{"id":95607,"date":"2025-07-27T02:25:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T02:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/95607\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T02:25:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T02:25:15","slug":"hana-financial-steps-up-support-for-ai-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/95607\/","title":{"rendered":"Hana Financial steps up support for AI industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>       <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/news-p.v1.20250727.35cafa8123fa441485bc4581bb6582fb_P1.jpg\" alt=\"Hana Financial Group Chairman and CEO Ham Young-joo (right) and Korea AI Software Industry Association Chair Joh Joon-hee pose for picture after signing an agreement Friday at Hana\u2019s headquarters in Myeong-dong, central Seoul. (Hana Financial Group)\"\/>     Hana Financial Group Chairman and CEO Ham Young-joo (right) and Korea AI Software Industry Association Chair Joh Joon-hee pose for picture after signing an agreement Friday at Hana\u2019s headquarters in Myeong-dong, central Seoul. (Hana Financial Group)  <\/p>\n<p>Hana Financial Group, a major banking group in South Korea, signed a partnership deal with the Korea AI Software Industry Association to help accelerate the growth of local artificial intelligence companies.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement was formalized at a ceremony on Friday, attended by Hana Financial CEO Ham Young-joo and KOSA Chair Joh Joon-hee.<\/p>\n<p>KOSA is a government-certified non-profit organization that supports Korea\u2019s AI and software sectors through industry collaboration, policy advocacy, talent development and global expansion. It represents over 10,000 local member companies.<\/p>\n<p>Under the deal, Hana will offer a range of financial and non-financial services through its subsidiaries to promising AI software firms and ESG-leading companies recommended by KOSA. Support includes investments, preferential rates on interest and foreign exchange, as well as capital market services, such as financial structuring, securities brokerage, market listing advisory and consulting on management and business succession.<\/p>\n<p>The two sides also plan to cooperate on AI adoption across industries, including joint research projects and development of AI models, co-investment in startups and expertise-nurturing initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>Marking the new partnership, Hana CEO Ham said, \u201cWe hope our collaboration with KOSA serves as a breakthrough in advancing Korea\u2019s AI industry.\u201d He added, \u201cWe\u2019re committed to serving as a trusted partner to AI and software companies \u2014 the future leaders of our economy \u2014 as they pursue sustainable growth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>KOSA Chair Joh added, \u201cHana\u2019s robust financial infrastructure and global network, combined with KOSA\u2019s industry expertise, will significantly support corporate growth and the implementation of ESG management.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>jwc@heraldcorp.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hana Financial Group Chairman and CEO Ham Young-joo (right) and Korea AI Software Industry Association Chair Joh Joon-hee&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":95608,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[691,738,6466,6467,6463,6462,2860,6464,6465,158,6461,67,132,68,6469,6470,6468],"class_list":{"0":"post-95607","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-asia-news","11":"tag-k-pop","12":"tag-koreaherald","13":"tag-korean-news","14":"tag-kpop","15":"tag-south-korea-news","16":"tag-south-korea-news-in-english","17":"tag-technology","18":"tag-the-korea-herald","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-unitedstates","21":"tag-us","22":"tag-6469","23":"tag-6470","24":"tag-6468"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114922830045782527","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95607\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}