Korean Financial Firms Chase Bold Overseas M&A to Fuel Growth

Bloomberg28 September 2026, 21:00 UTCSouth Korea

South Korean banks and insurers are hunting for overseas deals to lift growth, signaling a broader outward turn by an industry that largely stayed home while companies including Samsung Electronics Co. and Hyundai Motor Co. built global businesses.

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