South Korea · Financial institution
Kookmin Bank
Legal name in the LEI record(주) 국민은행
Kookmin Bank is a Korean joint-stock company with its head office in Yeouido, Seoul. It trades as KB Kookmin Bank. KB Financial Group Inc. holds 100% of its shares. The bank offers retail, SME and corporate banking in South Korea, and has overseas branches and subsidiaries, mainly in Asia. The present bank was formed in November 2001 by the merger of Kookmin Bank and Housing & Commercial Bank. It became a subsidiary of the KB Financial Group holding company in September 2008.
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.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- CZNBKRSEXXX 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 CZNBKRSE directly.
- Swift GPI
- Live member
- 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
- 6 branch codes
- BIC first registered
- 1992-03-02
- Last updated
- 2022-02-14
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Total assets
Not published
Employees
Not published
Ownership
Group subsidiary
100% KB Financial Group Inc. (주식회사 케이비금융지주)
Institution type
Commercial bank
Trades as KB Kookmin Bank (KB국민은행)
- Ownership
- KB Financial Group Inc. holds 100% of the bank, according to the group's subsidiary chart updated on 30 June 2026.
- Direct parent
- KB Financial Group Inc. (주식회사 케이비금융지주) ↗, South Korea 100%
- Major shareholder
- KB Financial Group Inc. 100% · 30 Jun 2026
- Head office
- 26, Gukjegeumyung-ro 8-gil (Yeouido-dong), Yeongdeungpo-gu, 07331 Seoul, South Korea
- Company register
- Business registration no. 201-81-68693 (National Tax Service, Republic of Korea)
Business lines
The bank serves Korean retail customers, including mortgage, deposit and pension products. It also offers SME and corporate banking, foreign exchange, trade services and trust business. Overseas it operates branches and banking subsidiaries in Cambodia, Indonesia, China and Myanmar.
Online
- Websites & references
- kbstar.com ↗
kbglobal.kbstar.com ↗ KB Global Network: websites of overseas branches and subsidiaries
omoney.kbstar.com ↗ English-language section of kbstar.com (not reachable from the research environment)
fx.kbstar.com ↗ KB Star FX foreign-exchange trading platform
Wikipedia ↗
Wikidata Q496606 ↗ - Official social accounts
- Facebook ↗ · Instagram ↗ · YouTube ↗ · Naver Blog ↗
Sources · 14 pages consulted
- kbstar.com/
- kbfg.com/eng/about/network/domestic.htm
- kbfg.com/eng/about/management/status.htm
- kbfg.com/eng/index.jsp
- omoney.kbstar.com/quics?page=C016912
- omoney.kbstar.com/quics?page=C017681
- koreaherald.com/article/10874360
- koreatimes.co.kr/business/banking-finance/20260923/bank-ceos-on-edge-over-year-end-reappointment-as-govern
- seoul.co.kr/news/economy/finance/2026/06/05/20260605030001
- kmib.co.kr/article/view.asp?arcid=9000011052
- intn.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=2048566
- dailybrief.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=5840
- m.news.nate.com/view/20260306n22389
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kookmin_Bank
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
- Lee Hwan-ju (이환주) President and CEO (9th President of KB Kookmin Bank since January 2025); term ends December 2026
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- South Korea
- Financial Services Commission Prudential supervisorConductOther
- South Korea
- Financial Supervisory Service Prudential supervisorConductAML supervisor
- South Korea
- Bank of Korea Central bank
Recent events 3 enforcement or investigation items
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Enforcement
The FSS sanctions committee proposed fines of about KRW 600 billion on five banks for Hong Kong H-index ELS mis-selling. The FSC's final decision is pending.
seoul.co.kr ↗ -
Enforcement
The FSS fined the bank KRW 24 million for late reporting and disclosure of equity securities acquired from related parties.
dailybrief.co.kr ↗ -
Enforcement
The Korea Fair Trade Commission fined the bank KRW 69.747 billion for exchanging loan-to-value ratio information with three other banks.
intn.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
- CZNBKRSEXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- CZNBBank
- KRCountry · South Korea
- SELocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- HEAD OFFICE
- LEI
- 549300XXMOJSIW8P4769
- 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
- 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
- 1963
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
- Kb Financial Group Inc · South Korea529900TKE4MXG3Q6GW86 ↗
The Kb Financial Group Inc group has 13 institutions in the directory, in 10 countries: all hold a BIC.
Including Kookmin Bank (China) Limited, Kb Asset Management, Kb Securities CO., Ltd., Kb Securities Hong Kong Limited, Kookmin Bank.
See the Kb Financial Group Inc group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Registered address
- 26, GUKJEGEUMYUNG- RO 8- GIL SEOUL, YEONGDEUNGPO- GU 07331 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
- Operational address
- KOOKMIN BANK FLOOR 11 GUKJEGEUMYUNG- RO 8- GIL26 YEONGDEUNGPO- GU SEOUL 07331 SEOUL KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
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>CZNBKRSEXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>549300XXMOJSIW8P4769</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>CZNBKRSEXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>549300XXMOJSIW8P4769</LEI>
<Nm>KOOKMIN BANK</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>SEOUL</TwnNm>
<Ctry>KR</Ctry>
<AdrLine>26, GUKJEGEUMYUNG- RO 8- GIL SEOUL, YEONGDEUNGPO- GU 07331</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>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
Branches and correspondent banking
All 6 branch BICs connect to the head office. They are all in Seoul, and no function or registration year splits them further. 4 other banks publish 4 accounts held with this bank.
- Own offices
- Respondent banks: they hold accounts here
Hover over a branch, account or group to see its details
Respondent banks
From the correspondent lists other banks publish
4 other banks publish 4 accounts held with this bank, in 2 currencies.
| Currency | Respondent bank | Held at | Account | Purpose | Published in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KRW | Axis Bank Limited India | CZNBKRSE | 884-8-KRW-01-1 | — | axis.bank.in ↗ |
| KRW | DZ Bank AG, Deutsche Zentral- Genossenschaftsbank Germany | CZNBKRSE | — | Commercial payments | dzbank.com ↗ dated 10 Jul 2026 |
| USD | Qingdao Rural Commercial Bank Corporation (Formerly Huafeng Rural Cooperative Bank of Qingdao) China | CZNBKRSE | — | inbound USD remittances (intermediary bank) | qrcb.com.cn ↗ dated 13 Dec 2021 |
| KRW | Tmbthanachart Bank Public Company Limited Thailand | CZNBKRSE | — | incoming payments (intermediary bank, field 56A) | media.ttbbank.com ↗ dated Jul 2025 |
Each row is an account the respondent bank lists as held with this bank, as published. Only banks that publish their correspondent accounts, and that Elucidate has researched, can appear, so the list is not complete. Confirm settlement instructions with either bank before relying on them.
Branch codes
| BIC | Branch | City | Address | LEI | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZNBKRSECLS | CLS DIVISION | Seoul | YEOUIGONGWON- RO115 SEOUL SEOUL KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | — | 2021-01-02 |
| CZNBKRSECTD | CUSTODY DEPARTMENT | Seoul | YEOUINARU- RO 4GIL21 SEOUL SEOUL KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | — | 2021-01-02 |
| CZNBKRSEGAM | GENERAL ADMINISTRATION MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT | Seoul | KOOKMIN BANK FLOOR 11 GUKJEGEUMYUNG- RO 8- GIL26 YEONGDEUNGPO- GU SEOUL 07331 SEOUL KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | — | 2021-01-02 |
| CZNBKRSERFI | — | Seoul | KOOKMIN BANK FLOOR 11 GUKJEGEUMYUNG- RO 8- GIL26 YEONGDEUNGPO- GU SEOUL 07331 SEOUL KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | — | 2024-06-15 |
| CZNBKRSETRD | TREASURY DEPARTMENT | Seoul | THE KOREAN TEACHERS' CREDIT UNION YEOUIDO FLOOR 4 YEOUINARU- RO50 SEOUL 07328 SEOUL KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | — | 2023-07-22 |
| CZNBKRSEWLS | WLS DIVISION | Seoul | YEOUIGONGWON- RO115 SEOUL SEOUL KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | — | 2021-01-02 |
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Sources & method
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- Ownership and group—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
- Overview, leadership, regulators and events—researched per institution by an AI model with web search, from the institution's own website and reports, regulators, company registers and news. Figures, people and events link to their source, and each card shows the research date. AI research can be wrong or out of date, so check key facts at the source.
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