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 Injae-nium 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 management strategy with a target period of 2027 to 2029.

The executives examined key tasks while forecasting structural changes in the financial industry, such as the growth of the capital market and money movement, the spread of artificial intelligence (AI) technology and digital finance ecosystem transformation, and the development of productive finance.

The five main agenda items for the mid- to long-term management strategy included: ▲ Redesigning asset management (WM) and business models ▲ Securing differentiated competitiveness in small corporate business ▲ Strengthening collaboration between the group's corporate and investment banking (CIB) and capital markets ▲ Advancing insurance business and investment management capabilities ▲ Establishing a roadmap to accelerate the group's AI transformation.

Yang Jong-hee, Chairman of KB Financial Group, emphasized in his special lecture, "The reason for the existence of a financial group, and its greatest competitive strength, is the ability to provide comprehensive financial solutions to customers."

He further stressed, "In order to respond to the era of AI transformation and money movement, it is most important for all affiliates to move together with a customer-centric approach."

Chairman Yang predicted, "Money movement is not a crisis, but an opportunity to enhance competitiveness in WM and asset management," and added, "Productive finance will serve as a turning point for expanding the roles of KB's CIB and small business operations."

He urged, "To secure systematized competitiveness, we need to revisit our ways of working and processes and undertake a comprehensive redesign based on AI. We must drive structural changes by thinking beyond conventional inertia."

During a special lecture by an expert, Dongwon Kim, Head of Research at KB Securities, shared insights on the future changes in various industries, including finance and healthcare, enabled by AI.

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