Vice Chairman Kim Soyoung of the Financial Services Commission visited Frankfurt, Germany and Vilnius, Lithuania from October 28 to November 1 in order to seek stronger financial cooperation with the European countries following bilateral summit meetings held in 2023. In Germany, Vice Chairman Kim visited the European Central Bank and held a high-level meeting with ECB's supervisory board member Patrick Montagner to elicit consensus on the scope of cooperation prescribed in the draft memorandum of understanding (MOU) on banking supervision, which is expected to be signed by the end of this year. In Lithuania, Vice Chairman Kim met with Simonas Krėpšta, member of the Board of the Bank of Lithuania (BOL), and signed an MOU on financial innovation aimed at promoting bilateral cooperation to facilitate exchange of fintech businesses between the two countries.