Toss and Toss Securities Provide Financial Education for the Visually Impaired on Day of Persons with Disabilities

Enhancing Asset Management Skills Step by Step from Pensions to Investments
Special Provision of Braille and Large-Print Learning Materials

Toss announced on the 21st that, together with Toss Securities, it ran a financial education program for the visually impaired at the Korea Blind Welfare Center in Gangdong-gu, Seoul, to mark the Day of Persons with Disabilities on the 20th.

Eunyoung Bae is using Toss on the 20th.

The program will be held at the welfare center four times until May 18. The first session was held on the eve of the Day of Persons with Disabilities.

The curriculum is designed to enhance financial literacy and asset management skills, focusing on the information that visually impaired people actually need in their daily financial lives. Toss and Toss Securities jointly planned the program. The education process is structured to cover everything from pensions to investments, allowing participants to naturally expand their overall understanding of finance.

In the first session, participants learned about the structure and usage strategies of the National Pension, individual pensions, and retirement pensions. The second session will provide guidance on tax-saving strategies tailored to different income types and on criteria for choosing financial products. Sessions three and four will offer a step-by-step education, from the basics of stock investment to practical investment strategies. Notably, in the fourth session, the Toss Securities Research Center will participate to provide analysis and insights on domestic and international stock markets, leveraging its accumulated investment content and research expertise.

To ensure that visually impaired participants fully understand and utilize the material, all lecture materials are specially produced and provided in both Braille and large-print textbooks. The program is designed not only for listening during lectures but also for participants to directly check and review the material through the textbooks, with a particular focus on improving learning accessibility.

Toss explained that it has been continuously working to improve financial accessibility for the visually impaired. The company has developed the accessibility auto-diagnosis tool 'Ally', which supports screen readers that convert on-screen content to audio, enabling visually impaired users to navigate the app smoothly.

The company is also expanding its financial education efforts. Last year, Toss collaborated with the welfare center to offer customized financial education, and this program marks their second partnership. Toss also established a partnership with the Daejeon School for the Blind and the Financial Supervisory Service for the "One Company, One School Financial Education" initiative, providing basic financial education and financial fraud prevention training. This partnership was pursued in response to student feedback from previous educational programs.

A Toss representative stated, "Visually impaired individuals often experience inconvenience from the initial stage of accessing financial information," adding, "We will continue to strengthen both technology and education to bring about tangible changes that improve financial accessibility for the visually impaired."

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