As of December 2022, there were approximately 39.4 million users of the South Korean mobile payment service KakaoPay. KakaoPay was the first fintech company to offer mobile payment (also called easy payment) services to the Korean public. A simple payment service allows consumers to make payments using simple authentication methods such as an SMS code or a QR code.
Number of KakaoPay users in South Korea from September 2014 to December 2022
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Kakao Pay. (March 17, 2023). Number of KakaoPay users in South Korea from September 2014 to December 2022 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 02, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1128321/south-korea-number-of-kakaopay-users/
Kakao Pay. "Number of KakaoPay users in South Korea from September 2014 to December 2022 (in millions)." Chart. March 17, 2023. Statista. Accessed April 02, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1128321/south-korea-number-of-kakaopay-users/
Kakao Pay. (2023). Number of KakaoPay users in South Korea from September 2014 to December 2022 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 02, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1128321/south-korea-number-of-kakaopay-users/
Kakao Pay. "Number of Kakaopay Users in South Korea from September 2014 to December 2022 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Mar 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1128321/south-korea-number-of-kakaopay-users/
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Number of KakaoPay users in South Korea from September 2014 to December 2022 (in millions) [Graph], Kakao Pay, March 17, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1128321/south-korea-number-of-kakaopay-users/
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