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Vice Chairman holds IR event and meets with HKMA Deputy Chief in Hong KongSep 11, 2023

FSC Vice Chairman Kim So-young visited Hong Kong on September 8 on the final leg of his weeklong trip to Indonesia, Vietnam and Hong Kong. In Hong Kong, Vice Chairman Kim held an investor relations event to explain the capital and foreign exchange market reform efforts made by the Korean government and promote more investment in Korea. Vice Chairman Kim said that the abolishment of foreign investors' registration requirement, improvements made to companies' dividend payout procedure, extending Korea's forex market opening hours and so on will help improve investment environment for global investors. In Hong Kong, Vice Chairman Kim also held a high-level meeting with Deputy Chief Executive Arthur Yuen of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority to exchange views on recent global financial market trends and discuss ways to expand financial cooperation between Korea and Hong Kong. Since Hong Kong has successfully established itself as a global financial hub, Vice Chairman Kim sough advise for developing Korea into a global financial center. At the meeting, Vice Chairman Kim also asked for active support and interest in Korean financial companies exploring ways to establish their business operationin Hong Kong.
Vice Chairman visits Vietnam to strengthen cooperation on digital financeSep 08, 2023

FSC Vice Chairman Kim So-young visited Vietnam on September 6-7 on a second leg of his weeklong trip to Southeast Asia intended to promote export of Korean financial services infrastructure and boost cooperation with the region. During his visit to Vietnam, Vice Chairman Kim held a meeting with the State Bank of Vietnam's Deputy Governor Pham Tiem Dung and signed an MOU to strengthen bilateral cooperation on digital finance. Vice Chairman Kim also attended a fintech demo event held to promote innovative fintech services of both countries and a MyData workshop to introduce Korea'sadvanced MyData service infrastructure to Vietnam.
Vice Chairman visits Indonesia to promote export of Korean financial infrastructure and boost financial cooperationSep 06, 2023

FSC Vice Chairman Kim So-young visited Indonesia on September 4-5 on his weeklong trip to Southeast Asian countries to boost financial cooperation and promote export of Korean financial infrastructure models. During his visit to the country, Vice Chairman Kim attended the Korea-Indonesia Financial Cooperation Forum and held a high-level meeting with the Deputy Chairman of Indonesia's Financial Services Authority (OJK) to boost bilateral financial cooperation. To bolster financing support for exporters, Vice Chairman Kim visited Hyundai Motor's local factory to have talks on the recently announced export finance support program for auto industry suppliers and subcontractors and visited the Korea-ASEAN Financial Cooperation Center established in Jakarta in April last year.
Authorities hold meeting to check current market situationSep 01, 2023

FSC Vice Chairman Kim So-young presided over a meeting with the Financial Supervisory Service and experts from public and private research institutions on September 1 to review current situation in financial markets and discuss potential risks in the future. At the meeting, participants said that despite a turnaround in global economic conditions seen recently backed by the U.S. and Eurozone economies, downside risks such as a continuation of policy tightening in the U.S. and a slowdown in China may hold back the pace of economic recovery in Korea. In this regard, Vice Chairman Kim said that the role of finance is important in helping domestic enterprises to withstand and overcome uncertainties. Vice Chairman Kim also touched upon various issues including the new export financing support measures and the loan forbearance support for SMEs and small merchants and urged authorities to make sure their seamless implementation and closely monitor market conditions.
MOU on export finance to propel support for auto suppliers and subcontractorsAug 31, 2023

FSC Vice Chairman Kim So-young attended the MOU signing event held between Korea Credit Guarantee Fund (KODIT) and Hyundai Motor Group on August 31 for promoting export financing support for the suppliers and subcontractors of the auto industry. Under the MOU, KODIT and Hyundai Motor Group plan to provide special guarantee products in support for auto subcontractors who are seeking to export their products and expand their business overseas together with the automakers. Hyundai Motor Group will make special contribution of KRW15 billion to KODIT, which in turn will supply special guarantees worth about KRW300 billion. In his opening remarks, FSC Vice Chairman Kim So-young talked about the importance of collaborative efforts in drawing up support for overseas business expansion of major industry suppliers and subcontractors, noting that it marks the first such instance.
2023 Korea Fintech Week kicks offAug 30, 2023

Korea's global fintech expo, 2023 Korea Fintech Week, kicked off on August 30 with domestic fintech firms, financial companies, relevant organizations and foreign governments and institutions joining at Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) in Seoul. The 5th annual event is the largest ever in its scale featuring a variety of exhibition halls as well as seminars and educational and experiential programs under the theme of the new wave of fintech, and it will be held for three days until September 1. During the opening ceremony, Vice Chairman Kim So-young of the Financial Services Commission delivered welcoming remarks in which he emphasized the need to revitalize the fintech industry to propel innovation and continuous growth of the industry. While laying out three key policy directions to boost support for fintech businesses, Vice Chairman Kim said that the government will directly engage and communicate with fintech enterprises and make sure that a variety of assistance is available on the ground so that our fintech industry can continue to grow amid digital transformation.
KoFIU holds meeting to promote best practices in suspicious transaction reportingAug 29, 2023

The Korea Financial Intelligence Unit (KoFIU) held a meeting with financial industry groups and the financial companies selected fortheiroutstanding STR practices on August 29 to reward their compliance work and promote best practices in STR. At the meeting, financial industry groups presented their own measures for bosltering STR and shared plans for making improvements.KoFIU Commissioner Rhee Yunsu said that the government will step up efforts to more effectively deal with the newly emerging types of money laundering crimes by maintaining close cooperation between related authorities. The KoFIU will continue to hold meetings on STR every six months to help improve financial institutions' STR practices and strengthen their compliance capacity.
FSC announces current status in effort to soft-land loan forbearance measures for SMEs and small merchantsAug 29, 2023

Secretary General Lee Se-hoon of the Financial Services Commission gave a media briefing on the current situation regarding the effort to soft-land the loan forbearance measures put in place for SMEs and small merchants that have been hit by COVID-19 on August 29. The maturity extension and payment deferment programs introduced in April 2020 in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic have been extended for six months each time until now, and the loan forbearance programs are currently operating under the 5th extension plan announced in September 2022. The number of borrowers as well as the total amount of outstanding loan balance subject to the maturity extension and payment deferment programs has been declining steadily. At the end of September 2022, there were about 430,000 borrowers with some KRW100 trillion in loan balance on the programs, but the numbers declined to 390,000 borrowers with KRW85 trillion by the end of March 2023 and KRW350,000 borrowers with KRW76 trillion by the end of June 2023.
FSC holds meeting on promoting overseas expansion of domestic financial infrastructureAug 28, 2023

The Financial Services Commission held a meeting with relevant institutions to discuss ways to promote overseas expansion of domestic financial infrastructure models on August 28. FSC Vice Chairman Kim So-young presided over the meeting and delivered opening remarks where he said that export of domestic financial infrastructure can be a major advantage in the future when financial companies try to establish their business presence abroad and build local networks in overseas markets. In this regard, Vice Chairman Kim talked about the need to explore ways to utilize official development assistance (ODA) as a means to promote export of domestic financial sectors.
FSC Chairman speaks about importance of ensuring job security at financial industry's joint job fair openingAug 23, 2023

The financial industry's joint job fair event is held at Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul for two days from August 23 to 24. The seventh annual event is participated by 64 employers from the financial industry offering career information and job opportunities for young adults. FSC Chairman Kim Joo-hyun attended the opening ceremony on August 23 and delivered congratulatory remarks in which he emphasized the importance of providing job security to young adults. In this regard, Chairman Kim said that the number of financial institutions participating as employers is the largest ever this year and they will make available comprehensive support for jobseekers throughout the process of career preparation. The authorities expect that about 17,000 young jobseekers will attend the job fair this year.
Authorities hold meeting to check financial sector's exposure to China's real estate market crisisAug 22, 2023

The FSC held a meeting with relevant institutions and private sector experts on August 22 to monitor domestic financial institutions' exposure to the real estate market risk in China and check the soundness of financial companies' foreign currency liquidity situation. At the meeting, participants shared a common view that China's current real estate crisis is unlikely to spread wider into a systemic risk and that its impact on domestic securities and foreign exchange markets will be limited. However, the authorities agreed on the need to strengthen market monitoring to be prepared for a possible long-term deterioration in China's economic conditions. FSC Vice Chairman Kim So-young said that the government and relevant authorities need to stay vigilant about global financial market situations and closely monitor external risks and uncertainties to ensure that appropriate policy response takes place in a timely manner.
Vice Chairman delivers congratulatory remarks at international sustainability reporting seminarAug 17, 2023

Vice Chairman Kim So-young attended the international sustainability reporting seminar hosted by the Korea Accounting Institute and the Korea Sustainability Standards Board on August 17 and delivered congratulatory remarks. In his speech, Vice Chairman Kim emphasized the importance of ESG disclosures as they provide measurements on companies' ESG activities and provide them to investors. Speaking about some of the particular characteristics of Korea's economy such as the high level of external dependency and resiliency in crisis situations, Vice Chairman Kim said that the authorities will take into account particular traits of domestic industrial structures as well as the realistic burdens of businesses and investors' needs in formulating ESG disclosure rules. The FSC plans to draw up ESG disclosure standards after collecting opinions from various stakeholders.