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Korea seeks to ease fintech ownership, crypto regulations
Jan 09, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea’s Naver Pay partners with WeChat Pay for mobile payments in China
South Korean tech giant Naver Corp. said on Tuesday it has partnered with WeChat Pay to offer a Naver Pay mobile pay and digital wallet service using...
Dec 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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NinjaTrader to revitalize Koreans’ domestic, overseas derivatives investments
NinjaTrader Group LLC., a leading US futures broker, is set to accelerate South Koreans’ investments in overseas derivatives while seeking to a...
Nov 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Naver Pay partners with GLN International
South Korea's Naver Pay announced on Wednesday that it partnered with Hana Bank’s global payment network subsidiary, GLN International, to laun...
Oct 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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BalanceHero sees record high H1 sales in India
BalanceHero, a South Korean fintech startup that entered the Indian market, announced on Friday that its sales and loan execution amounts for the fir...
Aug 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea’s BC Card starts QR code payment service in Malaysia
South Korea’s credit card issuer BC Card Co. introduced its QR code payment service in Malaysia through cooperation with the country’s na...
Jun 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Webcash Global, BC Card Vietnam partner on B2B fintech
Webcash Global, an affiliate of South Korea's Webcash Co., announced on Tuesday that it has recently signed a business agreement with BC Card Vietnam...
May 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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70% of Samsung Pay users switch to Wallet
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Wednesday that 70% of Samsung Pay users have switched to Samsung Wallet, an upgraded version of its electronic w...
Apr 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Samsung seeks to launch new super mobile banking app with a local bank
Samsung Financial Networks, a union of Samsung Group’s four financial affiliates, is seeking to launch a super mobile banking app in partnershi...
Mar 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hana Bank, Fount to co-work for robo-advisor service
South Korea's Hana Bank announced on Tuesday that it has signed a business agreement with robo-advisor company Fount Investment Co. to launch a retir...
Feb 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Kakao Pay’s acquisition of US' Siebert collapses
South Korean Kakao Pay Corp.'s takeover deal of US-based Siebert Financial Corp. has failed amid the growing legal risks surrounding top executives o...
Dec 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Line Next attracts $140 mn to globally expand NFT platform
Line Next Corp., a digital asset affiliate of South Korean online portal giant Naver Corp., has attracted $140 million in a funding round led by Cres...
Dec 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Toss Pay expands on-site payment in 42 countries
Toss Pay, the convenient payment service of South Korea's mobile financial platform Toss, said on Monday it has expanded its overseas on-site payment...
Nov 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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S.Korea's FNS Value to enter Malaysian fintech market
South Korea's FNS Value announced on Thursday a collaboration agreement with the Malaysian big data technology company Big Dataworks. The two compani...
Nov 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Naver Pay expands on-site payment to SE Asia countries
Naver Pay, the simple payment service of South Korea's Naver Financial, said on Thursday it has expanded its overseas on-site payment services. It i...
Nov 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Kakao Pay’s tie-up with Alipay spurs growth in China
BEIJING – Kakao Pay Corp., the mobile payment service unit of South Korean tech giant Kakao Corp., is rapidly growing in China’s fintech ...
Sep 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Naver Pay to be available at all Alipay merchants in China
Naver Pay, the simple payment service of South Korea's Naver Financial, announced on Tuesday that it will start offering Naver Pay Money and Point QR...
Sep 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alipay’s Ant becomes No.2 shareholder of S. Korea’s Toss Payments
Ant Group Co., the operator of China’s biggest mobile payment platform Alipay, has become the second-largest stakeholder of Toss Payments, the ...
Sep 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Naver Pay to enter Chinese payment market in 2023
South Korea's Naver Financial announced plans on Tuesday to bring its simple payment service, Naver Pay, to the Chinese market by the end of this yea...
Aug 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Kakao Pay launches ATM service in Japan, Vietnam, Laos
South Korea’s Kakao Pay Corp. on Wednesday said it started an overseas withdrawal service at automatic teller machines (ATM) in partnership wit...
Jul 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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SK C&C to release Kospi-focused AI investment strategy service
SK C&C, an information and communications technology affiliate of South Korea’s SK Group, will create an artificial intelligence (AI) inves...
Jul 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung, 4 Korean banks to foster financial software engineers
Samsung Electronics Co. and South Korea’s four commercial banks – Shinhan, KB Kookmin, Hana and Woori – have agreed to help support...
Jun 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mirae Asset Securities, Near Protocol team up for blockchain techs
South Korea's Mirae Asset Securities announced on Thursday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for collaborative research in block...
Jun 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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S.Korea's Mirae Asset, Hana Financial Group form security token tie-up
South Korea's Mirae Asset Securities on Thursday said it signed an agreement with Hana Financial Group on the security token consortium Next Finance ...
Jun 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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The KED View
In South Korea, innovation is subject to regulatory approval
In a country like South Korea with few natural resources to run its economy, innovations or brilliant business ideas are crucial to its survival.It i...
Apr 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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BC Card, KTO to promote mobile payment for foreign tourists
The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) has announced a new partnership with BC Card and the Korea Easy Payment Foundation to introduce a mobile payment...
Apr 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Webcash launches AI accounting solution Wabooks in Vietnam
South Korea's Webcash Co. Group announced on Tuesday that it recently launched Wabooks, a Vietnamese version of the AI-powered accounting solution "...
Apr 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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KB Securities signs MOU with Korea East-West Power, Hikive
KB Securities Co. announced on Thursday that it had entered into a business agreement with Korea East-West Power Co. and Hikive to collaborate on a t...
Mar 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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LINE, Mizuho call off plan to set up mobile-only bank in Japan
LINE Corp. and Mizuho Financial Group’s plan to introduce an internet-only bank in Japan has fallen through about five years after they unveile...
Mar 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Pay adds Visa to overseas payment service
South Korea's mobile payment and digital wallet service Samsung Pay will allow its Visa-affiliated credit cards issued in the country to make oversea...
Mar 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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