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KB Financial Group, Inc. (Exchange: Korea)

9-1, 2-ga, Namdaemoon-ro, Jung-gu
Seoul, 100-703, South Korea
Phone: +82-2-2073-7114
Fax: +82-2-2073-8360
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http://www.kbstar.com

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Overview

KB Financial Group, holding company for Kookmin Bank, provides commercial and consumer banking services in South Korea. It offers asset management and life insurance through alliances with Netherlands-based ING Groep. The bank's lending activities mainly entail residential mortgages, home equity loans, consumer loans, and corporate loans. Kookmin Bank has more than 1,200 branches in its home country, where it claims some 26 million customers, or about half of the population of South Korea. The bank provides corporate services such as foreign exchange and securities trading from offices at home and abroad in New York, London, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Auckland, New Zealand.

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Key Numbers from Hoover's UK

Key financials for KB Financial Group, Inc. (Exchange: Korea)

Company Type Public (Exchange: Korea; NYSE: KB [ADR])
Fiscal Year-End December
2008 Sales (mil.) £5,139.9
1-Year Sales Growth (31.1%)
2008 Net Income (mil.) £723.4
1-Year Net Income Growth (73.9%)
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Key people and executives for KB Financial Group, Inc. (Exchange: Korea)

President, CEO, and Director Chung Won Kang
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SEVP, CFO, and Director Donald H. MacKenzie
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SEVP Information Technology Group Heung Woon Kim
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