Korean slang profile
슈퍼뱅크
syupeobaengkeu
Enlarged bank seeking competitiveness
An enormous bank seeking international competitiveness by increasing its size.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- 슈퍼은행
- Earliest source found
- Aug 1, 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
당시 신문은 은행 합병으로 슈퍼뱅크를 만들려는 움직임을 다뤘다.
The newspaper of the time covered moves to create a 슈퍼뱅크 through bank mergers.
02Documented history
No history documented.
03Origin & word formation
A 1998 서울신문 column introduces it as an enormous bank created through mergers, explaining that size alone does not create competitiveness. The first user and time have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The independent spelling, definition, and usage context in the contemporary article were checked. This records the meaning introduced then; first use and the extent of spread remain unverified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 슈퍼뱅크/禹弘濟 논설실장(外言內言)Published Aug 1, 1998Original source checked Nov 15, 2026