Woori Bank opens center focused on international investment

Woori Bank CEO Cho Byung-kyu, center, poses for a photo at the opening ceremony of the Global Investment WON Center in southern Seoul on Thursday. [WOORI BANK]

Woori Bank has opened a specialized center dedicated to fostering international investment on Thursday.

Global Investment WON Center in Seocho District, southern Seoul, provides foreign direct investment and consulting services for global investments, the bank said.

Specific services include acquisitions of domestic real estate by non-residents, establishment of overseas corporations, an escrow and investment immigration.

Domestic companies looking to expand overseas will be provided capital transaction services that involve foreign exchange, it said.

“Woori Bank will continue to foster the Global Investment WON Center to spearhead K-investment, like K-culture that is being loved internationally,” said Woori Bank CEO Cho Byung-kyu in a statement.

BY JIN MIN-JI [jin.minji@joongang.co.kr]