The Financial Services Commission announced that the 2026 Korea Fintech Week will be held for three days from November 25 to 27 at aT Center (Yangjae-dong) in Seoul. The annual global fintech festival in its eight year this year will be held under the theme of “Beyond Finance, Into the Future,” focusing on the future of financial innovation and technologies and looking into how artificial intelligence (AI) agents and digital assets are changing the structure and services in the financial industry.
This year’s Korea Fintech Week will be held in the largest scale ever, featuring 36 programs and showcasing 115 exhibition booths prepared by 140 companies and organizations. There will be a variety of programs made available on each day to suit the needs of diverse groups of visitors. Broadly, the programs and events are structured into the digital finance day (day one), the business day (day two), and the public participation day (day three).
Based on these daily themes, there will be 36 different programs made available throughout the entire exhibition period. On November 25 (day one), there will be a number of seminars held on the topic of AI and digital transformation in the financial industry and relevant policy movements around the world. The Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN) is also scheduled to take part in a seminar to discuss issues ranging from global financial innovation and AI governance to cross-border payments infrastructure and financial connectivity in Asia.
On November 26 (day two), there will be various seminars organized throughout the day to provide information about fintech investment and support measures and related trends in financial technology. There will be a fintech-investor meetup program to facilitate the matching of investors with fintech businesses. Fintech startups will also receive information about various assistance measures made available for them. On financial technology, there will be opportunities to get insights into the convergence of finance and technology, such as AI-driven payments methods, cybersecurity in finance, and quantum computing.
On November 27 (day three), there will be various types of public-oriented participation programs to offer insights into investment strategies, retirement pension management, and employment opportunities in the financial industry to serve the needs of different groups of visitors.
The exhibition halls for this year’s festival will be organized into Fintech Pavilion, Financial Pavilion, Global Pavilion, and Partner Pavilion. The number of exhibition booths (115) and participating businesses and organizations (140) will be the largest ever in scale and they will showcase the latest fintech trends and demonstrate innovative services to visitors. The Fintech Pavilion (72 booths) will have exhibitions of domestic fintech businesses from diverse areas, such as payments, AI-driven workflow automation, investment and asset management, certification and regtech, blockchain, insurtech, proptech, etc. The Financial Pavilion (8 booths) will showcase major domestic financial companies’ fintech and AI-driven services and offer visitors a chance to personally experience and test out some of the new services and technologies before their commercial launch. In the Global Pavilion (23 booths), visitors will have an opportunity to check out major fintech services from 12 different countries including the U.S. Visitors can gain insights into particular characteristics of different countries and seek information about expanding their business operations overseas. The Partner Pavilion (12 booths) is set up to promote the operation and collaboration of financial and fintech associated organizations, related industry groups, educational institutions, and regional investment and employment support centers.
Alongside an array of seminars, there will be a number of regular on-site programs to assist fintech promotion and networking, such as the IR open stage and investor meet-up programs.
To make sure that visitors are able to take tours based on their individual needs and interests, a docent-guided tour will be made available on-site, which will help to provide more comprehensive overviews and detailed insights into key exhibitions and innovative technologies for ordinary citizens.
Visitors can enter and enjoy the Korea Fintech Week for free of charge. For more information, please visit the official website of the 2026 Korea Fintech Week (fintechweek.or.kr) or contact the secretariat’s office (+82-02-424-5821 or fintechweek@fintech.or.kr).
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