Korean regulators investigate banks over $6.5B tied to Kimchi premium
South Korean banks are being investigated for their role in facilitating $6.5 billion in suspicious overseas remittances which have been tied to companies arbitraging cryptocurrency. According to an Aug. 15 report from Asia Times, the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) ordered an investigation into South Korean banks last month after identifying a significant amount of overseas […]
South Korea's largest bank joins Hedera Governing Council
Shinhan Bank, South Korea’s largest financial institution by total assets, has joined the governance council overseeing the Hedera network. In an April 14 announcement, Shinhan announced it had become the latest member of the Hedera Governing Council to expand its efforts in the field of “digital transformation.” Hedera touts its hashgraph as an enterprise-grade blockchain […]