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SEOUL, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - Industrial Bank of Korea plans to double its net profit, assets and market value in five years by boosting its lending to small and medium-sized businesses, the lender's head said Tuesday.
The state-owned bank plans to double its earnings to 2 trillion won (US$2.1 billion), assets to 200 trillion won and market capitalization to 20 trillion won by 2011, said IBK's president Kang Kwon-suk in a speech to mark the bank's 45th anniversary.
"When the bank has its 50th anniversary, it should have become one of the major banks globally," Kang said. "It's difficult to achieve, but is not something that is impossible."
To that end, the ...