Sogang University, SMU Conclude Global Capstone Project Boosting Korean Fintech and AI Abroad

Sogang University's Graduate School of Technology and Management (MOT) and Singapore Management University (SMU) have successfully completed their joint "2026 Global Capstone Project (GEP)". The 5-week program culminated in a final presentation and closing ceremony on August 14th at Sogang University.

The project aimed to cultivate global finance and AI talent between South Korea and Singapore. It also supported promising domestic AI startups in their global market entry and technological advancement. Twenty students, ten from Sogang MOT and ten from SMU's Master of IT in Business (MITB) program, formed five mixed Korean-Singaporean teams. They combined financial and technological expertise from both nations.

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This Global Capstone Project was more than just academic exchange; it was a meaningful achievement where talents from Singapore and Korea united to solve real challenges for domestic AI/fintech startups and build consensus for overseas expansion.

Key Korean fintech and AI companies, 2Digit Inc. and CUUNIT Co., Ltd., sponsored the project. They presented real-world business challenges for the students to tackle. Participants studied AI, financial analysis methodologies, and foreign exchange/investment theories through online sessions and seminars in Singapore. During the SMU student delegation's visit to Korea from August 9th, intensive face-to-face consultations took place. The students also experienced Korea's advanced fintech ecosystem and cultural industries by visiting the Fintech Center Korea, the Startup Venture Campus (SVC Seoul) of the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, and SM Entertainment's K-Pop studio.

At the final presentation on August 14th, each team showcased their strategic reports and AI service prototypes developed over five weeks. Corporate representatives and faculty from both universities evaluated the practical applications and technical sophistication of AI chatbot models, real-time data analysis panels, and global marketing roadmaps. Sogang University's supervising professors, Kim Moon-hwan and Koo Myung-wan, highlighted the project's success in fostering collaboration between Korean and Singaporean talent to solve practical issues for domestic AI and fintech startups, thereby building consensus for overseas expansion. SMU's supervising professors, Patrick Thng and Edgar Low, praised the program as an excellent model for globalizing education and expressed commitment to its continued development.

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This is an excellent, top-tier program that globalizes by having students from both countries solve problems together in Korea's dynamic fintech industry. We will continue to develop the cooperative model between our two universities.