BNK Financial Partners Joins Hands with Kakao Enterprise

Signing of MOU for Strategic Business Partnership

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kang Woo-kwon] BNK Financial Group announced on the 10th that it signed a 'Strategic Business Agreement for AI Technology Utilization' with Kakao Enterprise at the Busan Bank headquarters to strengthen the group's digital financial competitiveness.

Kakao Enterprise, established in December 2019, is an AI-based platform and solution development company that provides AI solutions and platforms to various industries such as finance, distribution, and construction based on extensive experience and expertise.

According to the business agreement, both parties agreed to promote comprehensive cooperation for BNK Financial Group's digital innovation by utilizing Kakao Enterprise's AI technology and platform to enhance BNK's non-face-to-face customer experience, activate mobile sales, expand the mobile customer base, and improve internal work efficiency.

BNK plans to strategically utilize the KakaoTalk channel to attract new customers and actively use the Kakao platform by reviewing the application of 'Kakao Work,' an AI-based integrated work platform, for non-face-to-face specialized consultation and sales.

Additionally, to develop products and services specialized for the Kakao platform, BNK will concretize continuous collaboration models through the formation of dedicated organizations, human resource exchanges, and mutual benchmarking.

In particular, the 'BNK Digital Finance Center,' scheduled to be established in early 2021, is known to consolidate BNK's digital capabilities, expand collaboration in digital technology fields such as AI, big data, and cloud, discover various joint research projects, and maintain a strategic relationship.

Park Hoon-ki, Vice President of BNK Financial Group, stated, "We expect to provide various digital financial services tailored to customer needs by actively utilizing the technologies and platforms possessed by both companies," and added, "BNK Financial Group will continue to actively collaborate with IT companies with excellent technologies to strengthen mutual capabilities and build a sustainable co-growth model."

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