NH Nonghyup Bank Holds 'NH Open Business Day'

Communication and Sharing Forum for Innovation Creation among Beomnonghyup Affiliates, Startups, and Partners

Employees of NH Nonghyup Bank and representatives of outstanding startups who attended the 'NH Open Business Day' event held at the NH Nonghyup Bank Yangjae R&D Center on the 21st are taking a commemorative photo. (Back row from left: Kim Bong-gyu, Head of NH Nonghyup Bank R&D Center; Lee Moon-rak, Director of Korea Fintech Support Center; Lee Sang-rae, Vice President of NH Nonghyup Bank Data Division and Digital Platform Division; Choi Dong-ha, Manager of NH Nonghyup Bank DT Strategy Department)

[Asia Economy Reporter Sim Nayoung] NH Nonghyup Bank (President Kwon Junhak) announced on the 22nd that it held the NH Open Business Day event to expand support for discovering promising companies in the startup-tailored cultivation and collaboration program 'NH Digital Challenge+' and to discover innovative themes and business matching among startups, Nonghyup affiliates, and partner companies.

The 'NH Open Business Day' event was attended by about 50 stakeholders, including financial affiliates such as Nonghyup Bank (investment securities, life and non-life insurance, etc.), the Central Association and Economic Holding Company, various Nonghyup affiliates, external growth support partners (startup support organizations and accelerators), collaboration partners, investment partners, and startups.

At the event, presentations were made by five outstanding companies selected through the Nonghyup-wide collaboration proposal screening (▲The Dash ▲Jena ▲C&AI ▲Metatexture ▲Grayscale), and time was shared to discuss external open innovation cases, collaboration achievements of alumni companies (▲Elpin ▲Grade Health Chain), and networking sessions for various business matching discussions.

NH Digital Challenge+ is an open innovation platform where partner companies and Nonghyup affiliates coexist. Through NH Open Business, digital innovation companies will concretize their business models and strengthen support for business partnerships and investment linkage, such as consulting in investment and collaboration fields and business matching meetups. The program also plans to continuously expand various partner companies in diverse fields wishing to participate in NH Open Business.