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All-Day Childcare Support
“Children can grow up happy, while parents can feel confident that their children are in safe hands.”
KB Financial Group is taking the lead in developing an all-day childcare system to help address Korea’s low birth rate, which is driven in part by career breaks among women, high education costs, and the burden of childcare.
To help close gaps in childcare services, KB Financial Group entered into agreements with the Ministry of Education between 2018 and 2022 to provide a total of KRW 75 billion in funding, supporting the establishment and expansion of elementary school childcare classrooms and public kindergartens nationwide. From 2023 to 2027, KB Financial Group is also providing KRW 10 billion annually, totaling KRW 50 billion, to establish Hub-Based Neulbom Centers.
Hub-Based Neulbom Centers provide childcare and after-school programs for elementary school students from multiple nearby schools, helping relieve waiting-list pressures at overcrowded schools. To support working parents, the centers operate until 7 p.m. on weekdays and remain open during school holidays.
In January 2026, KB Financial Group also launched an Extended Nighttime Childcare Program to ensure that children can receive safe care until late in the evening when their parents return home late due to night shifts, evening work, or dual-income household responsibilities. Through this initiative, childcare hours have been extended until 10 p.m. or midnight at 343 community-based childcare facilities nationwide for elementary school students aged six to twelve.
KB Financial Group will continue working to build an all-day childcare system that enables children—the leaders of future generations—to grow up happier and allows parents to leave their children in safe and trusted care.
KB Dream Wave 2030
“We provide comprehensive learning programs tailored to each stage of development, from preschool through university.”
‘KB Dream Wave 2030’ is KB Kookmin Bank’s flagship social contribution initiative, launched in 2007 to provide a wide range of customized programs tailored to the developmental stages of students from preschool through university.
The initiative consists of three main programs: ‘Learning Mentoring’, which supports the learning and development of students from preschool through high school; ‘Career Mentoring’, which provides career talks by professionals and specialized training to foster digital talent; and ‘Educational Support’, which improves access to learning by creating educational spaces such as KB Small Libraries and KB Community Child Centers.
Through KB Dream Wave 2030, KB Financial Group had provided a total of KRW 60.6 billion in support to approximately 200,000 students as of the end of 2025.
Economic and Financial Education
“We provide easy-to-understand economic and financial education for everyone, from young people to seniors.”
Established in 2011, the KB Financial Group Foundation provides a wide range of economic and financial education programs to help people develop sound financial habits based on practical knowledge they can apply in everyday life.
Through the One Company–One School Financial Education Program, the Foundation provides structured financial education in partnership with 811 elementary, middle, and high schools nationwide. It also offers hands-on financial education for young people at KB Star*D Hall, an interactive economic and financial education center located in the basement of KB Kookmin Bank’s new building.
In addition, the Foundation has established a team of professional instructors specializing in economic and financial education and expanded its programs to people of all ages, from young people to seniors. As of the end of 2025, the Foundation had provided education to a total of 1.67 million people.
Disaster Relief Support System
“We strive to be a social safety net that people can rely on in times of disaster.”
KB Financial Group has established a group-wide Disaster Relief Support System to provide prompt and practical assistance in the event of disasters such as wildfires and torrential rains.
The system provides a wide range of support, including financial relief programs, joint donations from across the Group, emergency relief supplies, and customer-engagement fundraising campaigns.
Support programs include preferential interest rates on loans, loan maturity extensions, emergency loans, deferrals of insurance premium payments, and extensions of credit card payment due dates. KB Financial Group also provides relief kits, meal trucks, and mobile laundry vehicles to support the rapid recovery of disaster-affected communities.
Customer-engagement fundraising campaigns are conducted through the major digital platforms of KB Financial Group affiliates. Given the urgent nature of disaster situations, participation channels are opened within three business days of the decision to launch a campaign.
