[Weekly Savings Banks] OK Savings Bank Conducting Youth Financial Education for 5 Years and More

[Asia Economy Reporter Minyoung Kim] OK Savings Bank recently visited Ansan Design Culture High School located in Ansan City, Gyeonggi Province, to conduct a ‘One Company One School Financial Education’ program.

OK Savings Bank has been providing financial education at this school annually since 2016.

On the 22nd, Changsoo Kim, team leader of the Customer Satisfaction Team at OK Savings Bank, served as the instructor and conducted programs on topics such as types and characteristics of financial institutions, financial planning, budgeting through allowance ledgers, the importance of credit management, and an introduction to the Housing Subscription Savings account, all under the theme of financial know-how in daily life.

Following this, education was also provided on recent social issues such as voice phishing cases and prevention methods.

OK Savings Bank plans to continuously carry out such financial education to support the formation of proper financial habits among youth and for social contribution.

An OK Savings Bank official said, “The One Company One School financial education is a great opportunity to provide financial information necessary for daily life that cannot be learned in the regular curriculum,” adding, “We will continue to actively support the formation of proper financial habits for the future financial consumers, the dream trees.”

◆ KB Savings Bank Dreaming of Sweet Finance Like Kiwi

KB Savings Bank is conducting a promotion to celebrate the launch of its own mobile financial platform, ‘Kiwi Bank.’

According to KB Savings Bank on the 1st, an event is being held until September 6th where 500 new customers who open a ‘Kiwi Deposit and Withdrawal Account’ will be selected to receive a 10,000 KRW mobile gift certificate.

Existing customers can participate in this event when they open this deposit and withdrawal account for the first time.

There is also a friend referral event. The top 16 people who get the most friends or acquaintances to open a Kiwi Deposit and Withdrawal Account for the first time using their referral number will receive prizes: one Galaxy Z Flip, five AirPods Pro, and ten mobile exchange vouchers for ice cream cake.

This savings bank recently aired a TV commercial for Kiwi Bank under the theme ‘Sweet Finance Like Kiwi.’

Shinhong Seop, CEO of KB Savings Bank, said, “The ‘Kiwi Deposit and Withdrawal Account,’ which offers an annual interest rate of up to 1.5%, is a rare high-interest regular savings account in this era of ultra-low interest rates below 1%,” adding, “As the meaning of Kiwi Bank is to grow customers’ assets and provide sweet services for them, we will continue to strive to offer better products and services to our customers.”

◆ Im Jingu Leading the Stay Strong Campaign

Im Jingu, CEO of SBI Savings Bank, announced his participation in the ‘Stay Strong’ campaign, which supports overcoming and early ending of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

The Stay Strong campaign carries the meaning of overcoming the fight against COVID-19 by thoroughly practicing personal hygiene.

Started from an idea by Ministry of Foreign Affairs staff, this campaign conveys its meaning through placards depicting praying hands as hand-washing images, and proceeds by posting photos holding the placards on social networking services (SNS) while nominating the next relay participants.

Im, who was nominated by Lee Hyun, CEO of Kiwoom Securities, said, “I deeply appreciate the dedication of many people and hope that COVID-19 will end soon based on high civic awareness and cooperation.”

Im nominated the next participants as Ji-won Kim, CEO of Ajou IB Investment; Jong-yoon Choi, CEO of Able Hotel Hyundai & Resort; and Sang-hyun Lee, Vice Chairman of KCC Auto.

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