KB incubates future fintech talents

KB Financial Group Digital Strategy Department General Manager Park Hyoung-joo, first from right, poses with college students selected by the group's fintech idea contest, KB Digital Native Alliance, at the financial group's training center in Hapjeong-dong, Seoul, May 22. / Courtesy of KB Financial Group

By Jhoo Dong-chan

Separate from its efforts to incubate promising fintech startups, KB Financial Group is also providing opportunities for future talent who are interested in digitized financial businesses.

The group said it singled out five teams with 20 college students through the KB Digital Native Alliance project to provide them opportunities to engage in KB's various digitized services while developing fintech ideas jointly with KB employees over the next five months.

The project is the second of its kind since KB first started it last year. In 2018, students presented a total of 58 ideas to innovate KB's financial services. Of them, KB reflected 45 into its customer services.

“KB has always made its utmost to understand what customers need,” said 1KB Financial Group Digital Strategy Department General Manager Park Hyoung-joo.

“Their brilliant ideas will add depth to KB's customer services.”