- CJ OliveNetworks builds ‘SohoMate’, a business management service for Shinhan Bank’s individual business customers

- It provides 17 types of commercial analysis reports based on many years of big data business know-how

- It grows into a customer digital partner by expanding from existing businesses such as manufacturing, logistics, and media to the financial market

CJ OliveNetworks will build Shinhan Bank's major financial services and expand into the financial IT service market in addition to manufacturing, distribution, logistics, and media.

CJ OliveNetworks announced that itsupported the construction of Shinhan Bank's SohoMate platform, which was launched last month. SohoMate is a mobile platform that provides businessmanagement services, information about commercial district and trends, and customized information about financial products to Shinhan Bank's individual business customers.

SohoMate consists of menus such as ▲'ledger management' that allows purchase and sales management and tax filing, ▲'commercial district analysis' that identifies the status about commercial districts, potential customers, and competitiveness of my business at a glance, ▲'trend' that introduces promising business regions and business types based on the data about commercial districts, and ▲‘customized finance’ that provide recommended financial products and services considering region, industry, and age by customer.

SohoMate provides automatic organization of sales, expenses, deposits and withdrawals, etc. that are necessary for operating businesses and allows users to easily keep bookkeeping for tax purposes. 

CJ OliveNetworks participated in the entire project process, including design, data analysis, development, testing, and opening for a total construction period of 7 months. In particular, it is characterized by providing 17 types of in-depth commercial analysis reports together with Shinhan Bank based on many years of big data business know-how.

Individual business customers can use SohoMate to apply information that is needed by actual business owners, such as the analysis of commercial areas based on the customer's business location as well as analyses of competitors and customers, to their business.

In addition, a content-centered UI is designed while maintaining the brand identity across different platforms in order to increase user-centered content readability and provide a genuine user experience.

“It is very meaningful that we have expanded beyond the manufacturing, distribution, and broadcasting media sectors that our company has been supporting and established a new platform for Shinhan Bank, a leading financial company in Korea,” said an official from CJ OliveNetworks. “In order to realize Shinhan Bank’s successful digital universe, we will strengthen our cooperation in the future and actively support it as a digital service partner.”