{"id":64244,"date":"2022-07-11T16:12:22","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T13:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=64244"},"modified":"2025-09-06T13:22:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T10:22:16","slug":"keb-hana-to-open-virtual-branch-in-the-sandbox-metaverse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/keb-hana-to-open-virtual-branch-in-the-sandbox-metaverse\/","title":{"rendered":"KEB Hana to open virtual branch in The Sandbox metaverse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sandbox metaverse announced a collaboration with the South Korean bank KEB Hana to expand the financial institution&#8217;s presence into the virtual world.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">\ud83d\udce2The Sandbox X KEB Hana Bank<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfdb\ufe0fKEB Hana Bank is entering The Sandbox to lead financial services in the <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/metaverse?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">#metaverse<\/a>. Stay tuned for many collaborative events and content at \ud83d\udcb1KEB Hana Bank branch in The Sandbox!<\/p>\n<p>Find out more \ud83d\udc47<a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/L26Uq4UQTz\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/L26Uq4UQTz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Sandbox (@TheSandboxGame) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheSandboxGame\/status\/1546435380408369159?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">July 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\\\"\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The agreement envisages opening a virtual KEB Hana branch in The Sandbox metaverse to provide core banking services and promote investments.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>\\&#8221;Metaverses are a means of Web3 interaction among people, and we want to be part of the new trend. This partnership could open doors to a wholly new type of services, especially for younger generations,\\&#8221; said Chon Kim, the bank&#8217;s vice president.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Founded in 1967, KEB Hana is one of South Korea&#8217;s largest commercial banks. According to a press release, the company operates 199 branches in 24 districts \u2014 more than any other bank in the country.<\/p>\n<p>In April, the Hong Kong unit of the financial giant Standard Chartered <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/standard-chartered-acquires-virtual-land-in-the-sandbox-metaverse\">bought a plot in The Sandbox<\/a> to explore the possibilities of the new space.<\/p>\n<p>In March, the largest British bank HSBC <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/hsbc-buys-virtual-land-in-the-sandbox-metaverse\">bought virtual land in the same metaverse<\/a> to engage with service providers and attract sports communities.<\/p>\n<p>Read ForkLog&#8217;s bitcoin news on our <a href=\\\"\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"\u201c_blank\u201d\\\" rel=\\\"\u201cnofollow\u201d noopener\\\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 cryptocurrency news, rates and analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sandbox metaverse announced a collaboration with the South Korean bank KEB Hana to expand the financial institution&#8217;s presence into the virtual world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":64245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1353,2060,1361],"class_list":["post-64244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-metaverses","tag-the-sandbox","tag-virtual-world-innovations"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"27","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64244"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64246,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64244\/revisions\/64246"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}