Shinhan got a wrist-slap over Lime fund misselling after agreeing to repay up to 75%
The FSS handed Shinhan's chairman an admonition and its bank CEO a warning over ₩276.9B of Lime fund sales, lighter than first signalled.
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A Rio court removed Oi's entire leadership over asset-stripping findings and US$100 million of Chapter 11 legal fees, starting provisional liquidation.
Read the caseNocNoc, Thailand's last big local e-marketplace, closed after years of price wars
SCG-backed BetterBe terminated NocNoc from February 2026, booking a 1.8-billion-baht loss — leaving Thailand's e-commerce dominated by foreign marketplaces.
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Zepeto sold fashion evoking Japan's 1912–26 Taisho era to Korean users; within days Naver halted the items at home while leaving them on sale elsewhere.
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The MSME lender's growth-first push gutted loan quality; by late 2024 it ran out of cash and its largest investor seized control at a fraction of its value.
Read the caseKimly's S$16M buy of a one-employee drinks firm died under SGX questions and a CAD probe
The coffee-shop operator signed for Asian Story Corporation in July 2018, then rescinded in November after regulators asked what it was actually buying.
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