Daedong Credit Bank

Not to be confused with Daesong Bank.
Daedong Credit Bank
Native name
대동신용은행
IndustryBank
Founded1995; 29 years ago (1995)
Headquarters
Pyongyang
,
North Korea
Websitewww.daedongcreditbank.com Edit this at Wikidata

Daedong Credit Bank (DCB) is a North Korean bank, established in 1995, and based in the country's capital, Pyongyang.[1]

DCB has been on the US Treasury sanctions list since June 2013, for "its role in supporting Pyongyang's weapons of mass destruction program".[2][3][4] Also sanctioned were DCB Financial Limited, and its representative, Kim Chol-sam, and Son Mun San, the external affairs bureau chief of North Korea's Bureau of Atomic Energy.[3]

  1. ^ "Daedong Credit Bank". Phoenix Commercial Ventures Ltd. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  2. ^ "North Korean Economy Watch". North Korean Economy Watch. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  3. ^ a b Paige Gance (27 June 2013). "U.S. sanctions North Korea bank as it targets weapons program". Reuters. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  4. ^ "Treasury Sanctions Bank, Front Company, and Official Linked to North Korean Weapons of Mass Destruction Programs". treasury.gov. Retrieved 22 April 2016.