Kibo wins the "Best Institution Award" for its self-audit activities conducted by the Board of Audit and Inspection.

The Korea Technology Finance Corporation (Korea Technology Finance Corporation, Chairman Kim Jong-ho, hereinafter referred to as “KIBO”) announced on Monday the 22nd that it had been selected as the best organization (Grade A, 1st place) for the second consecutive year in the “2025 Self-Audit Activity Evaluation” hosted by the Board of Audit and Inspection.

The self-audit activity review is an evaluation system conducted by the Board of Audit and Inspection (BAI) on 720 institutions, including central administrative agencies, local governments, public corporations, and quasi-governmental organizations, pursuant to the Public Audit Act. Each institution is comprehensively evaluated for its overall audit activities based on ten assessment items in three areas: internal control support, the composition and staffing of the internal audit organization, and the performance of internal audit activities. Grades range from A to D.

KIBO received high praise for establishing a preventive audit system, including ▲strengthening AI-based digital audit infrastructure, ▲expanding preventive audit activities by identifying areas of internal control vulnerability, ▲activating proactive administration to support proactive and active work processing, and ▲operating strategic audits to strengthen organizational capabilities and improve management efficiency.

Lim Myeong-bae, auditor of Kibo, said, “This award for Best Institution is a recognition of our continuous efforts to enhance our digital audit system and strengthen preemptive internal controls,” and added, “Kibo will continue to do its best to become an institution more trusted by the public by further strengthening our preventive audit activities and ethical management.”

Meanwhile, Kibo has been leading the way in advancing internal auditing and establishing an advanced audit culture, winning both the Institutional Award and the Proud Auditor Award in the internal audit category at the '2025 Korean Auditors' Conference,' and also winning the Grand Prize in the internal audit category at the '2025 Public Institution Auditors' Conference.

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