Company: SHG
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001193125-25-089950
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Company: SHINHAN FINANCIAL GROUP CO LTD
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form: 20-F
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 rating of B-, the Credit Review Committee evaluates and approves unsecured loans in excess of W40 billion and secured loans in excess of W45 billion, whereas for large corporate borrowers with a credit rating of AAA, the Credit Review Committee evaluates and approves unsecured loans in excess of W110 billion and secured loans in excess of W170 billion.

Credit Review and Monitoring

Shinhan Bank continually reviews and monitors credit risks primarily with respect to borrowers. In particular, Shinhan Bank’s automated early warning system conducts daily examination for borrowers using financial and non-financial factors, and the branch manager and the credit officer must conduct periodic loan monitoring and report to an independent Credit Review Department which analyzes the results in detail and adjusts monitoring grades and credit ratings accordingly. Based on these reviews, Shinhan Bank adjusts a borrower’s credit rating, credit limit and credit policies. In addition, the group credit ratings of the main debtor groups, if applicable, may be adjusted followed by a periodic review of the main debtor groups, as identified by the Governor of the Financial Supervisory Service based on their outstanding credit exposures. Shinhan Bank also continually reviews other factors, such as industry-specific conditions for the borrower’s business and its domestic and overseas asset base and operations, in order to ensure that the assigned ratings are appropriate. The Credit Review Department provides credit review reports, independent of underwriting, to the Chief Risk Officer on a monthly basis.**

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The early warning system performs automatic daily checks for borrowers to whom Shinhan Bank has credit exposure (which represents the total outstanding amount due from a borrower, net of collateral for deposit, installment savings, guarantees and import guarantee money). When the early warning systems detect warning signals, such signals and other findings from the loan monitoring are reviewed by the Credit Review Department. In addition, Shinhan Bank carries out credit review in a timely manner on each borrower in accordance with changes in credit risk factors based on changes in the economic environment. The results of such credit review are continually reported to the Chief Risk Officer of Shinhan Bank. Depending on the nature of the signals detected by the early warning system, a borrower may be classified as “worsening credit” and become subject to evaluation for a possible downgrade in credit rating, or may be initially classified as “showing early warning signs” or become reinstated to the “normal borrower” status. For borrowers classified as “showing early warning signs,” the relevant branch manager gathers information and conducts a review of the borrower to determine whether the borrower should be classified as