| KB Financial Group Chairman and CEO Yoon Jong-kyoo, fifth from left, poses with top hallyu actress Lee Young-ae, fourth from left, and other participants during a ceremony to mark the opening of Gold & Wise the First in southern Seoul's Gangnam District, in this photo released by the banking group, Tuesday. Gold & Wise the First is the country's largest private banking center and Lee was tapped to promote it. Courtesy of KB Financial Group |
By Yi Whan-woo
KB Financial Group has opened the largest private banking center in the country, with a goal of offering centralized, upgraded wealth management services in person amid the greater reliance on digital banking, the company announced Tuesday.
It said the banking center, KB Gold & Wise the First, is a nine-floor building located in Apgujeong-dong, an affluent area of southern Seoul's Gangnam District.
Gold & Wise the First has 15 rooms available for one-on-one consulting plus more than 1,400 safe deposit boxes.
It was designed under the theme of books and art, and is noted for a media art wall project that stretches over a two-level wall in the main lobby.
A team of experts from KB Kookmin Bank and KB Securities in investment, tax code, real estate, trust funds and finance law is ready to assist visitors and offer a comprehensive range of services in asset management.
“We have strived for a long time to provide wealth management services that are qualitatively different from the past, and in that regard, we are glad to open Gold & Wise the First at last,” KB Financial Group Chairman and CEO Yoon Jong-kyoo said. “We'll make sure to offer the best services which match our brand image for each and every individual customer.”
Meanwhile, top hallyu actress Lee Young-ae has been tapped to promote Gold & Wise the First.