Korean slang profile
가교은행
gagyoeunhaeng
Bridge bank
A temporary bank that takes over a failed financial institution’s operations or assets and keeps transactions going until a buyer appears.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- Jul 3, 1998
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
금융위기 대응 사례를 읽으며 가교은행의 역할을 찾아봤다.
I looked up the role of 가교은행 while reading examples of responses to financial crises.
02Documented history
No history documented.
03Origin & word formation
A 1998 article on Japanese financial measures introduces a bridge-bank proposal to protect sound business clients and find buyers. The first user and time have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
Meaning and usage context in the contemporary original were checked. This stays within the particular source’s explanation and does not establish a 1998 origin or society-wide popularity.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 日 부실채권 ‘가교銀’ 설립 결정/금융빅뱅 가속화 될듯 (서울신문)Published Jul 3, 1998Original source checked Nov 15, 2026