On July 19, 2024, ABA Secretary-Treasurer Dr. Darson Chiu (rightmost) met with Ms. Jung Ji-Yoon, Senior Manager/RM, Global FI Business Department, KEB – Hana Bank (center) at the bank’s Seoul headquarters.

Accompanied by ABA Deputy-Secretary Mr. Amador Honrado Jr. (leftmost), Dr. Chiu briefed Ms. Jung on the activities of ABA and exchanged views with her on how KEB-Hana Bank may be able to get involved in these activities as platforms for getting to know the Association and its members better. He also invited KEB-Hana Bank to participate in the 40^th ABA General Meeting and Conference scheduled to take place on November 18-19, 2024 in Taipei, Taiwan, pointing out that their presence will enable the Bank’s representatives not only to exchange views with invited experts on topics of current interest to the region’s banking community, but also to meet and network with other ABA members.

The ABA executives were in Seoul to participate in the 48^th Joint Conference of ROC-Korea and Korea-Taiwan Business Councils organized by the Chinese International Economic Cooperation Association (CIECA) and the Federation of Korean Industries (FKI) on July 19, 2024 in Seoul, Korea. CIECA is a Primary Member of the Confederation of Asia-Pacific Chambers of Commerce and Industry (CACCI), the parent organization of ABA.