Koscom

Koscom
Company typePublic
IndustryFinancial IT Service
Founded1977; 47 years ago (1977) as Korea Securities Computing Corporation
HeadquartersSeoul, South Korea
Key people
Woo, Joo Ha, CEO and Chairman
Revenue₩203,862,168,098[1] KRW $209 million USD (2007)
Number of employees
507 full-time[2] (2007)
Websitewww.koscom.co.kr

The Korea Securities Computing Corporation (Koscom; Korean코스콤) is a Korean financial IT company that provides the IT infrastructure to the Korean financial securities and futures markets. It also provides a trading platform, market data and other financial systems for the Korean market.

It was launched by the Ministry of Finance (MOSF) and the Korea Exchange (KRX) in 1977.[3]

It has five corporate divisions with providing IT infrastructure to the Korean financial securities and futures market. Koscom also offers online stock trading systems that enable users to access to financial database and place trades by Home Trading System or using a customized terminal for professional traders in securities as well as other electronic financial services.

Major Korean financial firms typically have subscription to the Koscom's online trading services, including market news, price quotes and financial market data.

  1. ^ "Koscom Financial Year". Koscom. Archived from the original on 3 December 2008. Retrieved 10 April 2008.
  2. ^ "Koscom Employees". Koscom. Archived from the original on 2 May 2008. Retrieved 10 April 2008.
  3. ^ "Koscom Overview". Koscom. Archived from the original on 9 July 2008. Retrieved 10 April 2008.