On Nov. 24, KB Financial Group held the KB Tech Forum at the Multipurpose Hall of KB Bank¡¯s new headquarters building in Yeouido, Seoul.
In the forum, more than 200 people, including KB Chairman Yang Jong-hee and employees from the digital and IT departments, shared the development and success of KB Financial Group¡¯s projects in the tech, data, AI and digital sectors.
The KB Tech Forum was first held in October 2021, organized by KB Kookmin Bank to sharpen KB Financial Group¡¯s platform competitiveness.
An increase in interest in the technology, data, AI and digital sectors has expanded the event to include all employees of KB Financial Group¡¯s affiliates in charge of these areas, as well as other KB employees who wish to participate.
The fifth edition of the event was named ¡°KB Tech Forum for Young Leaders¡± to actively support the growth of MZ generation developers in the group who will lead KB Financial Group in the future.
The forum began with a greeting from Chairman Yang, followed by a keynote speech under the theme of ¡°Growth of Developers in 2030 in the Age of Gen AI,¡± and a developer session where developers shared their experience and knowledge.
¡°IT and digital are no longer a means of supporting a bank¡¯s business, but a core sector that must lead the bank¡¯s business at the forefront,¡± Chairman Yang said.
¡°We need to shift the perspective of all businesses from face-to-face to non-face-to-face, and change and improve items related to all customer experiences, such as products and UI/UX accordingly.¡±
In the keynote speech, Kim Seung-il, CEO of Modu Labs, founder of AI Innovation School Aiffel, discussed skills and competencies required for developers in the era of generative AI.
In the Developer Session that followed, presentations were made on the following topics - Building a visitor management system using low codes; Real-time quotation processing by M-able, a high-performance financial platform; building a super app that provides all services of KB Insurance in one stop; building a CJM-based scenario-based wave campaign environment to activate AI marketing; AWS operation strategy to improve global service speed; business support based on internalized generative AI models; the development of a dashboard for monitoring channel platform integration for new employees; business improvements thanks to the introduction of new API technologies and the customization of Redis-based flow control function in Spring Cloud Gateway.
¡°In the era of working with artificial intelligence (AI), it is important for KB Financial Group to spread a culture where technology is valued and developers are respected for sustainable growth and excellent human resources,¡± said an official of KB Financial Group.
¡°We will strive to set up a culture where developers learn, share, and grow together within KB Financial Group.¡±
KB Investor Insights 2024 for Customers¡¯ Successful Investment
KB Financial Group held KB Investor Insights 2024, a conference for individual and corporate customers to diagnose current uncertain market conditions and share KB Financial Group¡¯s investment philosophy, at the multipurpose hall of KB Kookmin Bank¡¯s new headquarters building on Nov. 22.
The conference was under the theme of ¡°Anti-fragile: KB Financial Group¡¯s Challenges for New Prosperity beyond Uncertainties,¡± with the attendance of KB Chairman Yang Jong-hee and executives from the financial group and its affiliated companies.
¡°Anti-fragile¡± is a concept first proposed by Professor Nassim Taleb, author of ¡°Black Swan.¡±
It means the ability to not only withstand shocks and uncertainties, but to thrive by obtaining benefits from them.
KB Investor Insights 2024 was held for the second time after the first one in a metaverse format in January this year.
The investment information event consisted of two sessions: a CEO message session and a panel discussion.
KB Investor Insights 2024 was held in conjunction with KB Analyst Day 2023, where analysts from KB Securities provided their outlooks on financial market to institutional investors.