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by authority- Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) €158.2m 100 % · 1 case
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1 case
21 Jan 2026 KB Kookmin Bank, Shinhan Bank, Woori Bank, Hana BankFour major banks exchanged loan-to-value ratios: KRW 272bn fine €158.2m
According to the KFTC (Korea Fair Trade Commission, Korea's competition authority), the four banks exchanged their complete loan-to-value (LTV) ratios for mortgage lending over a long period, between 736 and 7,500 individual values per bank, and adjusted their own ratios accordingly; only conduct from December 2021, when the express prohibition of anti-competitive information exchange entered into force, was pursued. The KFTC issued cease-and-desist orders and fines totalling KRW 272,014 million (Kookmin KRW 69,747 million, Shinhan KRW 63,801 million, Woori KRW 51,535 million, Hana KRW 86,931 million), the first application of that provision.
Exchanging individual contract terms with competitors is a stand-alone competition law infringement even without price fixing.
Information exchange with competitors
- Authority / court
- Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Cartels and collusion
- Legal basis
- Art. 40 Abs. 1 Nr. 9 MRFTA i. V. m. Art. 44 Abs. 2 Nr. 3 Durchführungsverordnung (Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Financial services and insurance
- Published
- 21 Jan 2026
Original amount 272,014,000,000 KRW, converted at the ECB reference rate of 21 Jan 2026.
- KFTC press release (EN), 22 Jan 2026: KFTC Sanctions Four Major Commercial Banks for Collusive Information Exchange Press release of an authority
- KFTC-Pressemitteilung (KO), 21.01.2026: 4대 시중은행의 정보교환의 담합 행위 제재 Press release of an authority
- KFTC-Pressemitteilung (KO, PDF) mit Bußgeldtabelle je Bank und Rechtsgrundlage Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 4 Oct 2026 · Direct link