CKI and KIF work together to foster future finance experts
The fund is going to be used in varied initiatives. It will sponsor a book review/essay competition on finance that will invite students from top 50 local universities/graduate schools. A total of 60 – 40 from undergraduates and 20 from graduate students – book reviews/essays will be chosen to grant students with scholarships. The scholarship recipients will also be entitled to participate in a mentoring program and financial lectures provided by a group of experts from CKI, KIF, and FSS who will also serve as mentors for the program.
From this year the program gives opportunities to high school students as well. An essay contest on finance is open to outstanding students of vocational and technical high schools from low-income households, and 30 applicants will be finally offered with scholarships as well as finance lectures. To those in classical high schools aspiring to study finance at university can give it a try in a competition where they have to submit reports based on their experience in the real economy and finance.
Finance talent development assistance program is sponsored by Citi Foundation and organized by KIF as it was established to nurture next generations of finance sector and groom a sustainable pipeline of talents in the finance field. Citibank Korea has been working with KIF on this program since 2009 after with KAIST in 2008. In 2009, 122 teams received scholarships at the contest where students from 150 universities were invited. At the same time, they were given chances to be mentees where mentors with financial experience and expertise gave valuable advice to those looking for a finance career.
Details of 2010 program are as follows:
1. Program for low-income high school students
- Target: 30 outperforming high school students from low-income families (Vocational and technical high school)
- Scholarships: 45 million won in total (1.5 million won/recipient)
- Extra benefits: Lectures on financial knowledge, special guest lectures (catered to the needs of high school students)
2. Contest on finance/economy experience
- Target: 2 teams/high school
- How to apply: Students submit a report based on their experiences in real economy/finance
- Scholarships: A total of 42 million won to teams winning Grand Prize, Award of Excellence, Award of Distinction, and Honorable Mention
- Extra benefits: Lectures on financial knowledge, special guest lectures (catered to the needs of high school students)
3. Student book review/ case competition
- Target: 60 teams from local universities/graduate schools (40 undergraduate + 20 graduate student teams)
- Scholarships:
· 3rd/4th year undergraduates: Book review on finance (1.5 million won/piece)
· Graduate school student: Case (2.5 million won/piece)
· Case of excellence:
-Graduate student: 1 Grand Prize (10 million won), 1 Award of Excellence (7million won), 1 Award of Distinction (5 million won)
- Undergraduate: 1 Award of Excellence (5 million won), 1 Award of Distinction (3 million won)
- Extra benefits: Mentoring program, finance lectures provided by a financial expert group
한국씨티은행 개요
씨티은행은 1967년 최초로 한국에 진출한 이래 45년 동안 선진 금융 서비스를 국내 고객에게 제공해 왔으며, 2008년 글로벌 금융위기 때 8억불을 증자해 국내 외환시장 안정에 기여했고, 1970년대 석유 파동시 2억불 차관 제공으로 한국의 무역수지 개선에 기여한 공로로 수교훈장 ‘숭례장’을, 1997년 외환위기 당시 240억불 대외 부채 상환 연장에 기여한 공로로 수교훈장 ‘흥인장’을 받는 등 한국 경제가 어려움에 처할 때에 곁에서 힘이 돼 준 친구 같은 은행이다.
웹사이트: http://www.citibank.co.kr
연락처
Kim Soo-Yeon
Communications Dept., Citibank Korea
+82 2 3455 2336
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