Woori Bank has recruited global software expert Jung Eui-chul, who previously worked at Samsung Electronics and Microsoft, as head of its Digital Sales Group at vice president level. Jung will begin work on Jan. 2 and oversee the bank’s digital platform strategy and overall non-face-to-face sales. The bank reorganised the group, integrating BaaS and remote pension marketing functions. It also set 2026 priorities including mobile web rebuilding, boosting Woori WON Banking usage and expanding partnerships.

Financial Services Commission Chairman Kim Byung-oh said in a New Year’s address that South Korea will push a faster “financial overhaul” in 2026. He set three policy directions: productive finance, inclusive finance and trusted finance. He said the 150 trillion won National Growth Fund would be fully operated to invest in advanced industries. Kim also pledged support for AI-based finance, a sound digital-asset ecosystem, capital-market reforms, expanded policy finance for vulnerable groups, and tighter monitoring of household debt and property PF risks.