Senior executives of major financial companies will attend CES 2026 in Las Vegas next month to explore how global artificial intelligence (AI) technologies can be applied to financial services, industry officials said Tuesday. KakaoBank will be the only Korean internet-only bank attending the event, while the Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) will be the country's only bank to operate an exhibition booth. KB, Shinhan and Woori financial groups will also send CEOs and digital strategy teams. Financial firms’ growing presence at CES reflects their efforts to explore the future of finance and identify pathways for digital innovation, as earnings foundations come under pressure from a prolonged low-interest-rate environment and tighter regulations. According to KakaoBank, CEO Yun Ho-young, also known as Daniel Yun, will attend alongside members of the bank’s AI and strategy teams to monitor global technology trends. “CES 2026 will showcase AI agents, blockchain-based fintech solutions, AI-driven security technologies and on-device authentication, all of which are directly relevant to the