KB Financial and Platform Company Kmong Join Hands to Secure Digital Experts

Yang Jong-hee, Vice Chairman of KB Financial Group (left), and Park Hyun-ho, CEO of Kmong (right), are posing for a commemorative photo after signing a business agreement.

[Asia Economy Reporter Bu Aeri] KB Financial Group announced on the 7th that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the platform company 'Kmong' to secure digital experts.

Kmong is a company that matches digital experts working as freelancers in various fields such as IT, programming, and design with companies that need them.

Through this MOU, KB Financial plans to expand its digital workforce, including IT developers, data engineers, and content producers.

KB Financial intends to accelerate digital transformation by adding these experts to its existing workforce for major digital projects currently underway, such as the Liiv platform, MyData, and corporate finance solution advancement.

Kmong plans to establish a 'KB Financial dedicated team' to immediately provide digital experts with the capabilities that meet KB Financial's technical requirements whenever needed.

A KB Financial official said, "Recently, the 'gig economy,' where experts in various fields work freely with companies, is becoming more active. With this MOU, KB Financial will lead innovation in work methods and structures and actively collaborate with digital experts to take a step closer to becoming the No.1 financial platform."