South Korea · Financial institution
Citibank Korea Inc.
Legal name in the LEI record주식회사 한국씨티은행
Citibank Korea Inc. is a commercial bank incorporated in South Korea, with its head office in Jongno-gu, Seoul. Citibank Overseas Investment Corporation, a subsidiary of Citigroup Inc., holds 99.98% of its shares. The bank took its present form in November 2004, when the Seoul branch of Citibank was merged into Hanmi Bank after Citigroup acquired it. Since October 2021 it has been winding down consumer banking and concentrating on corporate and institutional banking.
Licences and registrations
Matched by LEI on the 22 tracked registers
None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers.
- The tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
Regulatory status
FSB · global systemically important banks
2025 list
- G-SIB
- Citigroup
- Relation
- In a G-SIB groupGLEIF records a G-SIB entity as this legal entity’s ultimate parent. The bucket applies to the group, and membership does not make this entity a bank.
- Bucket
- 3 of 5 · extra capital buffer 2.0% of risk-weighted assets
- On the list since
- 2011
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- CITIKRSXXXX head office
- Connection to Swift
- Connected to SwiftThis BIC is registered as a live address on the Swift network. The institution sends and receives Swift messages under CITIKRSX directly.
- Swift GPI
- Not on the member list
- Payment schemes and systems
- No entry in the EPC registers, the ECB T2 and TIPS lists or the SIX Bank Master cites this BIC
- Branch codes
- 3 branch codes
- BIC first registered
- 1992-03-02
- Last updated
- 2020-05-09
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Total assets
Not published
Employees
Not published
Ownership
Group subsidiary
99.98% Citibank Overseas Investment Corporation
Institution type
Commercial bank
Trades as Citi
- Standing
- The bank has been winding down its consumer banking business since October 2021. Chief executive Yu Myung-soon is due to leave office on 27 October 2026, and Kim Kyung-ho is the nominated successor.
- Ownership
- Citibank Overseas Investment Corporation, a Citigroup subsidiary, holds 99.98% of the shares, with 0.02% held by minority shareholders.
- Direct parent
- Citibank Overseas Investment Corporation ↗, United States 99.98%
- Ultimate owner
- Citigroup Inc., United States
- Head office
- Citibank Center, 50 Saemunan-ro, Jongno-gu, 03184 Seoul, South Korea
- Company register
- Business registration number 102-81-14717
- Former names
- Hanmi Bank (한미은행) · Hanmi Finance (한미금융)
Business lines
The bank's organisation chart shows groups for corporate banking, markets and global transaction services. Its consumer banking business has been winding down since 2021.
Online
- Websites & references
- citibank.co.kr ↗
koreacitidirect.citigroup.com ↗ corporate internet banking (CitiDirect), linked from the main site
open.citibank.co.kr ↗ alternative host of the customer website
Wikipedia ↗
Wikidata Q5122452 ↗ - Official social accounts
- None found
Sources · 13 pages consulted
- open.citibank.co.kr/HrdInrdCnts0107.act
- citibank.co.kr/HrdFnirCnts0109.act?MENU_TYPE=left&MENU_C_SQNO=M5_002350
- citibank.co.kr/HrdInrdCnts0105.act
- citibank.co.kr/FxdFxgdPrcd0300.act
- citibank.co.kr/HrdFnirCnts0100.act
- citibank.co.kr/
- fnnews.com/news/202609230951282877
- mt.co.kr/finance/2026/09/23/2026092310305642337
- newsworks.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=854736
- biz.heraldcorp.com/article/10883069
- citibank.co.kr/download/cms/ir/IR_NOTICE/citibank_20170309_ir.pdf
- encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Article/E0068567
- ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%95%9C%EA%B5%AD%EC%94%A8%ED%8B%B0%EC%9D%80%ED%96%89
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chair & chief executive
- Yu Myung-soon President and CEO (은행장), Chair of the Board and Representative Director; due to step down on 27 October 2026
- Chief financial officer
- Kim Jin-sook Managing Director (전무), Head of Finance Planning, Chief Financial Officer
- Executive
- Kim Kyung-ho Senior Executive Vice President (부행장), Corporate Banking Group; nominated CEO, appointment scheduled for 27 October 2026
- Executive
- Kim Han-seok Managing Director (전무), Head of Compliance, Compliance Officer
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- South Korea
- Financial Services Commission OtherConductResolution
- South Korea
- Financial Supervisory Service Prudential supervisorConductAML supervisor
- South Korea
- Korea Financial Intelligence Unit AML supervisor
- South Korea
- Bank of Korea Central bank
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Leadership
The bank's executive nomination committee named Kim Kyung-ho as sole candidate for CEO, with his appointment scheduled for 27 October 2026.
fnnews.com ↗ -
Leadership
CEO Yu Myung-soon announced that she would step down when her term ends on 27 October 2026.
mt.co.kr ↗
Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, incidents, leadership changes, mergers and licence changes. Each links to its source.
Identifiers
Head-office record
- BIC
- CITIKRSXXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- CITIBank
- KRCountry · South Korea
- SXLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 745P3MMS7E8CUVXDRJ82
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- How the LEI was matched
- BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
Profile
- Type
- Financial institutionClassified as a financial institution in Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory, with no licence on a tracked register. This includes banks that neither the ECB nor the FSB lists, as well as brokers, fund managers, insurers and market infrastructure.
- Regulation
- Not on a tracked registerNo licence or registration was found for this entity on the registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
- Register licences
- None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registersThe tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
- Country · region
- South Korea · East Asia & Pacific
- FSB G-SIB list
- In a G-SIB group · Citigroup list of 2025
- Trading venues (MIC)
- No MIC registered under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
- OFAC sanctions
- No listing cites this BIC
- EU sanctions
- No listing matched this BIC or its LEI
- Country sanctions
- No country programme
- Founded
- 1983
Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.
No licence or registration was found for this entity on the 22 registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
- Direct parent
- Citibank Overseas Investment Corporation · United StatesCYSD4L2598RQ9BPPCB72 ↗
- Ultimate parent
- Citigroup Inc. · United States6SHGI4ZSSLCXXQSBB395 ↗
- FSB G-SIB list
- In a G-SIB group · Citigroup bucket 3 · 2025 listGLEIF records a G-SIB entity as this legal entity’s ultimate parent. The bucket applies to the group, and membership does not make this entity a bank.
The Citigroup Inc. group has 143 institutions in the directory, in 90 countries: all hold a BIC.
Including Citibank N.A., Citibank N.A., Citibank N.A., Citibank Europe PLC, Citibank NA.
See the Citigroup Inc. group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Registered address
- SINMUNNO 2(I)- GA, JONGNO- GU89-29
- Operational address
- SINMUNNO 2(I)- GA89-29 JONGNO-
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
A CBPR+ message identifies this institution by its BIC, and may add its LEI or a clearing code. CBPR+ does not allow a name and postal address next to a BIC.
- Identified by
- BIC, with its LEI
- Roles in CBPR+
- Any agent, including the instructing and instructed agents
CBPR+
For cross-border payments on Swift: the BIC, with the LEI and clearing code where known
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>CITIKRSXXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>745P3MMS7E8CUVXDRJ82</LEI>
</FinInstnId>Full record
Every ISO 20022 element the directory holds. Base ISO 20022 allows them together. CBPR+ does not allow a name and address next to a BIC
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>CITIKRSXXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>745P3MMS7E8CUVXDRJ82</LEI>
<Nm>CITIBANK KOREA INC.</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<Ctry>KR</Ctry>
<AdrLine>SINMUNNO 2(I)- GA, JONGNO- GU89-29</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>Swift’s two address fields do not agree on a town, so the full record gives the address as address lines only.
The BIC, name and address are as published in Swift’s BIC directory. The LEI comes from the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. Check them against your own records before use.
Network
Branch network
All 3 branch BICs connect to the head office. They are all in Seoul, and no function or registration year splits them further.
Hover over a branch or group to see its details
Branch codes
| BIC | Branch | City | Address | LEI | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CITIKRSXCTI | — | Seoul | SINMUNNO 2(I)- GA89-29 JONGNO- GU SEOUL 03184 SEOUL KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | — | 2025-11-01 |
| CITIKRSXDCC | CITIBANK KOREA INC. | Seoul | SINMUNNO 2(I)- GA89-29 JONGNO- GU SEOUL 03184 SEOUL KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | — | 2026-06-13 |
| CITIKRSXWLS | WORLDLINK OPERATION | Seoul | CITIBANK H.Q. JUNG- KU39 DA- DONG SEOUL 100-180 SEOUL KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | 745P3MMS7E8CUVXDRJ82 | 2020-05-09 |
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Sources & method
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- Ownership and group—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
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