City and Hana Bank hold hands-on Ontong Daejeon smartphone session at Dong-gu welfare center Wednesday
Daejeon city held a tailored education session Wednesday for senior residents at the Happy Seniors Welfare Center in Dong-gu, teaching them how to use Ontong Daejeon, the city's local currency platform.
The session was designed to reach citizens who struggle with smartphones and digital services, walking them through how to use Ontong Daejeon and providing hands-on practice and individual support so that anyone can take advantage of the local currency's benefits.
About 50 welfare center visitors took part. Daejeon city and Hana Bank jointly led the program, focusing on guided instruction and smartphone practice.
The session also included a voice-phishing prevention component alongside the Ontong Daejeon tutorial, aimed at deepening participants' understanding of digital financial services and promoting safe financial habits. A question-and-answer period and one-on-one assistance followed, giving attendees a chance to resolve difficulties they had encountered on-site.
In addition, Daejeon city is minimizing inconvenience for digitally vulnerable residents — including seniors who find smartphone apps difficult to use — by offering in-person guidance and consultations on Ontong Daejeon at Hana Bank branches and other financial institution counters.
The city plans to build on Wednesday's session by visiting welfare centers, senior facilities and other community venues where residents can easily be reached, expanding both education and usage support. Through these efforts, officials aim to narrow the gap between those comfortable with digital tools and those who are not, ensuring that digitally vulnerable residents can fully access Ontong Daejeon's benefits through close, on-site support.
"No resident should be left out of local currency benefits simply because they are unfamiliar with the digital environment," said Kwon O-bong, head of the Ontong Daejeon 2.0 Task Force. "We will continue going directly to where citizens are, offering education suited to their level and practical support so that more people can use Ontong Daejeon with ease."
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