Money Game
Money Game
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Money Game

With the fate of the country on the line, a dangerous game begins

8.7 / 10
2020
1 season
16 episodes
Drama

When Jeongin Bank faces bankruptcy, the Financial Services Commission aims to preempt Korea from another economic meltdown as it did in the 1997 financial crisis. With the Korean government having a substantial stake in the bank, things get serious. Chae Yi Hun is the chief of financial policy at the FSC. He hides the fact that renowned economist Chae Byung Hak is his father. Heo Jae is the chairman of the FSC and has ambitious intentions of fortifying the country's financial infrastructure. Lee Hye Joon is a girl who came from nothing. She works at the Ministry of Economy and Finance and wants to see the utopian economy with change. The money game begins now.

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Money Game Teaser #2 | Go Soo, Shim Eun Kyung | Full series available on Viu

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When Jeongin Bank faces bankruptcy, the Financial Services Commission aims to preempt Korea from another economic meltdown as it did in the 1997 financial crisis. With the Korean government having a substantial stake in the bank, things get serious. Chae Yi Hun is the chief of financial policy at the FSC. He hides the fact that renowned economist Chae Byung Hak is his father. Heo Jae is the chairman of the FSC and has ambitious intentions of fortifying the country's financial infrastructure. Lee Hye Joon is a girl who came from nothing. She works at the Ministry of Economy and Finance and wants to see the utopian economy with change. The money game begins now.

  • Under Fire

    1.Under Fire

    15-01-202070m

    The National Policy Committee puts the chairman of the Financial Services Commission in the hot seat after the Corruption Task Force reveals fraud of five billion dollars involving...

  • The Disposal Plan

    2.The Disposal Plan

    16-01-202070m

    Yi Hun's father, Chae Byung Hak, dies, and as the funeral progresses, Heo Jae's guilty conscience haunts him. However, Heo Jae becomes the chairman of the Financial Services Commis...

  • Jungin Bank’s BIS Capital Ratio

    3.Jungin Bank’s BIS Capital Ratio

    22-01-202070m

    Na Joon Pyo, the director general of the International Finance Bureau, rebuts Chae Yi Huns' statements claiming Jungin Bank's BIS capital ratio was wrong. And when Yi Hun refuses t...

  • The Blue House

    4.The Blue House

    23-01-202070m

    Na Joon Pyo figures out that Lee Hye Joon was the one who leaked Jungin Bank's BIS analysis report, and he reports it to Heo Jae. With the press disclosing the government's manipul...

  • Jungin Bank’s Director of Strategic Planning

    5.Jungin Bank’s Director of Strategic Planning

    29-01-202070m

    At Hye Joon's disciplinary hearing, Yi Hun makes a bold confession. Later, Hye Joon gets in contact with Seo Yang Woo, the director of Strategic Planning at Jungin Bank, regarding...

  • Peril at the Doorstep

    6.Peril at the Doorstep

    30-01-202070m

    Amid Seo Yang Woo tragic death, amid the quieting focus on Jungin Bank's manipulated BIS capital ratio, amid Eugene Han's list of insolvent companies owned by Jungin Bank, and amid...

  • Smoothing Operation

    7.Smoothing Operation

    05-02-202070m

    Problems arise, and the government splits for and against Heo Jae, the chairman of the FSC. With Kim Ho Joong, the deputy prime minister, urging Chae Yi Hun to bring down Heo Jae,...

  • Leverage

    8.Leverage

    06-02-202070m

    Eugene Han suffers a tremendous loss with the exchange rate because of Lee Hye Joon. He confronts her but gets stopped by Chae Yi Hun. Later, with a recording in hand, she warns Na...

  • The Tobin Tax

    9.The Tobin Tax

    12-02-202070m

    The MOEF gets shocked when they see Chae Yi Hun become the newly-appointed deputy prime minister Heo Jae's right-hand man. Especially Lee Hye Joon, who mistakes his promotion as a...

  • A Race Against Time

    10.A Race Against Time

    13-02-202070m

    A fierce race against time between Eugene Han and Chae Yi Hun for the passing of the Tobin tax bill presses on. Will Eugene sell Jungin Bank before the bill gets passed? Or will he...

  • A Conference of Finance Ministers

    11.A Conference of Finance Ministers

    19-02-202070m

    The government does everything in its power to stop Eugene Han's plan to sell Jungin Bank. However, the government faces a crisis due to Eugene and an influenced assemblyman. Meanw...

  • Eugene Han’s Accomplice

    12.Eugene Han’s Accomplice

    20-02-202070m

    Eugene Han takes a bullet protecting Lee Hye Joon of an unexpected attack from Sumar's former president's bodyguard. Amid all the unforeseen events happening around Eugene Ha, Chae...

  • The Korean Won Drops

    13.The Korean Won Drops

    26-02-202070m

    Heo Jae faces a crisis of the plummeting depreciation of the Korean won brought upon by Eugene Han's trickery and attempts to stop it. However, no one in the government wants to ta...

  • Another Deal

    14.Another Deal

    27-02-202070m

    After winning the foreign exchange battle with Yi Hun's help, Heo Jae quickly rises to the ranks of a presidential candidate. Seo Yang Woo's conversation over the phone right befor...

  • Shattered Trust

    15.Shattered Trust

    04-03-202070m

    With the ongoing Jo Hee Bong investigation by the prosecution connecting Eugene Han in the scheme of things, Eugene starts to lose his support from Bahama and elsewhere. Meanwhile,...

  • The Fine Print

    16.The Fine Print

    05-03-202070m

    Deputy Prime Minister Heo Jae gets arrested under suspicion for Professor Chae Byung Hak's murder. While Bahama takes measures to sue under ISDS, the Korean government faces anothe...

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