IBK Industrial Bank, 2021 'IBK Individual Customer Awards' Ceremony

Lifetime Waiver of Various Financial Fees

The photo shows Yoon Jong-won, President of IBK Industrial Bank of Korea (far right), and award-winning customers holding appreciation plaques and posing for a commemorative photo in the reception room of the IBK headquarters.

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Sun-mi] IBK Industrial Bank announced on the 8th that it has selected Kim Byung-hee, Shin Tae-sik, and Ahn Chang-heon as recipients of this year’s ‘IBK Individual Customer Grand Prize (大賞).’

The ‘IBK Individual Customer Grand Prize’ is awarded to individual customers who have maintained a business relationship with IBK for over 15 years and have served as role models in society through efforts such as overcoming the COVID-19 crisis, volunteer work, and donations. Selected customers receive a pure gold medal and lifetime exemption from various financial fees.

Customer Kim Byung-hee, CEO of Geumgang Remicon, a ready-mixed concrete manufacturing company, and chairman of the Baekya Scholarship Foundation, was awarded the Moran Medal of the Order of Civil Merit for his contributions supporting marginalized youth such as North Korean defectors and multicultural families. Through the scholarship foundation, he selects and supports about 150 scholarship students annually and continues various social contribution activities.

Customer Shin Tae-sik, director of Shin Tae-sik Orthopedic Clinic located in Ansan, has provided free medical treatment to about 100 vulnerable individuals monthly for 28 years since 1993, and since 1999 has expanded the service to include foreign workers in the Banwol and Siwha industrial complexes. He contributed to overcoming COVID-19 by providing free medicines to mission centers and churches where face-to-face treatment was impossible.

Customer Ahn Chang-heon has been a long-term customer of IBK for 50 years, running a textile product wholesale and retail business in Namdaemun, and continues various social contribution activities for the development of the local community.

Yoon Jong-won, president of IBK Industrial Bank, said, “In celebration of IBK’s 60th anniversary, I express my gratitude to customers who have maintained a good relationship with the bank for a long time,” and added, “We promise to continue growing together with our customers.”

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