Financial Support Status in the COVID-19 Pandemic
 
 
Financial Support Status
Woori Bank
- Consignment guarantee loan as a 2nd program for small local businesses
- Introduction of the conversion of the secondary compensatory loan of small local business market promotion corporation
- Business agreement with Gwangju Metropolitan City for “financial support of small local businesses with damages from the COVID-19 pandemic”
- Business agreement with Daegu Metropolitan City for “financial support of small local businesses with damages from the COVID-19 pandemic”
- Expansion of support conditions for the hope incentives of Yellow Umbrella in Gyeongsangnam-do
- Introduction of the loan for repayment conversion with a low-interest rate in Seoul Metropolitan City
- Conclusion of an “alliance business agreement for small local business owners and job applicants”
- Special discount sales of Onnuri Gift Certificates to support small local businesses
- Introduction of untact reception service for loan documents
- Implementation of the extension of the untact (recording) period for urban housing fund loans
- Extension of the maturity date of guarantee mortgage loans and postponement of interest
- Commencement of services in shops specializing in foreign clients on Sundays (5 foreigner business centers, and 5 shops opening on Sundays)
- Implementation of support for a secondary compensatory loan with ultra-low interest rates for small local business owners
- Discount on the interest rate and commission fee upon the reduction of rental fees by building owners
- Exemption of ATM use commission fees in Daegu City and the Gyeongsangbuk-do region
- Special contribution agreement with the Korea Technology Finance Corporation (financial support for companies in Daegu and Gyeongsangbuk-do Province in response to COVID-19)
- Prompt deliberation support in Daegu City and the Gyeongsangbuk-do region (new establishment of a special deliberation unit for Daegu/Gyeongbuk)
- Grant of a temporary right to to Daegu/Gyeongbuk to make arbitrary decisions
- Postponement of the registration and the deletion of delinquency information (a person with delinquency due to quarantine measures)
- Implementation of a short-term extension for borrowers who are unable to visit the bank, such as people with a confirmed COVID-19 infection, quarantined people, etc. (internet banking / smartphone banking, agents, etc.)
- Operation of counseling windows for financial difficulties due to COVID-19 in all branch offices
- Dispatch of local foundation small-to-medium relationship managers for the prompt support of companies suffering damages
- Dispatch of employees of the head office to branch offices for the prompt support of companies suffering damages
- Support through the urgent establishment of branch offices for small and medium-sized exporting businesses in connection with KOTRA
- Support through the extension of maturity dates for companies with damages from the COVID-19 pandemic and the postponement of interest payment
- Operation of an exclusive window for the Seoul Credit Guarantee Foundation
Woori Card
- Postponement of claims on card payments, reduction of interest rates on card loans, and the postponement of repayments
- Implementation of the Woori Card Emergency Livelihood Fund Support Loan
- Reduction of overdue interests on cards and the deletion of delinquency records
- Shortening the deposit period of payment for card franchise shops
Woori Investment Bank Co., Ltd.
- Postponement of the repayment of Woori Investment Bank loans for companies with damages from the COVID-19 pandemic and the exemption of overdue interest