"I will not tolerate favor-seeking, " declares Kim Jin Man, a former merchant banker who became head of commercial lender Hanvit Bank in January.

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One classic cultural success is the example of Bankers Trust, where Alfred Brittain and Charlie Sanford formed a team that changed the corporate culture from that of a traditional commercial bank, highly valuing a measured pace of decision making, to that of a more transaction-oriented global merchant bank, emphasizing fast reactions, state-of-the-art communications, and sophisticated controls.

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