[DigitalToday reporter Ji-young Lee] Hana Financial Group said on Jan. 25 it launched a "Group Productive Finance Council" on Jan. 23 and confirmed its 2026 productive finance supply at 17.8 trillion won, up 1.6 trillion won from its existing plan.

Hana Financial said it has completely revamped its existing approach. It said it shifted the flow of funds to future growth and innovation areas and built an execution system to focus on productive investment, including fostering national strategic industries and supporting advanced, venture and innovative companies and regional development, through a major group-wide transformation.

Hana Financial first confirmed its 2026 productive finance supply at 17.8 trillion won, up 1.6 trillion won from its original plan. It plans to expand supply to 2.5 trillion won for advanced infrastructure and AI, 2.5 trillion won for direct investment including venture capital and balanced regional development, 10 trillion won for 242 sub-sectors of core advanced industries reflecting an economic growth strategy, and 2.8 trillion won for support for the K-Value Chain and export supply chains. It plans to raise dynamism across the economy and improve capital efficiency.

It also discussed detailed progress to ensure systematic group-wide execution, including reviewing implementation plans by affiliates, checking and managing implementation status, and sharing key issues and requests for collaboration. It plans to hold the council meeting monthly. The relevant executives will directly review implementation status and share key pending issues to manage swift group-wide execution.

The group also held discussions to make the productive finance implementation plan a group-wide goal. Beyond an organizational reshuffle already carried out to put productive finance into practice, it plans to redesign execution systems across the group, including revising key performance indicators, risk management measures stemming from risk-capital investment, and reviewing the training of specialised personnel related to productive finance and compensation systems.

The council meeting, in particular, reflects a proactive and strong commitment to execution by reviewing the overall group execution system in step with the Financial Services Commission’s emphasis on Jan. 21 on the need for financial firms to have management systems that lead to practical productive finance within an industry productive finance consultative body.

A Hana Financial official said, "In step with the financial authorities’ policy direction on productive finance, we are focusing all of the group’s capabilities to strengthen execution." The official said, "Beyond simple support, we will take the lead in revitalising the real economy through practical investment that shifts the flow of funds toward opening a new future."