Event runs Nov. 25-27 at Seoul's aT Center — firm's 8th consecutive year at the show
K-fintech competitiveness and future financial ecosystem expansion on the agenda
Samjong KPMG announced Monday it will participate in Korea Fintech Week 2026 and host a seminar titled "AI and Digital Asset-Based Fintech Scale-Up Strategy."
Korea Fintech Week 2026, organized by the Financial Services Commission and run by the Korea Fintech Support Center, is the country's largest fintech event, running Nov. 25 through Nov. 27 at the aT Center in Seocho-gu, Seoul. Samjong KPMG has participated every year since the event's inaugural edition in 2019, making it the only accounting firm to attend for eight consecutive years, and has consistently shared expertise and insights to advance the digital financial ecosystem.
The seminar is designed to explore scale-up strategies and global competitiveness for domestic fintech companies in light of advances in AI technology and growth in the digital asset market. Key themes will include AI-driven innovation in financial services, a future financial ecosystem built on blockchain and programmable money, and innovation in the global foreign exchange market.
The seminar will feature five sessions. Samjong KPMG Team Leader Jeong Dae-young will open with a presentation on "Finance in a New Era and K-Fintech Scale-Up Strategies," proposing a framework for the paradigm shift in financial services and growth paths for domestic firms. FairSquareLab CEO Kim Jun-hong will follow with "Project Pangaea: Connecting a Fragmented Foreign Exchange Market," introducing how digital technology can drive reform in the FX market.
The seminar timetable for "AI and Digital Asset-Based Fintech Scale-Up Strategy," hosted by Samjong KPMG
Time | Topic | Speaker / Moderator 15:00–15:01 | Opening and program introduction | Samjong KPMG Senior Managing Director Kim Mun-seop 15:01–15:12 | Finance in a new era and K-fintech scale-up strategies | Samjong KPMG Team Leader Jeong Dae-young 15:12–15:20 | Project Pangaea: Connecting a fragmented foreign exchange market | FairSquareLab CEO Kim Jun-hong 15:20–15:28 | Beyond agent payments, toward an agent economy: new finance shaped by programmable money | DSRV Lead Eom Jeong-yong 15:28–15:36 | AI-native banking as envisioned by Finda Savings Bank | Finda CEO Lee Hye-min 15:36–15:44 | The next stage of financial AI: from adoption to core business transformation | Microsoft Manager Yun Hyo-seok 15:44–16:00 | Panel discussion: Global survival strategies for K-fintech | Moderator: AizenGlobal CEO Kang Jeong-seok; Panelists: FairSquareLab CEO Kim Jun-hong, DSRV Lead Eom Jeong-yong, Finda CEO Lee Hye-min, Microsoft Manager Yun Hyo-seok
DSRV Lead Eom Jeong-yong will then present "Beyond Agent Payments, Toward an Agent Economy: New Finance Shaped by Programmable Money," examining the future potential of AI agent-based payments and digital assets. Finda CEO Lee Hye-min will outline a new AI-native banking model that embeds AI across financial services and operations under the theme "AI-Native Banking as Envisioned by Finda Savings Bank." Microsoft Manager Yun Hyo-seok will share strategies for translating AI adoption into core business transformation in a session titled "The Next Stage of Financial AI: From Adoption to Core Business Transformation."
Following the presentations, AizenGlobal CEO Kang Jeong-seok will moderate a panel discussion on "Global Survival Strategies for K-Fintech." The session is expected to cover the direction of technological innovation, business strategy and market expansion needed for domestic fintech companies to build sustainable competitiveness in global markets.
"AI and digital assets have emerged as core drivers fundamentally reshaping the competitive landscape and growth model of the financial industry," said Kim Se-ho, managing director of Samjong KPMG's Digital Division. "Scale-up strategies for fintech companies built on these foundations have never been more important."
Kim added that he hopes the seminar "will be a meaningful occasion where leading companies and experts driving Korea's fintech industry come together to seek practical solutions, and where participating firms can strengthen their global competitiveness and uncover new market opportunities."
Meanwhile, Samjong KPMG — which operates on a March fiscal year — posted operating revenue of 905.6 billion won ($675 million) for the current fiscal year running April 2025 through March 2026, up about 3.4 percent from the previous year, crossing the 900 billion won threshold for the first time.
an@heraldcorp.com
