SEOUL, March 25 (AJP) -South Korea’s manufacturers and pop culture have gone global, but its financial industry still struggles to move beyond home turf — a gap that took center stage at the 2026 Asia-Pacific Financial Forum in Seoul on Wednesday.
Hosted by Aju Business Daily and ABC, this year's forum held at The Plaza Hotel asked “In the AI era, why has Korean finance yet to cross borders?” The event sought to diagnose the structural limitations holding back Korea’s financial industry and to explore how its role and competitiveness should be redefined in the age of artificial intelligence.
Now in its 19th year, the APFF has established itself as a platform for discussing strategies to help Korean finance grow beyond its home market. The forum brought together leading experts from South Korea and abroad for a series of high-level lectures and discussions.
Agustín Carstens, former general manager of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), delivered the keynote speech titled, “Why K-industry is global, but K-finance remains local,” focusing on the challenges facing Korea’s financial sector and its future potential.
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