KB Kookmin Bank Launches Panel Committee Composed of IT Experts

A Conference Discussing the Prospects and Response Strategies of Financial IT

[Asia Economy Reporter Sunmi Park] KB Kookmin Bank announced on the 2nd that it has launched a panel committee consisting of 24 IT experts to discover insights from the perspectives of customers and technology.

The launch ceremony was held via video conference the day before, considering external circumstances such as COVID-19. Attendees included Lee Woo-yeol, Vice President of KB Kookmin Bank IT Group; Dr. Shin Yong-yeo, Chief Technology Officer (NTO) at Microsoft (MS); Lim Jin-sik, Executive Director at Amazon Web Services (AWS); and Kim Hwa-jong, Director of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) New Drug Development Support Center.

This panel committee is a forum to discuss the future outlook and response strategies of financial IT by improving and discovering customer-centric services from a third-party perspective. It is composed of top experts from various fields, including employees of 'KB Insight,' KB Kookmin Bank’s IT-specialized branch, ICT companies, AI, security, professors, and lawyers.

Going forward, the panel committee will focus on discussing four individual topics along with common themes of ▲digital finance and ▲IT talent development: ▲AI and data, ▲cloud, ▲mobile and platform, and ▲digitalization of branches.

Lee Woo-yeol, Vice President of KB Kookmin Bank IT Group, said, “KB Insight, which serves as a forward base for digital innovation, acts as a testbed for implementing future branch models and new technologies. We will lead digital innovation by adding the insights of various IT experts.”

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