Korea Development Bank (kdb, Korean: 한국산업은행, Hanja: 韓國産業銀行) is a wholly state-owned policy bank in South Korea It was founded in 1954 in accordance with The Korea Development Bank Act to finance and manage major industrial projects to expedite industrial development and enhance the national economy. As Korea’s representative development financing bank, No. 1 arranger in Asia-Pacific project finance market and leader of domestic capital market, KDB has fostered the growth and heightened the competitiveness of strategic industries by meeting their changing financial needs. Following public policy, KDB facilitates the management normalization of troubled companies through corporate restructuring and consulting services, and provides capital for strategic regional development projects.
Through a network of forty domestic branches, seven overseas branches, five overseas subsidiaries, two representative offices, and three domestic subsidiaries, KDB provides a full range of financial services. It has more than 2,100 employees.
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