金融委員会（FSC）の李億遠（イ・オクウォン）委員長は水曜日、金融セクターが革新的なサービスを開発できるよう、同庁として大胆な措置を講じる意向を明らかにした。人工知能（AI）、データ、若手起業家に重点を置いて支援を行い、不必要な規制は抜本的に撤廃する方針である。
金融委員会（FSC）の李億遠委員長は、4月29日にソウルで開催されたフィンテックサービス促進イベントにおいて、同庁および関係各所が金融革新とフィンテック業界に対し、極めて重要な分野を選定して支援を行うと表明した。
「我々の支援は人工知能（AI）、データ、そして若手起業家を中心に行う」と李委員長は述べ、不必要で時代遅れとなった規制は抜本的に撤廃すると付け加えた。また、同委員長は、金融セクターで起きている変化に積極的に取り組んでいく姿勢も示した。
前日の火曜日、李委員長は青瓦台（大統領府）で行われた国務会議および非常経済点検会議において、李在明（イ・ジェミョン）大統領からの質問に答えた。今回の公約は、金融革新のための規制緩和に対する確固たる決意を裏付けるものである。
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President Lee Jae-myung presided over a meeting on March 18 with financial authorities and investors to address capital market volatility from ongoing Middle East tensions—building on last week's emergency economic review—and discuss structural reforms. Attendees included Financial Services Commission Chairman Lee Eog-won and Financial Supervisory Service Governor Lee Chan-jin.
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