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BNK Financial pushes groupwide AI system adoption, picks Samsung SDS as preferred bidder

BNK Financial Group is seeking to build a groupwide generative AI platform shared by all affiliates to reduce duplicated investment and manage risks from applying AI to financial tasks. The group has selected Samsung SDS as the preferred bidder and is negotiating details. BNK plans to roll out generative AI functions in internal rules and accountability checks, lending and foreign exchange operations, internal search and groupware. It will also develop groupwide AI management standards and an AI governance portal.

Crypto

Switzerland opens bitcoin spot ETF to retail investors, tightens protection requirements

Swiss financial regulators have approved a bitcoin spot exchange-traded fund for retail investors for the first time, CoinPost reported. The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority, FINMA, said it had approved the listing of a spot ETF that invests directly in bitcoin, though the fund name and manager were not disclosed. FINMA stressed the product remains high-risk and said it would strengthen investor protection, including clearer risk disclosure, conduct rules and stricter suitability assessments.

Finance

Audit 2026: Security gaps, ETF losses in spotlight as loans and digital asset rules also questioned

South Korea\'s parliamentary audit put major financial issues under scrutiny, from a string of hacking incidents to leveraged single-stock ETFs and real estate loan curbs. Lawmakers questioned the effectiveness of regulators\' security inspections and policy measures, and raised issues including market disruption risks, household loan management and internal controls at state-run banks. The audit also addressed the direction of the National Growth Fund and long-term debt collection practices.