South Korea's JB Financial Group announced a record-high net profit of 595.7 billion Korean Won (approximately $450 million) for the first nine months of this year. Net profit attributable to shareholders in the third quarter increased by 0.8% year-on-year to 210 billion Korean Won, and by 2.9% to 595.7 billion Korean Won for the January-September period, with both figures setting new records for their respective periods. Third-quarter revenue also rose by 13% year-on-year to 1.27 trillion Korean Won.