聚焦釜山 2025：金融中心未来展望

December 2025 We are pleased to present a short update on the progress being made in the Busan Finance Center(BFC). BFC is a member of Z/Yen’s Vantage Financial Centres network. The aim of this update is toprovide readers with news about the progress being made by the city of Busan. Since 2009, Busan Metropolitan City has been developing a financial services hub specialising inmaritime finance and derivatives. With its strategic location in the center of an economic bloc in SouthEast Korea at the crossroads of a global logistics route, Busan envisions growing into an internationalfinancial city in Northeast Asia. BFC sets and implements strategies to develop Busan into an international financial city, by fosteringBusan as the financial hub and promoting the financial industry.BFC was established as anincorporated association through the efforts of the city of Busan and seven local financial institutionsand companies as founding sponsors. The main mission of BFC is to promote Busan as a financial huband bolster the financial industry in Busan, by developing and implementing strategies to foster Busanas an international financial city and conducting mid-to-long term finance-related surveys andresearch. BFC works to promote relevant policies, attract financial institutions, create a financialecosystem, conduct research and study into Busan’s development, and to facilitate internal andexternal cooperation. BFC is very happy to assist you to identify opportunities in Busan, one of the fastest developing cities inAsia. For more information, please contact: A Rising Global Financial Hub Busan Metropolitan City in South Korea is rapidly emerging as a global powerhouse city, driven by aseries of national and municipal initiatives to cultivate its position as a leading centre for finance,logistics, and innovation. As Korea’s maritime financial hub and gateway to Northeast Asia, Busan isnow at the forefront of financial development and innovation of the city. In recent years, Busan has been the focus of strategic government policies aimed at fostering regionaldevelopment—including the relocation of the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, ongoing discussionson the creation of a Southeast Investment Bank, and the designation of Special Financial OpportunityDevelopment Zones. These efforts reflect a broader commitment to transform Busan into a dynamiccentre for sustainable growth and capital allocation. To institutionalize and accelerate Busan’stransformation, the National Assembly is currently reviewing the“Special Act on the Creation of Busanas a Global Hub City.”Designed to support Busan’s growth in finance, trade, tourism, and logistics, thelegislation offers a legal and administrative framework to drive the city’s global ambitions. In light ofgrowing concerns over capital-region centralization, the act is widely viewed as a vital first step towardpromoting balanced national development. It also envisions the creation of multiple innovation hubs—positioning Busan as a globally connected and future-ready urban center. These policy efforts and strategic visions are anchored by Busan’s physical financial infrastructure—most notably, theBusan International Finance Center (BIFC), which serves as the city’s flagshipfinancial district and a visible symbol of its long-term ambition. Since its establishment in 2020, theBusan Finance Center (BFC)has been at the heart of this transformation. As a leading think tankdedicated to financial strategy, BFC supports evidence-based policymaking, international collaboration,and ecosystem development to reinforce Busan’s competitiveness in the global financial architecture. Busan’s Ascent in Global Finance: A City on the Rise Navigating Growth: Busan’s Rise as a Maritime Financial Hub With its strategic location on major global shipping routes, Busan is one of the world’s busiesttransshipment ports, serving as a vital logistics gateway for Northeast Asia. This robust maritime andlogistics base has naturally generated a high demand for specialized financial services—includingshipping finance, trade insurance, and port infrastructure investment—positioning Busan as the heartof Korea’s maritime finance sector. To meet this demand, the Busan International Finance Center (BIFC) was established as the city’sflagship financial district. These facilities house more than 34 financial institutions, forming a dense andcollaborative maritime finance cluster. At the core of this ecosystem is theKorea Ocean BusinessCorporation (KOBC)—a state-run policy finance institution dedicated to supporting the shipping andshipbuilding industries—as well as theMarine Finance Center, a collaborative platform jointlyoperated byKorea Development Bank (KDB),Korea Export–Import Bank (KEXIM), andKorea TradeInsurance Corporation (K-Sure). These institutions collectively provide financing, guarantees, andliquidity to support global shipping and port operations—making Busan the leading hub for shippingfinance i