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Danny Chung, general manager of Ant Group in Korea, Australia, New Zealand and Mongolia during a press conference held in central Seoul on Monday. [ALIPAY KOREA]

Alipay eyes smaller Korean merchants as Chinese tourism recovers

Alipay, a Chinese mobile payment app, pledged to expand partnerships with small- and medium-sized merchants in Korea as an increasing number of Chinese tourists complete purchases in nontraditional tourist areas.

2023.12.11

Kakao Pay CEO Shin Won-keun speaks at a press conference held in Yeouido, western Seoul, Monday. [KAKAOPAY]

Kakao Pay dismisses Apple Pay's impact on transactions

Apple Pay hasn’t had much impact on KakaoPay since its launch in March, according to KakaoPay on Monday.

2023.5.15

KakaoBank reports profit and Kakao Pay loss in 3rd quarter

KakaoBank reported 78.72 billion won ($55 million) in net profit in the third quarter, beating the 75.4 billion won market consensus.

2022.11.2

Kakao co-CEOs Namkoong Whon, left, and Hong Eun-taek bow in apology after the company’s services crashed over the weekend at a press conference held Wednesday morning at the company's office in Pangyo, Gyeonggi. [WOO SANG-JO]

Kakao co-CEO resigns after service crash

Kakao co-CEO Namkoong Whon resigned on Wednesday after the company’s services crashed over the weekend when a fire broke out at a data center in Pangyo, Gyeonggi.

2022.10.19

Tesla and KakaoPay (KOR)

At first, I was curious why eccentric Tesla CEO Elon Musk would take a Twitter survey to decide whether or not to sell 10 percent of the company’s stock. At the time, Tesla stock was at its highest, trading at over...

2022.1.28

Tesla and KakaoPay

2022.1.27

From left: Korea Investment & Securities in August last year started a foreign stock trading-only mobile app Ministock. Orders can be placed based on the amount of investment instead of the number of shares in 1,000-won chunks. On March 2, Hana Bank introduced the Change Fund service, which allows people to start fund investment with just 1,000 won ($0.88) and make additional investments in 100-won units. [KOREA INVESTMENT & SECURITIES/HANA BANK]

Micro-mini investors can buy 0.001 of a Tesla share

For the price of a coffee, you can become an investor. No need to meet any minimums or buy in round lots of listed shares. In some cases, 100 won (8.8 cents) is enough.

2021.3.20

Kakao Pay CEO Kim Dae-hong gives a presentation to reporters at a hotel in Yeouido, western Seoul, on Wednesday. [Kakao Pay Securities]

Kakao Pay Securities targets younger investors

Kakao Pay Securities, an online-only brokerage house that launched just four months ago in Korea, is hoping to wipe out the old notion that stock investment is complicated and should be done by experts.

2020.7.1

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