iM Financial Group to Supply 45 Trillion Won in Productive Finance Over the Next Five Years

Support Includes Regional Finance
All Affiliates Establish "Group Productive Finance Council"

iM Financial Group will invest a total of 45 trillion won over the next five years to expand support for productive finance and regional finance. This amount is equivalent to 41.8% of the group’s total assets as of the second quarter of this year.

In line with the government's policy shift toward productive finance, iM Financial Group plans to provide a total of 45 trillion won over the next five years, including 38.5 trillion won for productive finance and 6.5 trillion won for inclusive finance. The productive finance amount includes regional finance for areas such as Daegu-Gyeongbuk, the Southeast region, and the Central region.

This initiative aims to support the growth foundation of small and innovative companies and regional strategic industries, as well as to strengthen the self-sufficiency of regional economies. Through this, the group intends to become a “provider of productive finance specialized for local regions.”

Through this supply plan, the group will further advance its role in regional finance and establish a sustainable regional growth finance model that harmonizes policy finance and private finance. In particular, the group aims to strengthen the virtuous cycle of capital within local communities, leading the creation of a virtuous ecosystem of investment, employment, and growth in the region.

To enhance the effectiveness of this plan, iM Financial Group has established the “Group Productive Finance Council.” The council will integrate the functions of business promotion and performance management for productive finance, and will strengthen cooperation with local governments and related organizations to boost field-oriented execution. Through this, the group plans to build an organic collaboration system among its key affiliates and serve as both a catalyst for national industrial transformation and a financial partner for balanced regional development. In particular, the group will actively support five major new industries-future mobility, robotics, healthcare, semiconductors, and ABB-as well as strategic sectors such as secondary batteries, materials and components, energy, bio, and defense industries, which are being promoted by Daegu City and North Gyeongsang Province.

In addition, the group will further develop “Pium Lab,” a platform supporting each stage of growth for innovative companies (from discovering early-stage startups to supporting commercialization), in order to expand the provision of integrated financial solutions that connect consulting, investment, and loans from the startup phase onward.

Hwang Byungwoo, Chairman of iM Financial Group, stated, “This 45 trillion won supply plan concretizes the group’s social responsibility for industrial transformation and balanced regional growth,” adding, “By combining productive finance with the foundation of existing regional finance, we will realize a sustainable financial ecosystem in which both regions and industries can grow together.”

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