At the Gold Pang Jongno direct store in Jongno-gu, Seoul, an official is holding up a gold bar./News1

Hana Bank is introducing a real gold trust service, the first of its kind in the financial sector.

Hana Bank announced on the 18th that it signed a business agreement with Korea Gold Exchange Digital Asset on the 17th at its Euljiro headquarters to promote gold transactions.

Hana Bank launched the ‘Hana The Next My Gold Trust’ on this day. After customers sign a trust contract with Hana Bank and deposit real gold, they can dispose of it at a reasonable price through fair appraisal by Korea Gold Exchange Digital Asset.

Hana Bank plans to launch the ‘Hana The Next My Gold Operation Trust’ in the second half of the year, which will pay out real gold and operational revenue after managing the deposited gold for a certain period.

Lee Ho-sung, president of Hana Bank, noted, “We expect to fundamentally improve the distribution structure of real gold, which has been regarded as a mere storage asset, and open a new paradigm in the domestic gold transaction market,” and said, “We will continue to introduce new and innovative services that connect various real assets with finance.”

On the 17th, Hana Bank signs a business agreement with Korea Gold Exchange Digital Asset at its Euljiro headquarters to revitalize gold transaction activities. Lee Ho-sung, president of Hana Bank (fourth from the left in the photo), Kim Young-hoon, vice president of Hana Bank’s asset management group (fifth from the left in the photo), and Lee Jae-cheol, vice president of Hana Bank's trust investment product headquarters (sixth from the left in the photo), pose for a commemorative photo./Courtesy of Hana Bank