FSS Chief Urges Bank Holding Companies to Improve CEO Selection Fairness
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Financial Supervisory Service Governor Lee Chan-jin urged eight bank holding company heads to ensure fair and transparent selection of affiliate bank CEOs, citing a sharp rise in financial accidents totaling 171 billion won in the first seven months of the year.
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The Financial Supervisory Service has been working to improve governance in financial holding companies, focusing on fair and transparent selection of bank executives amid rising financial accidents.
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- The chief of the country's financial watchdog said Wednesday that bank holding companies need to draw up measures to boost fairness and transparency in selecting chief executives of their affiliates.
In a meeting with the heads of eight holding companies of banks, Lee Chan-jin, governor of the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS), urged them to redouble their efforts to select chief executives of their affiliates in a fair and transparent manner.
The watchdog has been racing to map out measures to boost the governance structure of financial holding companies that center around fair and transparent selections of chief executives of banks.
Lee also stressed that banks need to enhance their internal control schemes as financial accidents have been on the steady rise.
According to the FSS, a total of 171 billion won (US$126 million) worth of financial accidents were reported in the banking sector in the first seven months of the year, sharply up from 69.6 billion won in 2023.
What to Watch
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The Financial Supervisory Service will issue formal guidelines on fair and transparent CEO selection for bank affiliates within the next few months.
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Open Questions
- What specific measures will the FSS require bank holding companies to implement?
- How will compliance with new governance standards be monitored and enforced?
- Which of the eight bank holding companies have already begun revising their CEO selection processes?
