SKT, KB Kookmin Bank, KB Kookmin Card and Seoul Credit Guarantee Foundation sign MOU to share data for small merchants

What happened

• Signing ceremony held Monday at KB Kookmin Bank's new building in Yeouido, Seoul; announcement published 2026-06-17.
• SKT, the Seoul Credit Guarantee Foundation and KB Kookmin Card have continued data cooperation since 2021, with KB Kookmin Bank newly joining.
• The four organisations will combine SKT's foot-traffic data, KB Kookmin Card's merchant sales, the Seoul Credit Guarantee Foundation's commercial-district activation index and shop histories, and KB Kookmin Bank's deposit and loan data.
• The partners plan to work with the Seoul metropolitan government and district offices and to provide related data to Seoul's commercial-district analysis service.
• Signatories pictured: Choi Hang-do (Foundation chairman), Kim Myeong-guk (SKT head of Industrial AI), Park Hyeong-ju (KB Kookmin Bank head of AI·DT Promotion Division), and Lee Sang-yeol (KB Kookmin Card executive director, AI Data Business Group).
• A case study on the Sinchon and Yeonsei-ro district was presented, showing increased nighttime foot traffic and long-stay share after a Sunday car-free street began operating, and funding demand concentrated in September to October around Chuseok and semester start.

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