World Dagachi CEO Kwon Hae-suk, right, and a Shinhan Bank official hold a signed memorandum of understanding at the bank headquarters in Seoul, Feb. 10. Courtesy of Shinhan Bank
Kwon Hae-suk, CEO of World Dagachi, operator of Dagachi, an artificial intelligence (AI) multilingual communication platform, said he hopes the platform would help provide foreign residents of Korea with easy access and practical information related to jobs, housing, visas and daily life.
The mobile app- and web-based service is available in 16 languages including English, Chinese and Vietnamese.
“Our goal is to improve access for foreign students and workers in Korea, delivering useful information and knowledge in an easy and understandable way,” he said. "The recent signing of a memorandum of understanding with Shinhan Bank will go a long way to advancing that goal"
The two firms signed a strategic partnership to strengthen financial services for foreign residents, to better meet the growing demand for more foreign-friendly banking services.
Under the agreement, the two firms will expand the bank’s foreign customer base, enhancing service quality by linking financial services with everyday living support platforms used by foreign residents, migrant workers and international students in Korea.
The two sides plan to roll out app- and web-based services for them.
They will also run joint promotional advertising pages on their respective platforms and collaborate to attract more foreign users by combining financial and lifestyle support services.
“With this partnership, our users will be able to access not only daily life services but also Shinhan Bank’s financial services more conveniently,” Kwon said.
World Dagachi currently operates six overseas hub centers in five countries — Indonesia, Vietnam, Nepal, the Philippines and Japan. It plans to increase the number of the centers to 50 by the end of this year.
Source: Korea Times News
