Starting in the second half of this year, the post office will be able to conduct banking business such as deposits, installment savings, loans, and exchange transactions.

Banking business will also be possible at corporations, credit cooperatives, and savings banks jointly invested by commercial banks. On the 27th, the Financial Services Commission announced a "plan to promote banking consignment" to increase access to financial business for the elderly and local residents who are suffering from reduced branches. The Financial Services Commission will designate the bank agency business as an innovative financial service and start a pilot operation in July. The agency starts with the post office, which has 2,500 branches nationwide and is already in charge of deposits and deposits.

[Reporter Chae Jongwon]