Private company

CHB Bank

Chohung Bank Co., Ltd. (CHB; Korean: 조흥은행; Hanja: 朝興銀行, sometimes transcribed as Joheung Bank) was a bank company headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.1

Last updated Oct 18, 2026.

Overview

  • Industrybank1
  • HeadquartersSeoul1

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Chohung Bank Co., Ltd. (CHB; Korean: 조흥은행; Hanja: 朝興銀行, sometimes transcribed as Joheung Bank) was a bank company headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. It was formed by the 1943 merger of Hanseong Bank (Korean: 한성은행; Hanja: 漢城銀), established in 1897 and sometimes referred to as Korea's first bank, and Dong-il Bank (Korean: 동일은행), originally established in 1906 as Hanil Bank (Korean: 한일은행, not to be confused with the namesake South Korean Bank active between 1960 and 1999) and renamed in 1931.2

Products and brands

  • financial services

Listed on Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded by Shinhan Bank1

Timeline

  1. Apr 1, 2006Dissolved Dissolved1

Sources

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