{
  "id": 11114369,
  "title": "Finda names fintech veteran Ahn Joong-hyun as its 1st CPO",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/finda-names-fintech-veteran-ahn-joong-hyun-as-its-1st-cpo-11114369",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-01T05:12:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/banking-finance/20261001/finda-names-fintech-veteran-ahn-joong-hyun-as-its-1st-cpo"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Finda, a fintech company, has appointed Ahn Joong-hyun as its first-ever Chief Product Officer (CPO). This move indicates the company's commitment to advancing its AI and data-driven financial products. Ahn Joong-hyun, the newly appointed CPO, brings an impressive 20 years of experience from the financial and IT sectors, including e-commerce, internet-only banking, and fintech. His expertise encompasses financial service planning, platform development, business model creation, and service operations. Specifically, Ahn played a significant role in the launch of several major Korean fintech services, such as Naver Pay, Toss Bank, and Karrot Pay. He contributed to the development of payment services and fraud detection systems at Naver Pay, designed core financial products and systems at Toss Bank, and led Karrot Pay, driving its growth.",
  "summary": "Finda is stepping up its efforts to innovate its artificial intelligence (AI) and data-driven financial products with the appointment of its first-ever chief product officer (CPO). The fintech company said Thursday that it has appointed Ahn Joong-hyun, former vice president of NEXUS, to the newly created position. Ahn is a fintech veteran with 20 years of experience across the financial and IT…",
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        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Finda names fintech veteran Ahn Joong-hyun as its 1st CPO",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/finda-names-fintech-veteran-ahn-joong-hyun-as-its-1st-cpo",
        "published": "2026-10-01T04:52:02.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}