The Shilla Duty Free is rebranding its widely popular mobile review platform from ‘Shilla Tipping’ to ‘Global Shilla Tipping.’…
LINE Pay Taiwan expands mobile payment service overseas
LINE Pay Taiwan is set to expand its mobile payment service overseas in collaboration with LINE Pay affiliates in Japan, South Korea, and Thailand in early 2020.…
Naver joins cross-border mobile payment alliance
A financial arm of South Korea’s leading portal operator Naver Corp. said that it has joined a cross-border mobile payment alliance with its Asian partners.…
PayPal acquires Honey
PayPal Holdings, Inc.announced that it has agreed to acquire Honey Science Corporation, a rapidly-growing technology platform for shopping and rewards, for approximately $4 billion.…
Yahoo Japan merges with Line
The operator of Yahoo Japan, Z Holdings Corp. (ZHD), said it was negotiating a merger with free messaging app provider Line Corp.…
What’s the most popular instant messaging app?
According to the latest instant messaging software statistics, WhatsApp is ranked with 1.6 billion users, while the second in line is Facebook Messenger with 1.3 billion users, followed by WeChat with…
Shinsegae Duty Free adds WeChat Pay facial recognition payments
Shinsegae Duty Free has added WeChat Pay facial recognition payments for the first time outside Greater China in some of its stores enabling Chinese customers to pay without cash, card, or a mobile ph…
Goat launches a try-on feature on app
Sneaker platform Goat has launched a Try-On feature in their app that uses AR technology to allow users to see what they would look like wearing rare and exclusive sneakers.…
Naver and Kakao upgrades service to attract customers
South Korean internet giants Naver and Kakao are seeking to attract more subscribers with service upgrades reflecting the rapid changes in online behavior.…
The battle between Naver and Kakao in the Korean mobile payment market
South Korea’s biggest internet search company Naver has finalized its plan to launch a financial subsidiary by November, presenting a challenge to the country’s leading messenger app operator Kakao in…