iM Bank marks 59th anniversary, employee blood drive draws attention

【Financial News, Daegu = Reporter Kim Jang-wook】iM Bank (pronounced “I-M Bank”), marking its 59th anniversary, is drawing attention for holding a “Love Blood Drive” for its employees.
On the 7th, iM Bank held a blood donation drive for employees at its headquarters in Suseong-dong, Suseong-gu, Daegu, together with the Daegu-Gyeongbuk Blood Center of the Korean Red Cross.
The event was organized to thank customers for their support as they have stood alongside the local community, and to reflect on the meaning of the bank’s founding by having employees personally take part in sharing the gift of life.
Bank President Kang Jeong-hoon emphasized, “We hold a blood drive every year to express our gratitude to the local community and our customers who have been with iM Bank, on this deeply meaningful day when we can mark our 59th anniversary by sharing the gift of life with our employees. We will continue to put the value of sharing into practice with our employees and carry out social contribution activities that provide practical help to the local community.”
At the blood donation bus operated by the Daegu-Gyeongbuk Blood Center and set up at First Headquarters that day, iM Bank employees participated voluntarily, helping stabilize the blood supply and spread a culture of sharing the gift of life.
Since holding its first employee blood donation drive in 2004, iM Bank has continued regular group blood donations for 23 years, with cumulative employee participation reaching about 1,800 through the first half of 2026.
Meanwhile, iM Bank held its anniversary ceremony that day in the main auditorium at its Suseong-dong headquarters.
Launched on October 7, 1967, as the country’s first regional bank, iM Bank laid the groundwork for the affiliates of a comprehensive financial group with the launch of iM Financial Group. It converted into a commercial bank in May 2024 and changed its name in June that year.
As a commercial bank headquartered in the region with the goal of becoming a hybrid bank, iM Bank is expanding its nationwide branch network, entering the Honam region with successive branch openings in Jeonju and Gwangju in the second half of this year.
Most of the event was filled with content created by employees themselves. Awards were presented to winners of the employee-participation programs “iM Mint Button” and “iM AX Challenge,” and their content was unveiled.
Bank President Kang Jeong-hoon also took an active role in presenting the bank’s future management direction, replacing his commemorative address with a presentation of its AI·AX vision, while
the bank president’s avatar first introduced the bank’s future direction, after which President Kang himself took the stage to explain iM Bank’s strategy.
President Kang said, “iM Bank will work to serve as a hybrid bank that expands the new role of commercial banks by combining the strengths of regional finance with our field-oriented sales capabilities. By further strengthening information protection and rigorously bolstering our security capabilities for the future, we will move forward as iM Bank, a 100-year bank building a safe future together.”

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