KB Financial Chairman Yang Jonghee: "Money Movement Is an Opportunity...Redesign Based on AI"

Special Lecture at the Second Half Executive Workshop
Discussion on Mid- to Long-Term Management Strategy
"Productive Finance Will Be a Turning Point"

KB Financial Group announced on July 12 that it held the "2026 Second Half Group Executive Workshop" at the KB Intenium Training Center in Sacheon, Gyeongnam, from July 10 to 11.

KB Financial Group Chairman Joonghee Yang is giving a special lecture at the "2026 Second Half Group Executive Workshop" held on the 10th at the KB Intenium Training Center in Sacheon, Gyeongnam. KB Financial

More than 270 group executives attended the workshop, where they discussed the direction of the group's mid- to long-term business strategy, targeting the years 2027 to 2029.

During the event, executives examined the key tasks required to respond to structural changes in the financial industry. These included the growth of the capital market and money movement, the spread of artificial intelligence (AI) technology and changes in the digital financial ecosystem, and the advancement of productive finance.

The five core agenda items for the mid- to long-term business strategy were presented as follows: ▲ Redesigning wealth management (WM) and business models ▲ Securing differentiated competitiveness in small and medium-sized corporate business ▲ Strengthening collaboration systems between group corporate and investment banking (CIB) and capital markets divisions ▲ Advancing insurance business and investment/asset management capabilities ▲ Establishing a roadmap to accelerate the group's transition to AI.

Joonghee Yang, Chairman of KB Financial Group, cited the ability to provide comprehensive financial services through collaboration among affiliates as the financial group’s greatest strength. Chairman Yang stated, “The very reason for the existence of a financial group, and its strongest competitive edge, is the ability to offer comprehensive financial solutions to customers. To respond to the era of AI transformation and money movement, all affiliates must move together, placing the customer at the center.”

He regarded the movement of funds into capital markets as an opportunity to strengthen WM and asset management competitiveness. He also predicted that the expansion of productive finance would serve as a turning point for broadening the role of the group’s CIB and small and medium-sized enterprise business.

Furthermore, he emphasized the need to go beyond using AI merely as a tool to supplement existing work, and to fundamentally redesign work methods and processes. Chairman Yang said, “We must pursue structural changes with completely different thinking that goes beyond habitual inertia.”

During a special lecture, Dongwon Kim, Head of Research at KB Securities, shared insights into the changes that AI will bring to various industries such as finance and healthcare in the future.

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