SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Kakao Mobility has updated its taxi platform ‘Kakao T’ to allow users to rent cars on a per-minute basis, moving away from the traditional minimum one-day rental requirement. This new car rental service enables users to receive and return vehicles at different locations in a contactless manner. On January 21, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Kakao Mobility, a firm that provides cab-hailing and driver-for-hire services, said Monday it added a new artificial intelligence (AI) function that can predict whether parking lots are full or not to its Kakao T Parking service, a first among South Korean parking apps. Previously, it was impossible for drivers [...]
SEOUL, April 16 (Korea Bizwire) — After only four days of poorer than expected results, South Korean cab summoning app Kakao T’s feature that hides the taxi caller’s desired destination from the driver until the pickup is agreed to has been withdrawn. This feature was introduced as a countermeasure against drivers who would cherry-pick taxi [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Speaking at the Seoul Plaza Hotel on March 13, Kakao Mobility CEO Jeong Joo-hwan said the Kakao subsidiary would introduce new features to Kakao T, its taxi-hailing app with 18 million users, that would make hailing a cab quicker in exchange for a commission fee. The two features planned [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Kakao Bank was the most popular banking app among South Korean iPhone users last month, pollster App Annie has found. According to the global mobile app analyst, Kakao Bank had the highest number of monthly active users in November of all mobile banking apps, leaving behind the likes of [...]