Shinhan Card Launches New Local Currency Platform 'Seoul Pay+' App

From the 24th, Seoul Sarang Gift Certificates Can Be Purchased and Used by Autonomous District

[Asia Economy Reporter Ki Ha-young] Shinhan Card announced on the 24th that it will launch a new local currency platform application called 'Seoul Pay Plus.'

Through this app, users can purchase and use the Seoul Sarang Gift Certificates issued by Seoul City and its autonomous districts starting from today, along with accessing various related additional services.

Previously, Seoul Sarang Gift Certificates could only be purchased with cash, but now they can also be purchased using Shinhan credit and debit cards. To purchase with a card, users need to install the Shinhan Play app, and credit card purchases are limited to up to 1 million KRW per month. Since the sale of Seoul Sarang Gift Certificates begins by district from today until the 26th, buyers should check the issuance schedule for each district before purchasing.

The Seoul Pay Plus app can be downloaded by searching for 'Seoul Pay' on the Android Play Store and iOS App Store. Anyone aged 14 or older can sign up.

To celebrate the launch of Seoul Pay Plus, Shinhan Card is holding events for customers who download the app and make gift certificate card payments. Until the 3rd of next month, 10,000 customers who download the Seoul Pay Plus app will be selected by lottery to receive a 5,000 KRW GS25 coupon. Additionally, until the 28th of next month, customers who purchase Seoul Sarang Gift Certificates through Shinhan Play will be entered into a lottery to win prizes including LG Objet refrigerators, washing machines, and stylers (1 winner each), LG Objet vacuum cleaners (5 winners), LG StanbyME TVs (5 winners), Starbucks Americano mobile coupons (10,000 winners), and 1,000 My Shinhan Points (40,000 winners).

Seoul Sarang Gift Certificates can be used at existing Zero Pay affiliated stores, and Shinhan Card plans to expand their usability to all Shinhan Card affiliated stores within Seoul in the future (excluding certain industries).

A Shinhan Card representative stated, "We plan to continuously enhance the platform through cooperation with Seoul City and add various administrative, tourism, and cultural services to establish it as the definitive platform for Seoul citizens."

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