Bad Bank Skips Student Loans, Logistics PF Sours, ELS Fine Sent Back | May 14 2026 | Finance Daily

Korea's bad bank is freeing 600,000 borrowers from collection — but young student-loan debtors aren't on the list.This episode covers three stories shaping Korea's financial system: a state-run bad-bank program (the New Leap Fund) that has bought 7.7 trillion won of delinquent debt but cannot yet absorb 25 billion won of long-overdue student loans for legal reasons; rising delinquency in bank logistics-center project-financing books, with Woori Financial's troubled exposure more than doubling and Korea's cold-storage warehouse vacancy reaching 37 percent; and an unusual move by the Financial Services Commission to return a 1.4-trillion-won draft penalty against five banks over Hong Kong H-index ELS mis-selling, signaling the eventual fine will be significantly reduced.Sources:• "No Legal Basis to Sell Debt — Young Borrowers Stuck in Student-Loan Trap" — Seoul Economic Daily, May 14, 2026• "Banks Caught in Logistics-Center PF — Loan Delinquencies Surge" — Seoul Economic Daily, May 14, 2026• "FSC Tells FSS to Re-examine Bank ELS Sanctions — Fine Likely to Be Cut" — Seoul Economic Daily, May 14, 2026About AI PRISM:AI PRISM is Seoul Economic Daily's WAN-IFRA award-winning newsroom AI series, delivering Korean economic news adapted for global audiences. Episodes are produced with AI assistance and reviewed by a human editor.Tags#KoreaFinance #BankOfKorea #FSC #FSS #ELS #HongKongHIndex #ProjectFinancing #LogisticsCenter #StudentLoans #HouseholdDebt #BadBank #KoreaEconomy #AIPRISM #SeoulEconomicDaily #WANIFRA

Видео Bad Bank Skips Student Loans, Logistics PF Sours, ELS Fine Sent Back | May 14 2026 | Finance Daily канала Seoul Economic Daily