TEAM NAVER and Bank of Korea Complete World’s First Dedicated AI Platform for a Central Bank, Accelerating AX Innovation
TEAM NAVER and Bank of Korea Complete World’s First Dedicated AI Platform for a Central Bank, Accelerating AX Innovation
TEAM NAVER and Bank of Korea Complete World’s First Dedicated AI Platform for a Central Bank, Accelerating AX Innovation
- Introduces “BOKI,” a dedicated generative AI platform optimized for the security and trust requirements of a central bank environment
- Provides comprehensive support for BOK employees, including data search, summarization, and decision-making for policy development
- Accelerates public sector AX adoption, with a focus on central government agencies and major financial institutions where security and data sovereignty are critical
January 21, 2026
TEAM NAVER and the Bank of Korea (BOK) announced that they have completed the development of BOKI (Bank of Korea Intelligence), a dedicated generative AI service tailored for the financial and economic sectors, and will begin full-scale operations. The announcement was made on the 21st during the BOK-NAVER Joint AX Conference at the BOK Conference Hall. Attendees included Lee Haejin, Chairman of the Board of NAVER, Choi Soo-yeon, NAVER CEO, and Kim Yu-won, CEO of NAVER Cloud, alongside BOK Governor Rhee Chang-yong and Second Vice Minister of Science and ICT Ryu Je-myung.
Developed through a public-private partnership, the new service is a dedicated AI platform tailored for a central bank environment where security and trust are essential. According to NAVER, the launch is significant as the world’s first case of a central bank building its own AI platform and applying it to operations.
“The Bank of Korea’s vast data, which underpins the national economy, is itself a critical strategic asset for Korea. Based on a shared understanding that this project must consider not only technological speed but also trust and stability, TEAM NAVER brought together all of its capabilities to carry it out,” said Lee in his opening remarks. “We hope this service will go beyond serving as a practical tool for innovating the Bank of Korea’s work culture, and help elevate Korea’s financial and economic analysis capabilities while strengthening the nation’s overall competitiveness.”
BOKI is built on an on-premise infrastructure within the BOK’s internal network, fully isolated from external networks, fundamentally eliminating concerns over data leakage. By ensuring that AI training and inference are completed within this closed network environment, the service fully meets the guidelines required of core national institutions that demand the highest level of security, while establishing an optimal foundation for safely using generative AI in business operations.
For this project, NAVER Cloud provided the AI platform foundation and technical support, including cloud infrastructure and a hyperscale large language model (LLM). Based on this, the BOK will directly develop and operate AI applications tailored to financial and economic tasks.
Through BOKI, BOK employees will be able to receive wide-ranging support, from data search, summarization, Q&A, and translation to analysis of economic issues and data-driven decision-making. Moving forward, the two organizations plan to continue training and fine-tuning the system using BOK data, further enhancing its capabilities as a specialized financial and economic model.
Based on its experience with this deployment, NAVER Cloud has accumulated technological and operational expertise in bringing AI that meets the high security requirements of the public and financial sectors into actual operation. The company plans to accelerate the expansion of public sector AX, with a focus on central government ministries and major financial institutions where security and data management are critical.
“This project is a landmark global example of AI technology being applied to real-world operations in the highest-level security environment required by a central bank,” said Kim Yu-won, CEO of NAVER Cloud. “NAVER Cloud will continue to provide trusted AI infrastructure and services across various industries, including the public and financial sectors, and contribute to strengthening Korea’s AI competitiveness.”
