Who is Ahn Joong-hyun and what experience does he bring to Finda?

Ahn Joong-hyun is a fintech veteran and former vice president of NEXUS. His background spans payment services, banking products, platform development, fraud detection, anti-money laundering, stablecoin work and blockchain business expansion.

Why did Finda create a chief product officer position now?

Finda said it wants to make greater use of the financial data it has accumulated through its loan comparison business. The company is aiming to improve the full customer experience, from product discovery to application and management, using Ahn’s expertise.

What did Ahn Joong-hyun say about Finda’s future direction?

Ahn said he wants to transform Finda into an AI agent-powered Banking-as-a-Service provider. He said the company will build a new financial infrastructure that lets anyone create and operate financial services quickly and easily.

Finda names fintech veteran Ahn Joong-hyun as its 1st CPO

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Summary

Finda has appointed fintech veteran Ahn Joong-hyun as its first chief product officer to push its AI and data-driven financial products forward. The company said Thursday that the newly created role will help improve the customer experience from product discovery to application and management. Ahn said he aims to turn Finda into an AI agent-powered Banking-as-a-Service provider.

Key Facts

Ahn Joong-hyun is a former vice president of NEXUS with 20 years of experience in financial and IT sectors, including e-commerce, internet-only banking, financial platforms and blockchain.
He helped launch major Korean fintech services such as Naver Pay, Toss Bank and Karrot Pay.
At Karrot Pay, he helped grow the service to more than 9 million users and over 100 billion won in monthly transaction volume.
At NEXUS, he led a stablecoin team and helped expand the company’s finance and blockchain businesses, including a game-item marketplace rollout to 66 countries.

By Lee Yeon-woo

Published Oct 1, 2026 1:35 pm KST

Ahn Joong-hyun, new chief product officer of Finda / Courtesy of Finda

Finda is stepping up its efforts to innovate its artificial intelligence (AI) and data-driven financial products with the appointment of its first-ever chief product officer (CPO).

The fintech company said Thursday that it has appointed Ahn Joong-hyun, former vice president of NEXUS, to the newly created position.

Ahn is a fintech veteran with 20 years of experience across the financial and IT sectors, including e-commerce, internet-only banking, financial platforms and blockchain.

His experience spans financial service planning, platform development, business model creation and service operations. In particular, he was involved in the launch of several of Korea's major fintech services, including Naver Pay, Toss Bank and Karrot Pay, helping bring new financial products to market.

The new CPO was part of the launch team for Naver Pay, where he helped develop its payment services and fraud detection system. At Toss Bank, he designed core financial products and systems, including account opening, fraud detection, anti-money laundering and authentication.

He later led Karrot Pay, helping drive its growth to more than 9 million users and over 100 billion won ($73.51 million) in monthly transaction volume. He also spearheaded the designation of Karrot Money Account as an innovative financial service.

Most recently, as vice president of NEXUS, he led a dedicated stablecoin team and drove the expansion of the company's finance and blockchain businesses, including the rollout of its game-item marketplace to 66 countries.

Finda plans to leverage Ahn's expertise to make greater use of the financial data it has accumulated through its loan comparison business, with the goal of improving the entire customer experience from product discovery to application and management.

"Building on Finda's financial data and AI capabilities, I aim to transform the company into an AI agent-powered Banking-as-a-Service provider," Ahn said. "We will build a new financial infrastructure that enables anyone to create and operate financial services quickly and easily."

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