Sui has designated South Korea as its top priority market in Asia and plans to expand cooperation with financial institutions and big tech companies once domestic stablecoin rules and guidelines become clearer. Mysten Labs co-founder and chief product officer Adeniyi Abiodun highlighted agentic finance and said Sui is building infrastructure for AI agents to make investment and payment decisions. The company also cited partnerships on payments and bitcoin-focused DeFi infrastructure.

KB Kookmin Bank said on Thursday it has upgraded its AI-based KB video consultation service to help prevent financial incidents that may occur in non-face-to-face banking and to improve customer convenience. The service, offered on KB Star Banking, allows customers to consult and subscribe via video calls for products including deposits, savings, funds, discretionary ISAs and individual IRPs. The upgrade strengthens consumer protection through real-time face and ID checks and improves mobile guidance sharing and form transmission speed.