Kim Sung-tae, president of IBK Industrial Bank, said on the 2nd, “We will actively support the crisis recovery of small and medium-sized enterprises and the self-employed in the new year, and assist in enhancing their technological capabilities to contribute to the expansion of future growth engines.”
In his New Year’s address that day, President Kim emphasized that “this year, changes in domestic and international situations and economic uncertainties that have not been experienced until now are expected.”
He continued to encourage employees by stating, “Let’s transform the crisis into an opportunity by focusing on customer demand and creating new value.” President Kim presented this year's key agenda items: ▲ strengthening financial support for small and medium-sized enterprises ▲ enhancing future value ▲ balanced growth and creating convergence value in institutional sectors ▲ thorough management of soundness and revenue ▲ establishing sound finance.