FSC Chairman meets with Amazon's Senior Vice President David A. ZapolskyDec 05, 2025

Chairman Lee Eog-weon of the Financial Services Commission met with Amazon's Senior Vice President David A. Zapolsky at his office in Seoul Government Complex on December 5 and held talks on ways to increase cybersecurity in the financial sector to facilitate a wider adoption of AI in financial services. At the meeting, Chairman Lee underscored the significance of Amazon Web Services (AWS)'s plan for AI infrastructure investment in Korea (more than USD5 billion until 2031), which was unveiled at the APEC CEO summit in October this year. To foster a healthy AI and cloud-based ecosystem, Chairman Lee said that the establishment of a rigorous and reliable cybersecurity infrastructure and system resilience is essential in the financial sector. To that end, Chairman Lee said that the government will seek to introduce a new legislation to more effectively oversee cybersecurity issues in digital finance.