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KB Kookmin Bank and Kakao Group Hold “Next Finance Korea 2026” to Discuss the Future of the Digital Asset Market

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KB Kookmin Bank and Kakao Group Hold “Next Finance Korea 2026” to Discuss the Future of the Digital Asset Market
At the "Next-Generation Finance Korea 2026" conference held on the 28th, Seo Ki-won, vice president of KB Kookmin Bank's Management Planning Group, is giving a presentation. [Photo: KB Kookmin Bank]

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KB Kookmin Bank said it held the “Next Finance Korea (Next Finance Korea) 2026” conference with Kakao Group on the 28th.

The event was a private conference organized as part of “East Point: Seoul (East Point: Seoul) 2026,” and about 150 people from Korea and overseas in the digital asset and financial industries attended.

Seo Gi-won, vice president of KB Kookmin Bank’s Management Planning Group, and Lee Sang-ryul, head of the DT Promotion Department, emphasized that even in the digital asset market, the essence of finance is trust.

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KB Kookmin Bank said it held the “Next Finance Korea (Next Finance Korea) 2026” conference jointly with Kakao Group on the 28th. The event was a private conference organized as part of “East Point: Seoul (East Point: Seoul) 2026.”

About 150 people from Korea and overseas in the digital asset and financial industries attended the event. Participants discussed the future direction of the rapidly changing digital asset market and had a chance to strengthen their networks.

Seo Gi-won, vice president of KB Kookmin Bank’s Management Planning Group, delivered the keynote address, and Lee Sang-ryul, head of the bank’s DT Promotion Department, took part as a presenter in a discussion session. Seo and Lee emphasized as their central message that even in the newly emerging digital asset market, the essence of finance is trust.

Seo spoke on the topic, “KB’s Journey Into Digital Assets: What We Are Preparing.” He explained that the essence of finance, regardless of technological advances, lies in safekeeping assets so that customers can entrust their assets with confidence. He also said KB would pursue ways to extend the trust it has built up into the digital realm and, together with partners, work to establish financial infrastructure that connects the issuance and circulation of digital value.

In the subsequent discussion session, Lee viewed the digital asset market as an opportunity to create new financial demand. He said the role of banks in this market is to manage reserve assets and handle anti-money laundering. He described the bank’s role as a “Trust Layer.”

KB Kookmin Bank stressed that it would respond proactively to the paradigm shift through such preparations. It also said it aims to establish itself as a financial company that customers will choose even in the coming digital asset era.

Source: TECHWORLD · Lee Gwang-jae
Original: https://www.epnc.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=407468

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