LGU+ and iM Bank Sign Business Agreement to Support Smart Campus

Integration of LGU+ Virtual Campus with iM Bank Platform

LG Uplus announced on the 24th that iM Bank has signed a business agreement to build the next-generation digital environment for university campuses.

The business agreement ceremony took place on the 21st at the iM Bank headquarters in Suseong-gu, Daegu, attended by Park Seong-yul, Head of Corporate Business Innovation Group (Executive Vice President) at LG Uplus, and Jin Young-su, Group Head (Senior Vice President) of iM Bank, among others.

At the business agreement ceremony held on the 21st at the iM Bank building in Suseong-gu, Daegu Metropolitan City, Park Seong-yul, Head of LG Uplus Enterprise Business Innovation Group (left), and Jin Young-su, Head of iM Bank Group, are taking a commemorative photo. Photo by LG Uplus

iM Bank launched and has been operating 'iM uniz,' a smart campus platform dedicated to universities, since March. This service features the ability to use essential university life functions such as ▲mobile student ID (identification card) ▲electronic attendance ▲management of major academic schedules ▲facility reservations all within a single platform.

Through this business agreement, the two companies plan to link LG Uplus's AI virtual campus 'UVERSE' with 'iM uniz' to create synergy between the platforms. They will also exchange smart campus construction technologies each company possesses, such as artificial intelligence (AI) translation and 3D modeling.

In particular, LG Uplus plans to sequentially build metaverse campuses at universities partnered with 'iM uniz' and provide AI-based academic support functions such as real-time interpretation and translation services.

Additionally, a separate promotional space for 'iM Bank' will be established in 'U-Street,' a virtual space where students can create groups based on their interests regardless of their affiliated university.

Executive Vice President Park said, "We expect that cooperation with 'iM uniz,' the representative smart campus platform in the Daegu-Gyeongbuk region, will be an opportunity for UVERSE's competitiveness to grow to the next level. We will strive to expand the virtual university campus ecosystem by not only collaborating with promising companies but also continuously communicating with university students who use the services."