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Regional commercial bank based in Jeonju, South Korea, and a subsidiary of JB Financial Group, with a growing push into digital-asset lending and payments.
Ripple has signed Meritz Securities to explore custody and tokenization, its fourth Korean partner of 2026 and the first securities firm. The work starts inside Meritz's existing permissions and has no launch date.
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Jeonbuk Bank began lending won against Bitcoin to corporate clients on October 12, a South Korean first, Crypto Briefing reported. The bank never holds the coins, so its exposure sits in the pricing model and in a court auction that recovers value after a default.
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Jeonbuk Bank has lent won to a corporate borrower against Bitcoin held by a registered custodian, a bank official confirmed to IT Chosun. Without a published loan-to-value limit or margin trigger, its resilience to a price fall cannot be checked from outside.
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Ripple Prime writes total return swaps for US leveraged ETFs and collects the financing fees, while XRP fell more than 8% in a week to $1.39. Swap clients need no XRP, so the revenue builds Ripple's value without adding token demand.
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Korea's regulators sorted crypto into plumbing and wagering, approving a bank remittance rail while cutting off a prediction market. XRP fell below $1 anyway.
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Filings are on pace to pass last year's record, and the delinquency data says the damage sits in small firms funded by regional banks, not in the listed universe investors watch.
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