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Low-income finance stability fund set for next year effectively scrapped, while contribution extension passes

From Chosun Ilbo · () Korean

Translated from Korean and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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News Official statement Approved/passed
  • The planned launch of the Low-Income Finance Stability Fund next year has effectively been abandoned.
  • A parliamentary standing committee approved a 10-year extension of financial companies' mandatory contributions to the Korea Inclusive Finance Agency.
  • The extension helps avert a funding gap for inclusive-finance programs.

The planned establishment of the Low-Income Finance Stability Fund next year has effectively fallen through. A separate measure extending contributions to South Korea's inclusive-finance system, however, cleared a National Assembly standing committee and helped avoid an immediate funding gap.

Financial authorities said on Sept. 6 that the Political Affairs Committee had passed an amendment three days earlier. The bill extends financial companies' obligation to contribute to the Korea Inclusive Finance Agency for another 10 years.

The amendment revises the Act on Support for the Financial Lives of the People. The existing law requires financial companies to make contributions to the agency, although the supplied report ends while describing the current provision.

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Originally published by Chosun Ilbo in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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