Hecto Financial to Launch Foreign Exchange Remittance Platform This Year, Offering Distinctive Services

On March 10, global fintech company Hecto Financial announced that it would expand its business scope beyond business-to-business (B2B) foreign exchange services to include peer-to-peer (P2P) international remittance services.

On March 4, Hecto Financial obtained a “small-amount overseas remittance business” license from the financial authorities. With this license, the company plans to enter the peer-to-peer remittance market, strengthen the competitiveness of its existing international settlement business, and launch new initiatives such as stablecoin settlements.

Within this year, Hecto Financial plans to launch a “foreign exchange remittance platform” that will provide payment remittance for small and medium-sized enterprises as well as peer-to-peer remittance services on a single platform. In line with the enactment of digital asset-related legislation in Korea, the company is also preparing a service that combines digital wallets and foreign exchange remittance, targeting individual customers such as foreign residents and overseas workers in Korea.

With the new license, Hecto Financial will internalize foreign exchange functions that previously depended on banking infrastructure, thereby enhancing the efficiency of transaction structures, reducing costs, and improving processing speed. This will further strengthen the competitiveness and profitability of its existing international settlement services. Leveraging its previously acquired “other specialized foreign exchange business” license, Hecto Financial already provides business-to-business foreign exchange services such as trade payments and settlements for overseas business partners. The international settlement service, which started with six clients in 2023, has now surpassed 40 client companies, achieving annual growth of over 200%.

Hecto Financial is also proactively preparing for the institutionalization of stablecoins by utilizing its new license. The company has already joined the global stablecoin payment and settlement network of Circle, the issuer of USDC, and has secured cross-border settlement infrastructure using stablecoins. Going forward, Hecto Financial plans to establish a unique competitive edge in next-generation financial sectors by linking regulated digital asset payments and foreign exchange functions, thereby enabling global remittance and STO (Security Token Offering) fund settlements based on stablecoins.

Jongwon Choi, CEO of Hecto Financial, stated, “With our existing B2B foreign exchange services for corporate clients and now the expansion into peer-to-peer international remittance through this new license, we have completed our ‘full lineup’ of foreign exchange offerings. We will continue to grow as an integrated financial infrastructure company that encompasses next-generation financial services, including fiat currency remittance, stablecoin payments, and tokenized securities settlement.”

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