Tag: South Korea

South Korea-based peer-to-peer money (P2P) transfer platform Viva Republica has reportedly raised $173m in a new funding round.

FacePhi Biometrics has received a €200,000 investment from COFIDES to help strengthen its implementation in South Korea.

ICONLOOP, a decentralized ledger solution for digital identity, has received its first venture capital investment.

South Korea’s Financial Services commission has announced plans to change how it regulates the country’s cryptocurrency exchanges.

South Korea's Financial Services Commission will continue to grant preliminary approval for digital banks.

Payment processing platform Wirecard has secured a €900m investment from SoftBank, as they enter a strategic partnership to expand in the East Asian markets. SoftBank...

South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) has launched its financial regulatory sandbox. A preliminary application for the sandbox was launched in January and received 105...

Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) has prioritised FinTech innovation for 2019 after the country has established the ‘groundwork’ with regulatory, budgetary and institutional support.

South Korea-based PeopleFund, a P2P loan platform, has raised $11m in its Series B round of funding.

South Korea-based Bithumb has reportedly sold a 50 per cent stake to BK Global Consortium.