'KakaoTalk Jibang' Users Surpass 10 Million

[Asia Economy Reporter Buaeri] Kakao announced on the 5th that the number of users of 'KakaoTalk Wallet' has surpassed 10 million.

Kakao stated, "This achievement was reached just three and a half months after launch, showing the fastest subscriber growth rate among private authentication services."

KakaoTalk Wallet is a service that allows users to store and manage certificates, IDs, and licenses within KakaoTalk. Currently, users can check Kakao Certificates, QR check-in services for electronic entry logs, and 495 types of national technical licenses from the Human Resources Development Service of Korea within KakaoTalk Wallet.

With the Kakao Certificate in the wallet, users can access services such as the National Tax Service Hometax, Ministry of the Interior and Safety's Government 24 service login, and the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission's People's Petition. Since January, the number of simple authentication logins across Hometax, Government 24, and People's Petition has reached 16 million.

Using the Kakao Certificate, all Government 24 services, including issuing resident registration certificates, are accessible. Mobile Government 24 will also support login via Kakao Certificate in the second half of the year.

In April, Kakao will add a 'Wallet Home' tab under the KakaoTalk More tab. Users will be able to view all their digital IDs at a glance, including certificates, wallet QR codes, licenses, employee IDs, and QR check-ins. A service allowing entry authentication for unmanned stores using the wallet QR of the Kakao Certificate will also be launched in April.

Kakao plans to expand partners for Kakao Certificate to public institutions and private companies and increase the application areas of credential services.

They intend to link credential services with various services such as KakaoTV video and live access, KakaoTalk open chat room entry, and KakaoTalk channel message sending.

Currently, functions utilizing credentials in secure environments, such as opening doors or using multifunction devices via smartphone wireless communication (NFC·BLE) applied to mobile employee IDs for Kakao employees, will be offered to external partners within this year.

An Jinhyeok, head of Kakao Wallet Business Division, said, "We will continue to expand use cases and enhance functions so that anyone thinks of and uses KakaoTalk Wallet whenever authentication is needed in daily life."

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.