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Editor's letter: Will Korea’s bank revamp whip up risky lending?

By Farah Khalique
Image via Bloomberg

Our correspondent in south-east Asia, Natasha Teja, brings you details of the biggest banking overhaul in 30 years in South Korea, the world’s 13th largest economy.

Foreign banks will even get a look-in, with an easing of loan-to-deposit rules for local branches of foreign banks and further relaxations for subsidiaries on ...

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