed throughout the corridors, and lounges for employee interaction are installed on each floor. Writable walls are also installed in lounges, corners, and pillars to efficiently arrange spaces for frequent ‘quick meetings.’

The number of meeting rooms has been significantly increased, and in line with the untact trend, single-person video conference rooms and phone booths have been added. A lounge used as an in-house caf? and casual meeting space features an unmanned ‘robot coffee’ machine, and unmanned snack vending machines are placed on each floor. For employee welfare, a massage room equipped with massage chairs has also been installed.

Jang Min, Head of Management Planning at K Bank, said, “We designed the office space to strengthen communication among employees and maximize creativity while adapting to the increasing reality of non-face-to-face work. We will use the new office relocation as an opportunity to create financial synergy within the KT Group and achieve a ‘second leap’ through synergy among group companies.”

Seo Hoseong Officially Appointed as 3rd Bank President at Extraordinary General Meeting… Internal Titles Unified as ‘??nim’

Meanwhile, K Bank held an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting on the same day and officially appointed Seo Hoseong, former Vice President of Hankook Tire & Technology, as the 3rd bank president. K Bank plans to use major changes such as the office relocation and the appointment of the 3rd bank president as a ‘turning point’ for innovation and make this year the first year of full-scale growth.

To this end, President Seo emphasized four core keywords: digitalization, speed, communication, and enjoyment.

To improve the ‘way of working,’ K Bank will address all employees without titles or ranks, calling each other ‘??nim.’ This applies to the bank president (Hoseong-nim) and executives as well. K Bank also announced that unnecessary document design work and printed reports will be eliminated or minimized.

President Seo said, “We have relocated the office at an important time when K Bank must take off. We will take this as an opportunity to become a ‘turning point.’ Going forward, as the first internet-only bank, we will continuously innovate with differentiation from traditional finance and enhancement of customer benefits and convenience as the most important keywords.”

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