Korea Exchange Bank News

Korea Exchange Bank opened a Global Trade Finance and Remittance Center in Hong Kong last week, a first for a South Korean bank.

Currency traders watch monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Korea Exchange Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, May 23, 2012.

Currency trader holds his head near the screen showing Korea Composite Stock Price Index at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Korea Exchange Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, May 18, 2012.

Men walk in front of the electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Tuesday, May 8, 2012.

A currency trader watches a monitor at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Korea Exchange Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, May 11, 2012.

Lone Star Funds, whose investment in Korea Exchange Bank earned it at least $4 billion, claimed in a lawsuit that the lender alone was liable for a $49 million compensation-related payment to Olympus Capital Holdings Asia .

Dealers work in front of monitors displaying the Korea Composite Stock Price Index and the exchange rate between the South Korean won and the U.S. dollar at the Korea Exchange Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea.