From Year-End Tax Settlement to Vaccine Reservations, Kakao Certificate Is Going Strong~

20 Million Users in Just 8 Months Since Launch

Kakao announced on the 17th that its Kakao Certificate, launched in December last year, has surpassed 20 million users within 8 months of its release.

The strength of the Kakao Certificate lies in its ability to log in to public services through the Kakao Certificate within the KakaoTalk Wallet without the need to install a separate app. The Kakao Certificate provides easy login to public sites such as the National Tax Service Hometax and Wetax, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety's Government 24, the People's Petition, and the National Health Insurance. It has also been adopted for same-day reservations of leftover COVID-19 vaccines and the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency's COVID-19 vaccination pre-registration system.

Since January this year, the number of times the Kakao Certificate has been used has reached 54 million. Among private certificates, the Kakao Certificate was the most chosen by users in the National Tax Service Hometax year-end tax settlement service, where simple authentication login was introduced for the first time this year.

Kakao plans to steadily expand its certificate partners and broaden the scope of use. It intends to provide various usage methods by linking with multiple services such as credentials within the KakaoTalk Wallet.

Yeo Min-soo, co-CEO of Kakao, said, "The Kakao Certificate is expanding its scope into everyday authentication such as leftover vaccine reservations and vaccination proof services, providing convenience to users," adding, "By the end of the year, we aim to secure more than 25 million users and establish it as a nationwide authentication and digital wallet service."

Meanwhile, Naver Certificate, which competes with Kakao, has surpassed 13 million issued certificates from 3 million in January. It has grown nearly fivefold in seven months. The issuance of qualifications has exceeded 2 million. Additionally, Naver is building services that replace student IDs at domestic universities such as Yonsei University. Both Naver and Kakao plan to include mobile driver’s licenses in their apps in the future.

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