Shinhan Bank Conducts '2021 Traveling Financial Experience Classroom'

Real-time Connection with Schools and Institutions via Remote Platform, Conducting Non-face-to-face Financial Education

[Asia Economy Reporter Kwangho Lee] Shinhan Bank announced on the 15th that it will conduct the '2021 Visiting Financial Experience Classroom' in a non-face-to-face format to deliver proper financial knowledge to children and adolescents.

The Visiting Financial Experience Classroom is a customized financial education program that Shinhan Bank has been conducting annually since 2015. It is a representative social contribution program that visits elementary and middle schools in remote island and mountainous areas with limited opportunities to access finance, providing financial education and bank employee job experience education.

Since 2020, due to the impact of COVID-19, Shinhan Bank has been conducting the Visiting Financial Experience Classroom as a real-time non-face-to-face program. Using a remote platform, schools and institutions are connected in real time, and financial knowledge is delivered based on financial education teaching materials and kits sent in advance, along with experiences related to finance and the financial industry.

The 2021 Visiting Financial Experience Classroom is being conducted up to the 30th of this month in 40 sessions for 24 schools and institutions and about 5,000 children and adolescents who applied in advance.

The 2021 Visiting Financial Experience Classroom consists of two programs tailored by age group: 'A Mysterious Bank Has Come to Our School' for elementary students, which teaches the concept of money, what a bank is, and allows them to experience saving; and 'Shinhan Bank is Coming! Dream Expedition Team' for middle school students, which covers the flow of finance and provides bank employee experience.

Additionally, digital financial education with a three-dimensional feel suitable for the digital generation is also conducted, utilizing AR and VR technology to visit virtual bank branches and sending postcards containing financial knowledge via QR codes.

Shinhan Bank plans to expand education step-by-step while complying with government social distancing guidelines and will conduct the Visiting Financial Experience Classroom for childcare facilities as well as schools in remote island and mountainous areas in the second half of the year.

A Shinhan Bank official said, "We have prepared various and fun programs for children in childcare facilities and students in remote island and mountainous areas," adding, "We will continue financial education activities with sincere education to establish a proper financial perspective for future generations."

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