Hana Bank will ramp up investments in digital healthcare platforms. To that end, the bank announced on Feb. 10 that it signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Cenacle Soft leading the cloud electronic medical record (EMR) sector.
Through this business agreement, the two companies will promote regular joint marketing, EMR services for newly opened clinics, joint work to rev up personal health record (PHR) services, and strategic collaboration to expand the digital healthcare market.
Prior to this, Hana Bank made a strategic investment of 2 billion won in Cenacle Soft in December 2021.
Cenacle Soft provides cloud-based EMR services to primary medical institutions and provides basic EMR functions such as reception, treatment, inspection, payment and document issuance through the “Oreum Chart,” which it developed on its own.
It is also a digital healthcare platform company that provides an all-in-one hospital information system that integrates preliminary screening engines and waiting screens for treatment for hospital operation and management.
“Cenacle Soft has employees who created platform services at Naver and SK Telecom,” said an official at Hana Bank’s Data & Partnership Business. “Cloud EMR services provided by Cenacle Soft outclass other EMR services in terms of convenience and functionality.”
“We will create a PHR service in the mid- to long-term with the successful launch of Cloud EMR services to realize a virtuous cycle of information needed by doctors and information which patients to obtain,” said Wi Eu-seok, co-chairman of Cenacle Soft.
Hana Bank announced on Jan. 10 that it has signed a strategic business agreement with Cenacle Soft, a leader in cloud EMR.
Hana Bank is ramping up investment and business partnerships in fintech, educational technology, MZ generation platforms, real estate and data in addition to the healthcare business.
In the meantime, Hana Bank announced on Jan. 20 that it signed a strategic partnership establishment agreement for face authentication-based services with Metsakuur, Suprema and Secucen at its headquarters in Jung-gu, Seoul. The three companies are fast growing high-tech players.
Metsakuur specializes in face recognition AI technology. The company has independently invented and developed original face recognition technology, and consists of people who have experience in applying face recognition technology to various industries.
Suprema is a leading global provider of access control, time and attendance and biometrics solutions.
By combining world renowned biometric algorithms with superior engineering, the company has introduced innovations to the security industry over the last decades.
Secucen is one of the leading security companies and provides biometric user authentication, biometric digital signature services and mobile security solutions and develops digital banking system and information security service.
The agreement aims to set up a system that allows Hana Bank and its partners to utilize online authentication services in the offline sector by utilizing face authentication technology and related infrastructure.
Through this agreement, Hana Bank will cooperate in various fields including the development of new services using face authentication technology and service marketing based on face authentication technology.
“Once this system is established, various user management services such as access and unmanned payment will be possible offline through face authentication information registered with Hana Bank,” a Hana Bank official said.
“The face authentication service will be a biotech path that can be used regardless of time and place.”
Hana Bank introduced a face authentication service for the first time in the banking sector on its mobile app “Hana One Q” in August 2020.
The lender plans to develop an unmanned access system for convenience stores and a face authentication-based access system for ITCEN Group along with the three companies participating in the agreement.
On the other hand, Hana Bank announced on Jan. 27 that it achieved the highest return on retirement pensions (IRP- and DB-type pensions) in the fourth quarter of 2021 by strengthening customized services for retirement pension customers.
According to the Financial Supervisory Service’s disclosure of retirement pension returns, Hana Bank came in first in the IRP-type reserve return banking sector (2.72 percent), standing first among DB types (1.36 percent), and second among DC types (2.12 percent).
In addition, its retirement pension reserves also increased by 3.85 trillion won in 2021, ranking first in the retirement pension return net growth standings.
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