Korea

A rising number of outbound travelers.

Focus on Asia for global expansion.

New revenue sources in overseas markets.

Household debts and a corporate slowdown.

Start being responsible for online security.

Decreased interest and non-interest income.

A fall in loan-loss reserves.

To curb the won's strength.

Blame it on shrinking interest income.

Net profit down by 29.2 percent. For that decline, KB Financial Group is blaming squeezed profit margins and higher loan-loss reserves.

CEO Kim Yong-hwan aims is to transform Korea Eximbank from an export finance provider into a true global investment power.

A solid capital buffer against possible debt defaults makes South Korean banks resilient to the country’s household debt, according to Moody’s.

RHB Bank hopes to boost its share of the credit card market from 6 percent to 15 percent by 2017.

Korea Exchange Bank's earnings for the third quarter was less than expected due to falling profit margins and higher loan-loss reserves.

Ryu Dong-cheon, chairman of the Jeil Savings Bank, has been sentenced to eight years in prison after extending a large amount of illegal loans and incurring huge losses to the troubled bank.

Among the ways is terming out debt maturities and it finally paid off.