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This article showcases our top picks for the best South Korea based FinTech companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the FinTech industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
Top South Korea FinTech Startups
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Toss
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Toss is a mobile finance platform used to simplify the payment procedure.
Dunamu
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Dunamu provides a wide range of innovative services with a focus on fintech and blockchain.
Kakao Pay
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Kakao Pay allows over-counter payments, peer-to-peer transactions, bill payment, web banking, and more.
Korbit
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Korbit provides online bitcoin exchange, wallet, and merchant processor services.
Anchor Protocol
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Anchor Protocol is a savings platform that provides crypto natives, fintech companies, and investors a stable, high interest rate finance.
Fount
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Fount Inc. Is an asset management Robo-Advisor startup founded in 2015.
PeopleFund
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PeopleFund is Korea’s leading digital lender focused on consumer finance.
Klaytn
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Klaytn is an enterprise-grade, service-centric platform that brings user-friendly blockchain experience.
Sentbe, Inc.
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Sentbe offers a faster, cheaper, and easier way to transfer money abroad.
Coinplug
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Coinplug is a Korean blockchain developing company founded in 2013 with over 300 blockchain patents in multiple fields.
Coinone
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Coinone provides blockchain-related financial services including cryptocurrency exchange, asset management and trading matching engines.
DAYLI Financial Group
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A leading Fintech company in Asia providing data tech solutions, digital wealth management, and lead-generation services
rainist / 레이니스트
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Rainist is a one of the fastest growing Korean startup that helps users to manage money fun and easy.
AIZEN Global
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Redesigning Digital Banking with AI Lending Platform ‘CreditConnect’, powered by proprietary AutoML platform ABACUS
Ascensive Assets
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Ascensive Asset is a private investment firm focusing solely on digital assets industry
Doomoolmori
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Doomoolmori provides AI wealth management and data analytics solutions to financial institutions, and robo-advisory services to end users.
MOIN, Inc.
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MOIN is a Blockchain-based global money transfer service, which is fast, convenient, and reasonably priced, focusing on Asia countries.
WireBarley
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WireBarley is a fin-tech company that provides a platform for online money transfer.
HonestFund
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Fintech, Marketplace Lending, Alternative Investment
Streami
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Blockchain remittance middleware and infra provider for financial service providers
Uberple
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Uberple is building real-time statistical computing engine to democratize investment research.
Albam
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Payroll, Human Capital Management(HCM) service for SMBs, Payday Loan/Hiring/Insurance
Lendit
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#1 online lending marketplace for unsecured personal loans in Korea
TESSA
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Alternative investment platform for the purchase, sale and trade of fractionalized ownership interests in investment-grade blue-chip artwork
Quantec
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Quantec provides individual optimized portfolio provision services through discretionary financial investment with Robo-Advisor technology.
AIM (Automated Investment Management)
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AIM is an online platform that allows its users to make trades and investments via smartphone.
KT investment Inc.
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KT Investment Inc. is a venture capital arm of KT Corporation. The firm was founded in 2015 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.
Keypair, Inc.
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FinTech Company – The World first NFC enabled HSM & OTP card solution provider for safe financial transaction and eID card.
ProBit Exchange customer support
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ProBit Exchange is a global Top 20 crypto exchange in real daily trading volume that has successfully completed over 200 rounds of IEO.
QARA Soft
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Fintech start-up that provides online investment advisory and asset management services using deep-learning technology.
Superbly
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Superbly provides the payment authentication system that utilizes IT Fin Tech including authentication, information security and payment.
N-Cash
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N-Cash is a tech firm that powers micro-transactions and virtual economies.
VegaX Holdings
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VegaX Holdings is the BlackRock of Crypto Assets: One-stop Access to Secure Crypto Strategies & Indexes
Banksalad
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Banksalad is a fintech company that develops financial applications.
TBT
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TBT utilizes its industry knowledge and experience to help companies build services and products that can make the world a better place.
Shinhan Financial Group
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Shinhan Bank, is a bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea.
Finda
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Finda is an online financial comparison platform across various financial products.
BOMAPP
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Bomapp is a Seoul-based insurtech startup that offers fully digital insurance experience to consumers.
WaveBridge
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Wavebridge is a fintech startup that provides a digital asset management platform through various financial services.
SSenStone
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SsenStone specializes in Fintech, Authentication and Cyber Security.
Upbit Singapore Pte. Ltd.
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Upbit Singapore Pte. Ltd. was incorporated in Seoul, Korea in April 2012, and is one of the country’s leading fintech companies.
Qraft Technologies
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Qraft Technologies provides AI solutions customized for various uses and has specialties in AI investment solutions.
Cashwalk
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Cashwalk is an app that motivates to walk by providing financial incentives.
Smallticket
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Digital insurance brokerage platform that provides with the customized policies and services for micro-segmented groups
Lucidefi
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Making defi investments easy, smart, and profitable
Spendit
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Spendit is a B2B fintech company in Seoul, Korea.
Huobi Korea
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Huobi Korea is a digital asset exchange platform.
Mobidoo
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Frictionless mobile payment solution via SmartSound (data over sound) technology.
Solidware
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Solidware builds Machine Learning-based predictive models for financial services companies to make more profits.
Dove Wallet
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Dove Wallet is a service to deposit, transfer, and trade cryptocurrency.
Bitribe
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Bitribe is a cryptocurrency trading platform for digital currency aggregation transactions.
Korea Tech Incubator Program For Startup
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R&D fund for Korean startups who secured at least $100,000 from designated startup VCs or Accelerators
8percent
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8percent is Korea’s leading online financial service.
Kaist Venture Investment Holdings
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Kaist Venture Investment Holdings is a startup company that invests in startups that solve social problems through innovative technologies.
Gopax
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Gopax is a virtual asset exchange platform by Streamy.
TCASH
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TCASH is a mobile wallet application that provides payment and cash withdrawal services.
CrePASS Solutions
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Peer-to-Peer Financial Integration Platform
EdenChain
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EdenChain provides digital asset platform service for leaders of the new digital economy.
COINVEST
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COINVEST is a cryptocurrency and fintech solution development and consulting company.
Metaps Plus
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As a part of Metaps Group listed in Tokyo Stock Exchange(TSE: 6172), Metaps Plus is a leading fintech/blockchain platform in South Korea
Gowid
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Gowid is a fintech company that provides corporate credit cards, instalments, loans and B2B financial services for start-ups.
Daybit
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Daybit is a Korea-based cryptocurrency spot exchange platform.
Emmental
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Emmental is a fintech startup that combines expertise and IT.
M-Venture Investment
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M-Venture Investment Inc. is a venture capital firm specializing in investments in small and medium companies in startup stage. The firm
Utransfer
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Utransfer is a platform that offers overseas money transfer services.
Cross Remittance
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Cross is a payments service that introduced South Korea’s first blockchain-powered remittance service
ATON
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ATON offers fintech security software, smart financial system development and other fintech services.
UUNIO
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UUNIO is a SNS marketplace based on the blockchain technology with the actual reward system.
ThinkPool
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ThinkPool is a big data and AI-based investment platform.
TAP Angel Partners
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TAP Angel Partners provides accelerator programs, venture investment, and corporate innovation.
Newsystock
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Newsystock is a Robo-Portfolio platform based on Quant providing simulation and analysis infra and algorithm market for retail investors.
Samsung Securities
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Samsung Securities provides personalized asset management service to individual investors
Korbot
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South Korean Cryptocurrency Algorithmic Trading Company.
SBI Cosmoney
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SBI Cosmoney is a fintech company that provides money transfer service.
X Lab
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X Lab is a technology company provides smart solutions to online spending.
SECUVE
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SECUVE specializes in information security, IoT and fintech services.
Lucentblock
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Lucentblock is a FinTech and blockchain-based digital real estate securities platform company.
2Digit
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2Digit is a Fin-Tech company that provides financial services based on artificial intelligence, blockchain, and financial engineering.
BUFFY
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BUFFY is a cross-border financial service platform.
Fintech Switch
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Fintech Switch is a blockchain technology development and finance platform.
ATZ Trading
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ATZ Trading is a fintech firm that provides market-making services for cryptocurrency exchanges.
BLOCKCHAIN i
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BLOCKCHAIN i mission is to offer their clients most profitable, disciplined professional cryptocurrency managers and their strategies.
Blockchain Revolution Partners
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Blockchain Revolution Partners is a blockchain-specialized company that invests in promising blockchain companies.
Gavrint
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Gavrint is a game, augmented/virtual reality, and fintech company.
Blockbridge Partners
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Products and solutions to streamline processes for blockchain startups and refining tokenized fundraising models.
Hashgrab
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Hashgrab is a fintech company and financial service platform.
Tobicon
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Tobicon is a financial commission insurance fintech company provider.
Finnq
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Finnq is a mobile-based app platform that offers deposits, loans, insurance, and other financial services.
KoreaDA
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KoreaDA is a FinTech company that provides a digital asset trading system.
Givenu
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Givenu is a Korean marketplace for pre-owned items that uses the barter system, which does not require cash-based transactions.
Tenspace
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Tenspace is a fintech company that develops mobile messenger and mobile loan application.
Antock
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Antock is a financial IT technology company that provides analysis data and visualization solution.
Rainier Partners
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Rainier Partners is a stage agnostic investing firm that empowers various entrepreneurs.
