Bespin Global said on the 29th that it will build a group-wide artificial intelligence transformation (AX) framework for JB Financial Group, developing a common AI platform alongside AI agents tailored to the work of each affiliate.
Under the plan, JB Financial Group will set the group's AX direction and common standards through its holding company. Affiliates including The Jeonbuk Bank, The Kwangju Bank and JB Woori Capital will build on the shared AI platform, adding functions suited to their own operations and system environments. The goal is to let front-line employees use AI agents for their work without having to handle the underlying technology themselves.
To meet the security and data control requirements that apply to financial firms, the framework uses a hybrid approach that combines on-premise environments with public cloud. AI platforms and agents that handle sensitive work can be run inside each affiliate's internal environment, while the latest large language models (LLMs) and AI agent technologies are tested and verified in external public cloud environments.
Bespin Global and JB Financial Group are also setting up an AX execution structure built around dedicated "squads." A squad is a small team that brings together an affiliate's business staff and its AI and information technology personnel. The squads identify problems in day-to-day operations, assess where AI can be applied, and then plan, develop and verify the agents. According to Bespin Global, the squads are currently working on AX projects centered on corporate loan review, an AI-based software development life cycle (SDLC), and the use of work manuals and documents.
Bespin Global said new AI technologies will first pass through a test environment before being applied to actual work to confirm their effects, with each verified technology and business model then standardized for use across the group. Rather than building a large system all at once, the aim is to repeat a cycle of planning, development, verification and expansion to widen the scope of adoption quickly.
"The success or failure of AX in the financial sector does not lie in building an AI platform, but in how quickly you solve front-line problems with AI and spread those results across the entire organization," said Han Sun-ho, executive vice president and chief AI officer at Bespin Global. "Together with JB Financial Group, we will implement group-wide standardization and affiliate-specific specialization at the same time, and combine the platform, the dedicated squads and Bespin Global's varied AX experience to create a new execution model for AX in the financial sector."
