Shinhan Card Receives Financial Supervisory Service Chief's Award for 1 Company 1 School Financial Education... "Industry's First 4th Award"

“We Will Fulfill Our Social Responsibilities Based on the Group’s Philosophy of ‘Strengthening Corporate Citizenship Capabilities’”

Shinhan Card announced on the 27th that it received the ‘Financial Supervisory Service Commissioner Award’ in the Excellent Financial Company category at the ‘1 Company 1 School Financial Education Best Practice Awards Ceremony’ hosted by the Financial Supervisory Service, marking the fourth time and the first in the industry.

The 1 Company 1 School financial education program is a program in which financial companies’ headquarters and branches nationwide form partnerships with nearby schools to provide practical financial education. It is hosted by the Financial Supervisory Service.

Including the 1 Company 1 School financial education, Shinhan Card has educated approximately 108,000 people through a total of 8,363 sessions from 2015 to 2024. As of the end of last year, it had formed partnerships with 140 schools nationwide.

Since 2015, the ‘Areum-in Financial Exploration Team’ has provided education to students on topics such as finance, consumption, credit, and new financial services.

Started in 2018, the ‘Areum-in Financial Friend’ program offers education on daily economics and financial crime prevention to special classes and schools.

In 2022, a digital financial experience service for digitally vulnerable groups such as slow learners and the elderly was added to the ‘Areum-in Financial Friend’ website.

Without the need to install an app, users can easily experience financial services such as simple payments, kiosks, and phishing crime prevention on smartphones (mobile web) or PCs.

Additionally, instructors for middle-aged and older adults are trained to support digital financial education, providing them with social participation opportunities to directly educate middle-aged and elderly groups on digital finance.

A Shinhan Card official stated, “We provide various customized financial education tailored to the level of future generations and support for digitally vulnerable groups.” He added, “We will continue to fulfill our social responsibilities based on the group’s strategic direction of ‘Strengthening Corporate Citizenship Capabilities.’”