BNK Busan Bank Conducts 'Kkumdamgi' Career Experience Program

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Du-yeol] BNK Busan Bank will conduct the 'Kkumdamgi (a company that embraces dreams)' career experience program for three days until the 20th.

The 'Kkumdamgi' career experience is an educational program carried out to foster future talents in the local community and activate career education, based on a business agreement between Busan Bank and the Busan Metropolitan Office of Education in 2019.

The participants are 21 high school students aspiring to careers in the financial sector, selected by the Busan Metropolitan Office of Education. The program offers various activities reflecting the latest financial trends, such as virtual experiences at financial institutions and simulated stock and fund investment competitions.

Gwon Si-hyun, Head of the Financial Consumer Protection Department at Busan Bank, said, "We hope that young people, the future leaders, can reduce their worries about careers through virtual banking experiences and pioneer their own dreams." He added, "We will continue to discover financial career experience programs to improve youths' financial knowledge and contribute to the development of local education."

Selected students are attending a lecture in the 'Kkumdamgi (a company that embraces dreams)' career experience program.

Busan Bank operates various educational programs including financial education for vulnerable groups such as seniors and people with disabilities, BIFC financial lectures, financial and economic education for prospective professionals at specialized high schools, operation of a financial history museum, and nationwide live financial education using the 'BNK Busan Bank Financial Class App.'

Based on these efforts, the bank has won the 'Education Mecenat Top' award for 15 consecutive years in the field of educational donation projects and has been selected as a 'Certified Institution for Educational Donation Career Experience' by the Ministry of Education and the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

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