Kakao Certificate Surpasses 20 Million Users

[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Nahum] Kakao announced on the 17th that the number of users of the 'Kakao Certificate' has exceeded 20 million just 8 months after its launch.

The strength of the Kakao Certificate, introduced in December last year, is that users can quickly log in to various public services within the KakaoTalk Wallet without installing a separate app or signing up. Since January of this year, the total number of uses of the Kakao Certificate has reached 54 million.

The Kakao Certificate provides easy login to many public sites such as the National Tax Service Hometax and Wetax, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety's Government 24, the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission's People's Petition, the National Health Insurance Service, and the Ministry of Health and Welfare's Bokjiro.

In particular, it was the most chosen private certificate among users for the National Tax Service Hometax year-end tax settlement service, where easy authentication login was introduced for the first time this year.

It has also been introduced to the COVID-19 leftover vaccine same-day reservation on the third tab of KakaoTalk and the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency's COVID-19 vaccination pre-registration system, facilitating fast and easy vaccine reservations.

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

Yeo Minsu, co-CEO of Kakao, said, "The Kakao Certificate is expanding its scope as a daily life authentication tool, including leftover vaccine reservations and vaccination proof services, providing convenience to users," and added, "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."

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