SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Thanks to the fast-rising Chinese tourists in Korea, the credit card spending by foreigners in the second quarter has hit a record-high level. According to the Bank of Korea on August 29, the total amount of credit card spending made by foreign visitors to Korea was US$2.91 billion during the April-June period, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – It was reported that e-commerce transactions is possible only by typing in one’s username and password as early as late September or as late as early October, as currently available with two e-commerce platform providers: PayPal, an international e-commerce business allowing Internet payments and money transfers, and Alipay, a [...]
COLOGNE GERMANY, Aug. 28, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) — In 2014 dmexco will once again break all records, featuring over 800 exhibitors on more than 60.000 square meters in three fully occupied halls. The number of trade visitors from all over the world is also expected to reach an all-time high of over 30,000. In response [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) - Womanstalk, a video-based e-commerce site made for the first time in Korea, plans to partner with Lazada Philippines, the so-called a Southeast Asian version of Amazon, to reach out to Southeast Asian consumers starting from Malaysia and Singapore in mid-September. Sales volume of Korean products purchased by people in [...]
![[Quote] New Daum Kakao Aims to Be Lifestyle Service Platform Provider](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Executive-Portrait_Sirgoo-Lee-Co-CEO-of-Kakao.jpg "[Quote] New Daum Kakao Aims to Be Lifestyle Service Platform Provider")
“With differentiated core competitiveness of Kakao and Daum, we will lead the mobile age and the next age after the mobile age. For it, we will expand our influential power not only in the domestic market but in the global market.” “The new Daum Kakao will grow as a lifestyle service platform provider putting together [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Korbit (https://www.korbit.co.kr), Korea’s leading bitcoin exchange, wallet and merchant processor, has closed a $3 million Series A funding round led by SoftBank Ventures Korea. Pantera Capital led the round from the US side, with participation from BAM Ventures and previous investors Bitcoin Opportunity Corp., Tim Draper, Pietro [...]
COLOGNE, GERMANY–(Marketwired – Aug 21, 2014) – “The future standards of the international digital economy will be set at the dmexco Conference 2014! As an information broker and central networking platform, we are staging an absolutely top-class program that will present trends and innovations to decision-makers in the fields of marketing, media, and advertising, and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea is famous for fast and convenient food delivery. At any time, people can enjoy delivered food like fried chicken, Chinese food, Korean food and even instant ramen, to just name a few. In this already lucrative food delivery market, high-tech food delivery apps are pouring fuel for more [...]
COLOGNE, GERMANY, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – The further addition of top-class sponsors and media partners from around the world underscores the central position dmexco occupies as a trendsetting platform for the international digital economy. With MediaOcean and Sitecore, dmexco now has two official main sponsors for all Exposition and Conference events. Additional sponsorship support [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Paynow Plus offered by LG Uplus seems to lead the online payment service market. On August 13, LG Uplus announced that it launched a new online payment service, which met the strict standards set by the Financial Supervisory Service in terms of authentication and payment processes, security and safety, and [...]