DGB Financial Group

DGB Financial Group Co., Ltd. (DGBFG; Korean: 주식회사 DGB금융지주) is financial holding company headquartered in Daegu, South Korea.

The group was founded on May 17, 2011, upon the Financial Supervisory Service's approval for the establishment of a financial holding company for Daegu Bank and its two arms, Daegu Credit Information and Kardnet (now DGB U-Pay).

[1] After the establishment, DGB acquired Woori Aviva Life Insurance from Nonghyup Financial Group in 2015[2] and took over HI Investment & Securities from Hyundai Heavy Industries Group in 2018.

[3] DGB Financial Group first joined the United Nations Global Compact on July 18, 2006, to support ten universal values in the areas of labour, human rights, environmental protection, and anti-corruption.

The company signed the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) statement on September 27, 2006.