Woori Investment Securities said on Tuesday it has signed a contract with enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) solutions company Allganize Korea to build an AI solution and has begun developing an AI work-support platform tailored to financial operations.

The key to developing the AI platform is “automation through connectivity”. Woori Investment Securities is focusing on implementing an executable AI agent that carries out actual work. The new AI agent is designed to link major internal work systems and external information networks in real time, enabling it to respond proactively to users’ needs.

When employees enter commands, the AI agent searches data across multiple systems and collects and analyses external information. It then drafts a report and registers it in the approval system, automating the entire workflow in a “one-stop” process.

The platform will also apply a strong security build to respond pre-emptively to hacking and information leakage issues. It will introduce a high-performance large language model (LLM) in an internal, on-premises environment separated from external networks so it operates only within the internal network and blocks external access at the source.

It will also introduce multiple layers of security, including data encryption, masking of sensitive information and user-specific access controls, to minimise the possibility of information leakage.

It also plans to support business staff with no coding knowledge so they can link their work knowledge and systems to create automation tools tailored to their tasks, with the aim of embedding a company-wide AX (AI transformation) culture.

A Woori Investment Securities official said the platform build is a starting point for fundamentally innovating how people work by connecting fragmented work systems with AI. The official said the company will build new competitiveness in its financial business based on stable infrastructure and strong security functions.