“Korea Fintech Week 2026” Opens Nov. 25 at Record-Breaking Scale

140 Companies and Organizations to Participate, Operating 115 Booths
A Look at the Future of Finance, Including AI and Digital Assets

Korea Fintech Week 2026, bringing together domestic and international fintech companies, financial firms, and related organizations, will be held in Seoul for three days starting November 25, on a record-breaking scale.

The Financial Services Commission announced on November 8 that it will host the event at the aT Center in Yangjae, Seoul, from November 25 to 27, under the theme “The Next Finance Has Already Begun (Beyond Finance, Into the Future).”

This year’s event will feature 140 companies and organizations operating 115 exhibition booths and offering a total of 36 programs. It will examine how advanced technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI) agents and digital assets, may transform the structure of finance and financial services, and explore new possibilities for the future of finance.

The event will have a different theme each day. November 25, the first day, will be “Digital Finance Day,” focusing on global financial trends and financial policy in light of technological advances such as AI. November 26 will be “Business Day,” supporting the growth of fintech companies, and November 27 will be “Public Participation Day,” offering information on investment, personal finance, and jobs.

At the opening ceremony, following welcoming remarks by Financial Services Commission Chairman Lee Eog-weon, congratulatory addresses will be delivered by Colin Crooks, the British ambassador to South Korea, and James Kelly, an assistant secretary at the Australian Treasury, among others. Todd Fox, head of Visa’s Economic Empowerment Institute, and Kim Geon, chairman of the Korea Fintech Center, are expected to discuss the impact of AI advances on financial services, including the payments market, and outline future directions for South Korea’s fintech industry.

A signing ceremony for memorandums of understanding (MOUs) between fintech companies and venture capital firms will also take place on the afternoon of the first day. Venture capital firms and institutional investors from South Korea and abroad will participate to explore opportunities for follow-on investment.

LG CNS, Viva Republica, and Bank Salad will share the latest technology trends and their experiences in service innovation through their own seminars. OpenAI, IBM, LG AI Research, and Sampro TV will also participate in the program.

The exhibition area will comprise the Fintech Zone (72 booths), Finance Zone (8 booths), Global Zone (23 booths), and Partnership Zone (12 booths). The Global Zone will feature 12 countries, including the United States, sharing their technologies and examples of innovation.

Admission to the event and exhibition is free. More details are available on the official website.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.