Greeting

NH Bank is a genuine national capital bank established with 100% domestic capital and we have been doing our best to provide financial support for common and vulnerable social groups, promote local economic development, enhance the welfare of agriculture and agricultural areas, and improve customer service
We have been working hard to promote the welfare of agriculture and agricultural areas and to contribute to the local and national economic development based on branch network nationwide from cities and rural areas to island areas. We are going to faithfully play a role as a bank specializing in financing for the public as well as low-income people while securing a sustainable growth engine by stably generating profit.
Key Milestones
- 1961. 08
- The National Agricultural Cooperative Federation established through the merger of Agricultural Bank and Agricultural Cooperative
- 1969. 07
- Entered the foreign exchange business
- 1972. 03
- Began to offer credit guarantees to those engaged in agriculture, forestry and fishing
- 1984. 06
- Entered the credit card business
- 1989. 02
- Entered the money trust business
- 1990. 02
- Deployed Korea's largest online IT network
- 2000. 07
- The NACF launched by merging the National Ginseng Cooperative Federation and the National Livestock Cooperatives Federation
- 2009. 11
- Launched a private label credit card called the NH Cheum Card
- 2010. 04
- Commenced NH Smart Banking
- 2010. 10
- Opened a branch office in New York
- 2012. 03
- NongHyup Bank launched
- 2012. 09
- Entered in Sejong Central Government Complex
- 2012. 12
- Commended by president for financial support for small and medium enterprises
- 2013. 03
- Hanoi office opened
- 2013. 05
- First domestic bank developed the Credit VaR measuring system
- 2013. 08
- New York branch opened
- 2013. 09
- Selected as a United Lottery Business Trust Bank
- 2013. 09
- Beijing office opened
- 2013. 10
- "Asian Banker" selected NongHyup Bank as the Best Credit Risk Management Bank
- 2013. 12
- Selected as main bank of secretariat of the GCF
- 2014. 10
- Reached the 150 trillion won mark in loans and withholdings
- 2015. 01
- Opening of the Nonghyup Financial PLUS Center at the Gwanghwamun Branch (Korea's first branch-in-branch office of bank and securities firms)
- 2015. 04
- 2015 Nonghyup Bank's NH Smart Banking service wins first prize in the financial category at the Mobile Awards Korea 2015 by Digital Chosunilbo Daily
- 2015. 06
- NH Smart Banking service wins the grand prize in the banking category at the 2015 Consumers' Choice Awards by Digital Chosunilbo Daily
- 2015. 10
- Winner of the STP (Straight Through Processing) Excellence Award by Standard Chartered for the second consecutive year
- 2016. 12
- Opening of the NH Smart Financial Center and launch of the FinTech Open Platform service (first in Korea)
- 2016. 12
- Hanoi branch in Vietnam opened
Established Nonghyup Finance Myanmar CO., Ltd.
Selected as the best institution for bank fraud eradication (Financial Supervisory service) - 2017. 02
- Selected as Financial Instruments of Excellence in Financial Education of 1
Company in 2016 (Financial Supervisory Service) - 2017. 05
- Selected as the Best Call Center for 7 years in a row (Korea Association Consulting)
- 2017. 10
- Launched 'Cloud Branch' to manage funds with the cloud (first in the financial world)
Executed new subscription service for foreign currency deposits with tablet PCs (first time in the financial world) - 2018. 01
- 2018 KCAB Korea Consumer Evaluation Best Brand Award
- 2018. 05
- Established a dedicated anti-money laundering center
- 2018. 07
- Selected as No. 1 social contribution in the banking sector for 7 years in a row
- 2018. 09
- Opened NongHyup Finance in Cambodia
- 2018. 11
- Hochiminh office opened
- 2019. 04
- Launched P2P Financial Certificate Blockchain Service (first in the banking sector)
Launched NH Digital Innovation Campus - 2019. 11
- Be awarded 2019 Korea Social Contribution Awards
- 2020. 05
- Selected as the Best Call Center for 10 years in a row.
- 2020. 10
- Adopted AI technologies to view incomplete sales (the first in the financial sector)
- 2020. 10
- Opened new office in Yangon, Myanmar
- 2020. 12
- Created Nonghyup Card's professional billiards team "Green Force"
- 2020. 12
- Acquired the international standard, ISO 14001 "Environmental Management Systems"
- 2021. 01
- Acquired BM patent for its AI system for automatic loan deferment
- 2021. 01
- Received a conditional approval to operate MyData service (from the Financial Services Commission)
- 2021. 04
- Received a final approval for Hong Kong branch
- 2021. 05
- Launched biometric boarding services (first in the financial sector)
- 2021. 07
- Received a commendation from the minister of environment as an excellent organization at the 2021 Environmental Information Disclosure Award Ceremony
- 2021. 08
- Opened a new office in London, UK
- 2021. 08
- Opened a Dokdo branch in virtual spaces
- 2021. 08
- Joined the Equator Principles (EP)
- 2021. 12
- Received a final approval for Beijing branch, China
- 2021. 12
- Received a Presidential Commendation for "Financial Support for SMEs"
- 2021. 12
- Won the Excellence Award for "Financial Inclusion" hosted by the Financial Supervisory Service
- 2022. 01
- Acquired BM patent for its AI system for automatic loan deferment
- 2022. 03
- Opened NH-IDEA Ground
- 2022. 03
- Introduced an AI chatbot service for NH Nonghyup Card
- 2022. 04
- Received a commendation from the governor of the Financial Supervisory Service as an excellent financial company for one-company, one-school financial education for five years in a row
- 2022. 06
- Renewed NH All One Bank, its comprehensive financial platform
- 2022. 07
- Opened a service for tracking virtual assets in real-time through Mydata service
- 2022. 08
- Opened 'Dokdoverse', its metaverse platform
- 2022. 08
- Exceeded 5 million users of 'NH Pay'
- 2022. 09
- Opened Sydney Branch
- 2022. 09
- Received a commendation from the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education at the 17th Korea CSR/ESG Awards
- 2022. 09
- Launched a 'mobile bancassurance gift service' for the first time in the banking sector
- 2022. 10
- Opened 'Integrated Voucher Platform' for NH Nonghyup Card for the first time in the financial sector
- 2022. 10
- Received approval for ISMS-P
- 2022. 11
- Held the opening ceremony of Sydney branch (opened on September 1, 2022)
- 2022. 12
- Acquired BM patent for NHOnePASS, its automatic login system
- 2022. 12
- Awarded the Excellence Award for "Financial Inclusion" hosted by the Financial Supervisory Service for 3 years in a row
- 2023. 01
- Opened NEW NH ALL ONE BANK, its comprehensive financial platform
- 2023. 03
- Selected as 「Financial Instruments of Excellence in Financial Educatin」 for 6 years in a row
- 2023. 03
- Opened Digital Loan Center
- 2023. 05
- Opened 「Marketing Hub」, its Customized hyper-personalized service
- 2023. 06
- Selected as the Best practices of win-win·cooperation new product by the Financial Supervisory Service
(Hometown Love Donation deposit/installment savings) - 2023. 09
- Acquired BM Patent for 「Automatic Loan Termination AI Counseling System」
- 2023. 10
- Exceeded 10million users of NH ALL ONE BANK
- 2023. 11
- Raised Moody's credit rating from A1 to Aa3
- 2023. 11
- Obtained a comprehensive rating of “good” in the evaluation of financial consumer protection
- 2023. 12
- Awarded the best voice phishing keeper
- 2023. 12
- Won the Carbon Neutrality Competition Award
- 2023. 12
- Awarded the Excellence Award for "Financial Inclusion" hosted by the Financial Supervisory Service
- 2024. 06
- Selected as the operator for the Ministry of Science and ICT's 「Blockchain Private Sector Focus and Expansion Project」(First in the banking sector)
- 2024. 08
- Achieved highest grade in the Financial Services Commission's Community Reinvestment Evaluation for 5 consecutive years
- 2024. 09
- Received the National Assembly Speaker's Award at the 「2024 Korea ESG Awards」
- 2024. 10
- Launched a Bio-Boarding Pass service (First in the financial sector)
- 2024. 12
- Received the Minister's Award from the Ministry of SMEs and Startups for excellence in voice phishing prevention