--- title: "The Kwangju Bank Limited SWIFT/BIC code KWABKRSEXXX · South Korea | Elucidate" description: "SWIFT/BIC code KWABKRSEXXX for The Kwangju Bank Limited, South Korea. Head-office BIC, LEI 9884003ZDFKPSMHI6K41, addresses and Swift connectivity." url: https://elucidate.co/directory/the-kwangju-bank-limited-kwabkrse --- 1. [Directory](https://elucidate.co/directory) 2. [South Korea](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/kr) 3. The Kwangju Bank Limited South Korea · Financial institution # The Kwangju Bank Limited Legal name in the LEI record (주)광주은행 Kwangju Bank is a South Korean regional bank. It is a joint-stock company headquartered in Gwangju. It is a subsidiary of JB Financial Group, which has held 100% of its shares since October 2018. It provides lending, deposit-taking, foreign exchange and trust services, mainly in the Gwangju and South Jeolla region. It was founded in 1968 and received public funds in 2000. It became a Woori Financial subsidiary in 2001. JB Financial Group acquired a 56.97% stake in October 2014. The bank was delisted in October 2018 when it became a wholly owned subsidiary. BIC **KWABKRSEXXX** LEI **[9884003ZDFKPSMHI6K41](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/9884003ZDFKPSMHI6K41)** Licence no. **Not on a tracked register** Connected to Swift Head-office BIC only [**7** correspondent accounts](https://elucidate.co/directory/the-kwangju-bank-limited-kwabkrse#correspondents) [Claim this profile](https://elucidate.co/directory/the-kwangju-bank-limited-kwabkrse#claim) ## 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:** KWABKRSEXXX head office - **Connection to Swift:** Connected to Swift - **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:** None: head-office BIC only - **BIC first registered:** 1992-03-02 - **Last updated:** 2022-02-14 ## Overview Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/the-kwangju-bank-limited-kwabkrse#overview-sources) Total assets Not published Employees Not published Ownership Group subsidiary 100% JB Financial Group Co., Ltd. (JB금융지주) Institution type Commercial bank Trades as Kwangju Bank (광주은행) - **Ownership:** JB Financial Group holds 100% of the shares following a comprehensive share exchange completed in October 2018. - **Direct parent:** JB Financial Group Co., Ltd. (JB금융지주), South Korea 100% - **Major shareholder:** JB Financial Group Co., Ltd. 100% - **Head office:** 225 Jebong-ro, Dong-gu (Daein-dong), 61470 Gwangju, South Korea - **Former name:** (주)KJB금융지주 (KJB Financial Group; the surviving company in the August 2014 merger, renamed Kwangju Bank) ### Business lines - Retail banking - SME banking - Corporate banking - Mortgage lending - Consumer finance - Cards - Transaction banking & payments - Trade finance - Private banking & wealth - Insurance The bank serves households and small and medium-sized enterprises mainly in Gwangju and South Jeolla, and also offers trust, pension, fund and bancassurance products. ### Online - **Websites & references:** [kjbank.com ↗](https://www.kjbank.com/) [museum.kjbank.com ↗](https://museum.kjbank.com/) corporate history and financial museum site [m.kjbank.com ↗](https://m.kjbank.com/) mobile banking site [pib.kjbank.com ↗](https://pib.kjbank.com/) personal internet banking [cib.kjbank.com ↗](https://cib.kjbank.com/) corporate internet banking [Wikipedia ↗](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B4%91%EC%A3%BC%EC%9D%80%ED%96%89) - **Official social accounts:** [Facebook ↗](http://www.facebook.com/kjbanksns) Sources · 10 pages consulted 1. [kjbank.com/ib20/mnu/FPMFOEX051400](https://www.kjbank.com/ib20/mnu/FPMFOEX051400) 2. [kjbank.com/ib20/mnu/BHP0000000001](https://www.kjbank.com/ib20/mnu/BHP0000000001) 3. [kjbank.com/banking/homepage/kj\_info/infor/bank08\_01.jsp](https://www.kjbank.com/banking/homepage/kj_info/infor/bank08_01.jsp) 4. [kjbank.com/ib20/mnu/BHPBKIF010101](https://www.kjbank.com/ib20/mnu/BHPBKIF010101) 5. [museum.kjbank.com/page\_h/president.php](https://museum.kjbank.com/page_h/president.php) 6. [dealsite.co.kr/articles/161509](https://dealsite.co.kr/articles/161509) 7. [seoul.co.kr/news/society/2025/12/17/20251217500277](https://www.seoul.co.kr/news/society/2025/12/17/20251217500277) 8. [m.news.nate.com/view/20260102n19330](https://m.news.nate.com/view/20260102n19330) 9. [ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B4%91%EC%A3%BC%EC%9D%80%ED%96%89](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B4%91%EC%A3%BC%EC%9D%80%ED%96%89) 10. [incruit.com/company/1679453954/](https://www.incruit.com/company/1679453954/) ## Leadership Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/the-kwangju-bank-limited-kwabkrse#overview-sources) - **Chief executive:** Jeong Il-seon (정일선) President and CEO (은행장), 15th president Confirmed 29 Sep 2026 · [dealsite.co.kr ↗](https://dealsite.co.kr/articles/161509) - **Chair:** Jung Byung-seok (정병석) Chair of the Board of Directors (outside director) Confirmed 29 Sep 2026 · [dealsite.co.kr ↗](https://dealsite.co.kr/articles/161509) - **Executive:** Yoon Chang-eui (윤창의) Standing Audit Committee Member (inside director) Confirmed 29 Sep 2026 · [dealsite.co.kr ↗](https://dealsite.co.kr/articles/161509) - **Executive:** Song Jong-geun (송종근) Non-executive Director (Deputy President and CFO of JB Financial Group) Confirmed 29 Sep 2026 · [dealsite.co.kr ↗](https://dealsite.co.kr/articles/161509) ## Supervisors & regulators Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/the-kwangju-bank-limited-kwabkrse#overview-sources) - **South Korea:** Financial Services Commission Prudential supervisor Conduct Resolution - **South Korea:** Financial Supervisory Service Prudential supervisor Conduct AML supervisor - **South Korea:** Bank of Korea Central bank ## Recent events Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/the-kwangju-bank-limited-kwabkrse#overview-sources) 1. Mar 2026 Leadership The shareholders' meeting appointed two new outside directors and the board named Jung Byung-seok as its chair. [dealsite.co.kr ↗](https://dealsite.co.kr/articles/161509) 2. Jan 2026 Leadership Jeong Il-seon took office as the 15th president on 2 January 2026, succeeding Ko Byung-il. [m.news.nate.com ↗](https://m.news.nate.com/view/20260102n19330) 3. Dec 2025 Leadership The board and the shareholders' meeting appointed Jeong Il-seon as president on 17 December 2025, for a two-year term. [seoul.co.kr ↗](https://www.seoul.co.kr/news/society/2025/12/17/20251217500277) 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:** KWABKRSEXXX - **How the BIC breaks down:** 1. KWAB Bank 2. KR Country · South Korea 3. SE Location 4. XXX Branch · head office - **Branch description:** Not recorded in the directory - **LEI:** 9884003ZDFKPSMHI6K41 - **LEI record:** [View on GLEIF ↗](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/9884003ZDFKPSMHI6K41) - **How the LEI was matched:** BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file. ## Profile - **Type:** Financial institution - **Regulation:** Not on a tracked register - **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 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 GLEIF’s relationship records name no parent for this LEI, and no group page is published for it. ## Addresses - **Registered address:** 225, JEBONG- RO, DONG- GU,61470 GWANGJU 422 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF - **Operational address:** JEBONG- RO, DONG- GU,225 GWANGJU GWANGJU 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 ```xml KWABKRSEXXX 9884003ZDFKPSMHI6K41 ``` ### 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 ```xml KWABKRSEXXX 9884003ZDFKPSMHI6K41 THE KWANGJU BANK LIMITED GWANGJU KR 225, JEBONG- RO, DONG- GU, 61470 GWANGJU 422 ``` 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 ### Correspondent banking The bank publishes 7 accounts at other banks, across 3 regions. ### Correspondent accounts Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/the-kwangju-bank-limited-kwabkrse#overview-sources) 7 accounts at other banks, in 3 currencies, for inward remittances, as the bank publishes them: [kjbank.com ↗](https://www.kjbank.com/ib20/mnu/FPMFOEX051400) | Currency | Correspondent | BIC | Account | Directory check | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | USD | [Wells Fargo Bank, NA, New York](https://elucidate.co/directory/wells-fargo-bank-n-a-pnbpus3n) United States | PNBPUS3NNYC | 2000191118003 | Matches the Swift directory | | USD | [Bank of America, New York](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-america-n-a-bofaus3n) United States | BOFAUS3N | 6550794567 | Matches the Swift directory | | USD | [JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A](https://elucidate.co/directory/jpmorgan-chase-bank-n-a-chasus33) United States | CHASUS33 | 927643080 | Matches the Swift directory | | USD | [Standard Chartered Bank, New York](https://elucidate.co/directory/standard-chartered-bank-scblus33) United States | SCBLUS33 | 3582021652001 | Matches the Swift directory | | JPY | [Standard Chartered Bank, Tokyo](https://elucidate.co/directory/the-standard-chartered-bank-scbljpjt) Japan | SCBLJPJT | 0211961-1110 | Matches the Swift directory | | JPY | [SMBC, Tokyo](https://elucidate.co/directory/sumitomo-mitsui-banking-corporation-formerly-sumitomo-bank-smbcjpjt) Japan | SMBCJPJT | 4266 | Matches the Swift directory | | EUR | [ING Belgique, S.A](https://elucidate.co/directory/ing-belgium-nv-sa-bbrubebb) Belgium | BBRUBEBB010 | 301-0179013-32-EUR | Matches the Swift directory | Table headed 광주은행 해외계좌 (Kwangju Bank overseas accounts) on the bank's 'Remittance from abroad to Korea' page. Seven rows, all extracted. The page carries no date. The head-office address shown on this page is the older Daein-dong form. An undated third-party PDF from Chonnam National University also lists Citibank USD, but that row is not on the bank's page and has not been included. Each correspondent BIC is checked against the Swift directory: a BIC missing from it, or registered to a differently named bank, may be a typo or out of date. 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BIC CITIKRSX Financial institution Not on a tracked register South Korea · Not on a tracked register · LEI 745P3MMS7E8CUVXDRJ82](https://elucidate.co/directory/citibank-korea-inc-citikrsx) - [Keb Hana Bank BIC KOEXKRSE Financial institution Not on a tracked register South Korea · Not on a tracked register · LEI 6RPK2YDJN6L35AS0M510](https://elucidate.co/directory/keb-hana-bank-koexkrse) - [Morgan Stanley and CO. International PLC, Seoul Branch BIC MSKRKRSX Financial institution Not on a tracked register South Korea · Not on a tracked register · LEI 4PQUHN3JPFGFNF3BB653](https://elucidate.co/directory/morgan-stanley-and-co-international-plc-seoul-branch-mskrkrsx) [See every BIC in South Korea →](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/kr#bics) Claim this profile ## Work at The Kwangju Bank Limited? Claim this page to have it marked as verified by the bank, and to send us corrections. 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