IBK Industrial Bank Launches 'IBK Home Run Scholarship Savings' for SME Employees and Self-Employed

'Ice Cream Home Run ESG Product' Offers Preferential Interest Rate of 5% Per Year to New and Retained Customers... Up to 8.5% Per Year

[Asia Economy Reporter Song Hwajeong] IBK Industrial Bank announced on the 22nd that it will launch the 'IBK Home Run Scholarship Savings' to support the education of children of small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) employees and self-employed individuals.

The IBK Home Run Scholarship Savings is a product available for real-name individuals who are employees of SMEs or individual business owners, and can be subscribed through i-ONE Bank (personal). The maturity period is one year, with a monthly deposit limit of up to 200,000 KRW, and sales are limited to the first 10,000 accounts on a first-come, first-served basis.

The basic interest rate is 3.5% per annum, and customers who newly subscribe to and maintain the 'Ice Cream Home Run ESG Product,' an AI smart learning service by Ice Cream Edu, will receive a preferential interest rate of 5% per annum, allowing a maximum interest rate of 8.5% per annum.

The Ice Cream Home Run ESG Product is a rental-type product (1-year contract, 99,000 KRW per month) exclusively offered through the new IBK Home Run Scholarship Savings, enabling an education cost reduction of approximately 45,000 KRW per month compared to market prices.

To commemorate the product launch, various benefits and events have been prepared. For all customers who subscribe to the Ice Cream Home Run ESG Product, the following are provided: ▲ a scholarship worth 100,000 KRW upon achieving a learning performance rate of 80% or higher ▲ a 10,000 KRW mobile cultural gift certificate ▲ an additional one-month free use benefit of the Ice Cream Home Run ESG Product worth 99,000 KRW per month.

Additionally, the first 500 customers who subscribe to the IBK Home Run Scholarship Savings by January 22 will receive Baskin-Robbins ice cream. Among customers who subscribe to both the IBK Home Run Scholarship Savings and the Ice Cream Home Run ESG Product, a lottery will be held to provide various prizes such as a one-year free learning pass for the Ice Cream Home Run ESG Product (3 winners), Nintendo Switch consoles (10 winners), and on-site magic shows (30 winners).

An IBK Industrial Bank official stated, "We will continue to support the welfare improvement and practical asset formation of SME employees and the self-employed."