
한국수출입은행은 황기연 행장이 태국 방콕에서 열린 IMF·세계은행 연차총회를 계기로 막타르 디옵 IFC 총재를 만나 개도국 인프라·에너지 분야 협력 성과를 평가하고 핵심 광물 공급망, 친환경 신산업, AI 등 전략 분야에서 금융 협력을 확대하기로 합의했다고 밝혔다.
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한국수출입은행은 개도국 인프라 및 에너지 프로젝트에서 IFC와의 협력을 이어오고 있으며, 이번 회의를 통해 협력 범위를 전략 산업으로 확장하려는 움직임을 보이고 있다.
한국수출입은행은 황기연 행장이 태국 방콕에서 열린 국제통화기금(IMF)·세계은행(WBG) 연차총회를 계기로 막타르 디옵 국제금융공사(IFC) 총재를 만나 양 기관의 금융 협력 방안에 논의했다고 18일 밝혔다.
양 기관은 그간 개도국 인프라·에너지 등 대형 프로젝트에서 쌓아온 협력 성과를 높이 평가하고, 향후 협력 범위를 더욱 확장하기로 했다.
특히 글로벌 공급망 재편과 산업구조 변화에 대응해 핵심 광물 공급망, 친환경 신산업과 인공지능(AI) 등 혁신·첨단산업 등 전략 분야에서 금융 협력을 강화하기로 협의했다.
황 행장은 앞서 15일 영국수출금융청(UKEF)의 팀 리드 청장과 만나 탈탄소 전환, 핵심 광물 공급망, 방산 등 공동 관심 분야에서 금융 협력 확대 방안을 논의했다.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
한국수출입은행과 IFC 간 핵심 광물 공급망 및 친환경 신산업 분야 금융 협력이 구체화될 것
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In the past five years, financial accidents worth more than 20 billion won have occurred at Suhyup Bank and Suhyup Mutual Finance, and the number of accounts and damage amounts damaged by voice phishing appears to be rapidly increasing.

Samsung Electronics committed over $22.8 million to workforce development and community programs in Central Texas as rival TSMC evaluates a potential chip plant in the state, intensifying competition for skilled semiconductor workers. The investment includes funding for STEM education, skilled trades training, and internships through 2029, with Samsung highlighting its $10.9 billion economic impact in the region in 2025. TSMC's CEO confirmed a team was sent to assess Texas for expansion, while GlobalFoundries prepares a US-Japan-backed fab project in New York. The growing US semiconductor industry faces a projected shortage of 157,000 workers by 2030.

The Financial Supervisory Service pointed out that Shinhan Investment & Securities' usage fee structure is unreasonable as it charges additional fees to customers using the stock recommendation service even for transactions unrelated to the recommended stocks and does not distinguish between basic and additional fees. In compensation events proportional to the overseas stock transaction amount, setting compensation limits and reviewing conflicts of interest were insufficient, and requested improvement of the usage fee structure, development of a real-time fee inquiry screen, and strengthening of investor protection procedures.

As KOSPI fell for 7 consecutive trading days and fell to the 5,500 level, investors concentrated their funds in defensive ETFs that could avoid the downtrend. Money market active ETFs accounted for two of the top five in net investment increase, and on days when stock prices plunged more than 5% in a day, funds also flowed into covered call ETFs. On the other hand, a large amount of funds were withdrawn from inverse and interest rate ETFs.

Bank of Korea Governor Shin Hyun-song attended the G30 international bank seminar held in Bangkok, Thailand and introduced the Bank of Korea's financial network internationalization plan to improve the cross-border payment system and emphasized the unity of currency.

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda announced at a press conference at the G20 meeting in Bangkok, Thailand that the bank plans to continue raising interest rates further as the basic inflation rate is close to 2%.