S.Korean banks to ease lending standard in Q1

SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- South Korean banks planned to ease lending standards in the first quarter due to relaxed lending regulations and stiff competition among financial institutions, a central bank poll showed on Wednesday.

The lending attitude index stood at 13 for the January-March quarter, down one point from the prior quarter, according to the Bank of Korea (BOK) survey of 204 banks and other financial