HancomWith said on Wednesday it held a company and solution briefing for Japanese business representatives visiting South Korea through the Korea-Japan Nikkei Open Innovation Cooperation Day, co-hosted by KOTRA and Nikkei. Attendees included officials from the hosts, winners of Nikkei THE PITCH startup programme and executives from major Japanese companies. HancomWith introduced and demonstrated its authentication and TLS/SSL certificate automation solutions and shared its local business progress targeting Japan’s finance and public sectors.

As financial companies expand use of AI, South Korean regulators are sharpening oversight of security and internal controls. The Financial Services Commission plans to exempt sanctions for minor system disruptions during AI security tests or emergency patches if conditions are met, while requiring swift recovery and consumer protection. The Financial Supervisory Service will intensively inspect IT basic controls in the second half and urged banks to build AI internal-control systems. A Woori Bank data leak and broader market and industry moves have also highlighted digital risks.