S. Korea's Woori Bank partners with Web portal giant to co-develop new services

By Park Sae-jin Posted : April 5, 2019, 15:42 Updated : April 5, 2019, 15:42

[Courtesy of Woori Bank]

SEOUL -- Woori Bank, a subsidiary of South Korea's Woori Financial Group, partnered with Naver, the country's largest web portal service company, to operate a joint artificial intelligence technology research team which will develop new banking services.

Woori Bank said in a statement Friday that the bank has signed a memorandum of understanding with Naver. The joint team of technology specialists would develop new AI-based financial and banking services. Also, the bank will adopt "Clova", Naver's AI voice assistant platform.

A Woori Bank official said the research team would take care of every step of AI-based service creation.