High School Students Engage in Stock and Fund Simulation Investment... BNK Busan Bank's 'Kkumdamgi' Career Experience Program

Over 3 Days from 27th to 29th, 30 High School Students in Busan

Offering Various Programs Reflecting the Latest Financial Trends

Busan Bank Kkumdamgi Career Experience Program.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] A program allowing high school students to experience simulated stock and fund investments is drawing attention. It is a career experience program where high school students, who may become famous fund managers in the future, get a preview of their future careers.

BNK Busan Bank will operate the ‘Kkumdamgi’ career experience program for three days from the 27th to the 29th.

The ‘Kkumdamgi’ career experience, an abbreviation for a company that embraces dreams, is an educational program conducted through a business agreement between Busan Bank and the Busan Metropolitan Office of Education. It aims to nurture future talents in the local community and revitalize career education.

The participants are 30 high school students aspiring to careers in finance, selected by the Busan Metropolitan Office of Education. Various programs reflecting the latest financial trends, such as virtual experiences at financial institutions and simulated stock and fund investment competitions, are provided.

Kang Jong-hoon, Executive Director and Chief Consumer Officer (CCO) of Busan Bank’s Financial Consumer Protection, said, “This career experience program was implemented to help improve financial knowledge and establish career perspectives among youth,” adding, “We will continue to discover financial career experience programs that benefit the youth who will lead the future.”

Busan Bank operates diverse financial education programs including ▲financial education for vulnerable groups such as seniors and people with disabilities ▲operation of a financial history museum ▲nationwide live financial education using the ‘BNK Busan Bank Financial Class App.’

Thanks to these efforts, the bank has won the ‘Education Mecenat Top’ award for 14 consecutive years in the field of educational donation projects and has been selected as a ‘Certified Educational Donation Career Experience Institution’ by the Ministry of Education and the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

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