Group photo of the 2025 FIN:NECT Innovation School orientation site. /Korea Fintech Support Center
The Korea Fintech Support Center (hereafter, the Fintech Center) announced on the 16th that it held an orientation with Kakao Bank on the 11th for the '2025 FIN:NECT Innovation School'.
FIN:NECT is a compound word of “Fintech (Fintech),” “Finance (Finance),” and “Connect (Connect),” and is a project that connects and forms relationships with founders, customers, and services related to financial technology.
This project is in its 3rd year and is being carried out to create a safe financial transaction environment by focusing on fostering fintech startups with technology to establish a safety net for the financial society.
This year, more than 100 companies applied, and the audit results ▲ Ghost Pass (decentralized dualized biometric authentication payment solution ▲ Neurofusion (AI big data-based financial information platform and community) ▲ DevD (rent card payment solution based on AI lease contract verification) ▲Daily Pay (BNPL service for small businesses using AI) ▲Lucent Block (real estate profit securities distribution and issuance platform) ▲Metalogos (simple investment platform for public offering) ▲Metacloud (AI-based deep voice detection and prevention service) ▲Petriter (AI-based inspection) (Automatic Insurance Underwriting Review Solution) ▲Antock (Innovative Technology Company Potential Prediction and Discovery System) Twelve companies were finally selected, including ▲Agen Global (loan brokerage platform specialized for e-commerce sellers), Forest Jalan (Southeast Asia RWA financial platform, and Higher Diversity (foreigner-only residence administration and content service)).
Selected companies will receive a commercialization fund of 30 million won to upgrade services and products. In addition, we will focus on fostering the company's growth stage through ▲ diagnosis of corporate status, modules specialized in open innovation and financing, and fintech-specific programs such as office hours and lectures.
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