Joey Kim

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Joey Kim is the Founder and CEO of PeopleFund, Korea's fastest growing marketplace lender that is opening doors to financial freedom through affordable loans and attractive alternative investment products. He is also currently serving as the President of the Korean Fintech Industry Association.

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Boost to Fintech in Response to Coronavirus

The Coronavirus pandemic is proving to be the boost needed for fintechs to gain traction with consumers who have been hesitant to move their finances online. With prolonged social distancing measures and lockdowns around the globe, the world is getting a crash course on why accelerated fintech adoption is necessary. History proves that crises can ...

06 August 2020 Fintech innovation and startups

Survive and Accelerate: Marketplace lenders’ varied paths to the next growth stage post-Coronavirus

Rising unemployment, small business failures, and impending recession pose an existential threat to marketplace lenders who take risks to accurately identify creditworthy borrowers underserved by traditional financial institutions. Within weeks of lockdowns that swept across the globe in March, LendingClub laid off 30% of its staff, Kabbage stopp...

30 June 2020 Fintech innovation and startups

Riding the Korea FinTech Wave

In stark comparison to how technologically advanced South Korea is (say for instance, introducing the world’s first 5G internet for smartphones) and being recognized as the most innovative country in the world according to Bloomberg’s annual Innovation Index, the Korean financial system is astoundingly outdated because of bank incumbents that are...

17 April 2019 Asia Financial Services