South Korea expands RFI-K rules to enable offshore won settlement

  • South Korea revised foreign-exchange rules for registered RFI-K institutions handling offshore won transactions.
  • The borrowing-reporting exemption threshold rose to 100 billion won from 30 billion won.
  • RFI-K institutions must verify nonresident clients and report major transactions monthly.

South Korea has revised and published foreign-exchange rules for RFI-K institutions, advancing the won internationalization roadmap announced in July. Registered foreign financial institutions can open omnibus accounts at Korean foreign-exchange banks and process nonresident clients’ won remittances, investments and lending through the Bank of Korea’s won international settlement network. Won-denominated capital transactions between nonresidents will be exempt from reporting, although domestic real estate transactions are excluded. RFI-K institutions must verify clients’ nonresident status and submit major transaction records to the Bank of Korea each month. They may also borrow won from domestic banks without a ceiling when temporarily short of funds for settlement, while the reporting-exemption threshold for general won borrowing has increased to 100 billion won from 30 billion won.

The information on this website is generated using AI and we cannot guarantee its accuracy. Please use it as reference information only.