Press Release

May 27, 2020

2020 ONLINE KOREA FINTECH WEEK

The 2nd Korea Fintech Week will be held virtually starting at 10 am on May 28. It is
organized into five sessions, and the virtual exhibitions are open to everyone for
viewing at free of charge via www.fintechweek.or.kr/2020.1

SCHEDULE

(OPENING SESSION) Welcoming remarks by FSC Chairman Eun Sung-soo and

congratulatory remarks by key dignitaries including Lord Mayor of the City of London
William Russell and Standard Chartered CEO Bill Winters

(SPECIAL SESSIONS) Presentations and seminars on ‘open innovation,’ showcasing

major policy and industry trends at home and abroad

► FSC: Fintech in Korea and digital transformation strategy in financial sectors

► KFTC: Open banking in Korea
► FSI: Financial data security in the 4th industrial revolution
► VISA-Fintech Center Korea: Sharing successful collaboration lessons
between global financial company and fintech
► MAS: Future of fintech in post-COVID-19 era
► Stone & Chalk: Fintech trends in Australia
► World Bank: Digital finance for crisis response and economic development –
Role of the WB
► KPMG: Korean fintech industry in 2020 & policy trends
► KOSCOM: Financial cloud computing and compliance in financial services
► FSI: Security evaluation trends of cloud service providers in financial sectors
► Regtech & suptech showcases

(VIRTUAL EXHIBITION HALLS) The six virtual exhibition halls are organized into a
fintech ecosystem hall, a financial enterprise hall, a fintech start-up hall, a fintech
scale-up hall, a big tech hall and a global enterprise hall, participated by about 150
entities

To help attract investment for the K-Growth fund, a major source of fintech
investment operated by the Korea Growth Investment Corporation, a shortcut to
fintech investors’ relations will be placed on top of the main page.

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Initially planned to be held at Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul, the 2020 Korea Fintech Week was moved to
online due to public health concerns amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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(ONLINE JOB FAIR) HR managers from 35 financial companies and fintech firms will
provide information about job openings, nature of work and qualities they look for in
new hires. About a dozen companies have plans to actually hire about 47 new
recruits from this online job fair process. Various educational contents to help job
seekers with their job search will also be provided.

(CYBER VOICE PHISHING PREVENTION HALL) To raise awareness about the serious
consequences of cyber voice phishing, this virtual exhibition hall will introduce voice
phishing prevention app and relevant technologies while providing educational
materials on how to detect and prevent voice phishing.

To access the 2020 Online Korea Fintech Week, visit www.fintechweek.or.kr/2020.

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For any inquiry, please contact Foreign Press & Relations Team at fsc_media@korea.kr.