KB Kookmin Bank, LG Uplus to Showcase AI Voice Phishing Response Model at MWC26

KB Kookmin Bank said it will present a strategic cooperation model with LG Uplus at MWC26, the world’s largest mobile exhibition, set to open March 2 (local time) in Barcelona, Spain. The model outlines an “AI-based finance-telecom real-time response collaboration system” to combat voice phishing.

The partnership goes beyond a technology tie-up, the bank said, and is aimed at putting into practice its strategy to upgrade its voice phishing monitoring system and strengthen real-time response capabilities.

In a demonstration, KB Kookmin Bank’s enhanced monitoring system will link in real time with LG Uplus’ AI calling app, ixi-O, and its voice phishing prevention service.

If suspicious signs are detected during a call, related information will be sent immediately to the bank’s monitoring system. The bank can then take rapid steps such as freezing the account or shifting it to intensive monitoring.

The bank said its future security model focuses on prevention rather than after-the-fact action, with the carrier and bank operating like a single system at the moment criminals try to induce a transfer to block potential financial losses.

“Based on cooperation between the two companies, we expect to speed up the response needed to block voice phishing,” a KB Kookmin Bank official said. “We will continue to build innovative security infrastructure to protect financial consumers.”