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| 11.09.2026 | Ant International's Agentic Mobile Protocol Rolls Out Globally with Wallets and Acquirers; Initiating Collaboration on KYA Interoperability Framework with Mastercard and Visa | With payment leaders accelerating adoption, the Alipay+ ecosystem — with 50+ mobile payment partners, over 10 national QR schemes and serving over 2 billion consumer accounts — is evolving into the world's largest agentic payment network fo... |
| 31.07.2026 | South Korea Taps Toss Payments to Route CBDC Into Merchant Checkouts Without Replacing Terminals | By Ryan Cook
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| 14.05.2026 | GLN International Expands QR Payment Coverage Across Mainland China Through Weixin Pay Network | • Expands QR payment coverage across broader everyday payment scenarios in China following UnionPay connectivity
• Enables seamless payments at Weixin Pay merchants across China without installing local apps
• Strengthens GLN's cross-border... |
| 28.04.2026 | GLN Expands Overseas QR Cash Withdrawal Service Across Japan, Vietnam, and Laos | Expands QR cash withdrawal service channels to enhance convenience for international travelers
Enables cardless local currency withdrawals via major partner apps including Kakao Pay, Toss, and Hana Money
SEOUL, South Korea, April 28, 2026 /... |
| 28.03.2025 | Toss Reports Records Revenue of 2 Trillion KRW and First Full-Year Net Profit in 2024 | In full year 2024, achieved ₩1,956 billion in consolidated revenue and ₩91 billion in operating profit
Strong performance across all business segments, driven by user growth and engagement on the Superapp — now focused on profitable growth
... |
| 18.12.2024 | Toss Securities Publishes 2025 U.S. Investment Outlook | Toss Securities continues to see compelling opportunities in U.S. equities in 2025
Market corrections in the summer could provide attractive entry points
Opportunities in Financials, Energy, Consumers and AI benefiting from Trump policies a... |
| 21.11.2024 | Toss Securities Launches Dedicated Research Center for Retail Investors Focusing on US Stock Markets | Aims to deliver high-quality reports accessible to all Toss Securities users as a means to empower retail investors to invest in global capital markets
The Center's initiation report analyzes benefits of widening portfolio into US equities ... |
| 10.10.2024 | Toss Securities Announces Appointment of Gyubin Kim as New CEO | Gyubin Kim steps into new role as CEO of Toss Securities
Part of the strategy to strengthen the company's investment platform
Dongwan Ko appointed as the new Head of Product... Strengthening product-centric operation
SEOUL, South Korea, Oct... |
| 15.08.2024 | South Korean Investors Turn to U.S. Stocks: A New Financial Frontier | In the bustling streets of Seoul, a financial revolution is brewing. South Korean investors, often seen as cautious and traditional, are now diving headfirst into the U.S. stock market. This shift is not just a trend; it’s a seismic change ... |
| 14.08.2024 | Shunning home markets, South Korean retailers pile-up on US stocks | SEOUL: South Korea's mom-and-pop investors are defying last week's global financial markets rout by pouring even more funds into US stocks, a years-long trend that analysts and investors bet will continue due to the depressed value proposit... |
| 12.08.2024 | Toss Securities Achieves Full-Year Profit Target in H1 2024, Led by Strong Performance in U.S. Securities Trading | Toss Securities logs exceptional financial performance, achieving full-year target in just six months
Strong performance in U.S. securities trading was instrumental in driving growth
Building on quarterly profit in Q1, Toss Securities' stro... |
| 31.07.2024 | Toss Securities Sets Sail for the U.S. Market | Toss Securities, a rising star in South Korea's fintech landscape, is making waves by establishing its first office in the United States. This strategic move marks a significant chapter in the company's journey, as it aims to expand its glo... |
| 30.07.2024 | Toss Securities Expands Global Footprint with Establishment of US Office | Toss Securities establishes its first global office in the U.S., aiming to expand its global presence
Kyungsoo (Peter) Kim, the current Head of Finance, will be appointed as the CEO for U.S. entity
Seungyeon Kim, CEO of Toss Securities says... |
| 19.06.2024 | Open Banking Success in South Korea Could Be A Blueprint for The Rest of Asia | Open banking in South Korea is a clear leader among many of its Asian peers. It has successfully implemented a variety of initiatives linked to open banking, open finance, and open data policy initiatives, with significant contributions fro... |
| 11.06.2024 | 29 Fintech Leaders From Asia That Made The Forbes 30 Under 30 List This Year | - |
| 11.06.2024 | 29 Fintech Leaders Make Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia List This Year | - |
| 27.05.2024 | Billions Lost to Fraud Despite Efforts, APAC Fintechs Grapple with Rising Threats | - |
| 29.04.2024 | Tencent updates WeChat Pay to facilitate easier payments for foreign visitors | The Chinese government, eager to rejuvenate its tourism sector in the wake of the pandemic, has implemented measures to facilitate easier payments for foreign visitors. The People’s Bank Of China (PBOC) has spearheaded these efforts, introd... |
| 02.11.2023 | TikTok early investor to put one-third of new $1b fund into Asia | Premium Content
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| 03.08.2023 | South Korea’s digital lender Toss Bank in advanced talks to close $154M funding at a valuation of $2.1B | Fresh off a $154 million funding round in March 2023, South Korean digital lender and neobank Toss Bank is close to raising another $154 million (200 billion won) in equity at a valuation of $2.1 billion (2.7 trillion won), and it is alread... |
| 07.07.2023 | Visa Acquired Pismo For $1 Billion, Highlighting Fintech Renaissance In Emerging Markets | Innovation has globalized. The best ideas come from anywhere and scale everywhere. getty |
| 27.12.2022 | South Korea-based fintech app Toss Raises USD 405 million in Series G funding | Viva Republica, the operator of the South Korean finance super app Toss, has completed a USD 405 million Series G funding and claims to be valued at 9.1 trillion won (USD 7 billion), up from 8.5 trillion won in June 2021, when it raised USD... |
| 20.12.2022 | Korean Super App Toss Valued at US$7 Billion With Latest Series G Fundraise | Toss, a South Korean super app operated by fintech startup Viva Republica, announced that it has raised a US$405 million Series G funding round and is now valued at US$$7 billion, according to a report by TechCrunch. |
| 19.12.2022 | South Korean financial super app Toss closes $405M Series G as valuation rises 7% | Viva Republica, an operator of South Korean finance super app Toss, has finalized a $405 million Series G funding and it says it is now valued at 9.1 trillion won ( $7 billion), up from 8.5 trillion won in June 2021, when it raised $410 mil... |
| 24.03.2022 | Toss operator set to raise $1b to take on Grab, GoTo in Southeast Asia | NewsStartups
Aditya Hadi Pratama · 11h ago · 1 min readToss operator set to raise $1b to take on Grab, GoTo in Southeast Asia
South Korea-based Viva Republica, which operates mobile financial app Toss, is set to raise up to US$1 billion in ... |
| 29.06.2021 | Viva Republica lands $410m as launch of new digital bank looms | Viva Republica, the South Korean technology firm behind super app Toss, has raised $410 million at a valuation of $7.4 billion.
Toss has raised $844 million across ten rounds
This latest Series H round boosts the firm’s valuation by nearly ... |
| 26.06.2021 | Former dentist joins the tech billionaires’ club after a funding boost for his South Korean fintech startup Viva Republica | We’ve been covering Viva Republica for at least three years now. We first wrote about Viva Republica back in December 2017 after the South Korean fintech startup and the maker of financial services platform Toss joined the highly coveted un... |
| 24.06.2021 | Seoul-based fintech company behind Toss – Viva Republica raises US$ 410M | Seoul-based fintech company Viva Republica (the developer of Toss), a super app with more than 40 financial services, raised US$ 410 million at a post-money valuation of US$ 7.4 billion on 23 June 2021. |
| 24.06.2021 | Super fintech Viva Republica raises $410M off its success in tech-savvy South Korea | The news: The mega-round brings the South Korea-based fintech’s valuation to $7.4 billion, up from $2.3 billion in August last year, per TechCrunch.
What does it do? Viva Republica is the parent company of super app Toss, which offers a wid... |
| 24.06.2021 | Super fintech Viva Republica raises $410 million off its success in tech-savvy South Korea | Redeem now
Viva Republica's $7.4 billion valuation springs from substantial user acquisition opportunities and a potentially lucrative exit.
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| 23.06.2021 | S Korea mobile financial app Toss operator valued at US$7.4 billion in latest funding | SEOUL: The South Korean operator of mobile financial app Toss raised US$410 million in fresh funding, which values the company at US$7.4 billion, operator Viva Republica said on Wednesday.
With new funding, Toss is looking to expand its Sou... |
| 23.06.2021 | NAVER : South Korea mobile financial app Toss operator valued at $7.4 billion in latest funding | With new funding, Toss is looking to expand its Southeast Asian presence beyond Vietnam. It plans to enter another country in the second half of this year and several more starting next year, CEO SG Lee told Reuters.
The $7.4 billion valuat... |
| 23.06.2021 | Korean neobank and app developer Viva Republica raises $410 million | Viva Republica, the Seoul-based fintech developer known for Toss, announced a $410 million investment which sets the company’s post-money valuation at $7.4 billion, according to TechCrunch.
The funding was led by Alkeon Capital and included... |
| 23.06.2021 | South Korea mobile financial app Toss operator valued at US$7.4 billion in latest funding | SEOUL: The South Korean operator of mobile financial app Toss raised US$410 million in fresh funding, which values the company at US$7.4 billion, operator Viva Republica said on Wednesday.
With new funding, Toss is looking to expand its Sou... |
| 22.06.2021 | S.Korea mobile financial app Toss operator valued at $7.4 billion in latest funding | By Joyce Lee
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SEOUL (Reuters) - The South Korean operator of mobile financial app Toss raised $410 million in fresh funding, which values the company at $7.4 billion, operator Viva Republica said on Wednesday.
With new funding, To... |
| 22.06.2021 | Viva Republica, developer of Korean financial super app Toss, raises $410M at a $7.4B valuation | Viva Republica, the Seoul-based fintech company behind Toss, a super app with more than 40 financial services, announced today it has raised $410 million at a post-money valuation of $7.4 billion. The new funding was led by Alkeon Capital, ... |
| 17.01.2021 | High-stakes: PayPal Ventures | High-stakes is a unique series that focuses on dissecting the investments of venture capital and private equity firms to gain insights about the portfolio of companies they’ve invested in, industries they focus on, and their investment proc... |
| 23.12.2020 | Korean Unicorn Toss Join Forces With CIMB Vietnam to Launch CIMB-Toss Debit Card | CIMB Bank Vietnam and Viva Republica, the operator of Toss app, has jointly introduced the CIMB-Toss Debit Card following the success of the CIMB and Toss virtual card launched in July 2020.
Launched in early December 2020, the debit card h... |
| 03.09.2020 | S Korean startup Toss Lab raises $13m in SoftBank Ventures Asia-led Series B | Premium
South Korean startup Toss Lab, operator of the Slack-like app Jandi, has raised $13 million in a Series B funding round led by SoftBank Ventures Asia to further boost its collaboration platform, according to an announcement.
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| 02.09.2020 | Viva Republica raises $173m for “one-stop” financial app | Seoul-based Viva Republica has raised $173 million in a Series G round led by Sequoia Capital China.
Toss is looking launch a new banking service in 2021
Viva Republica operates the peer-to-peer payment service Toss. Toss claims as many as ... |
| 02.09.2020 | South Korean fintech Viva Republica secures US$ 173M funding | - |
| 01.09.2020 | Viva Republica raises $173 million | Viva Republica, the South Korean fintech startup behind mobile finance platform Toss, Toss
Founded: 2011
Headquarters: Seoul, South Korea
Total Funding: $434.2M
See full company profile "> has raised $173 million in a new round of f... |
| 01.09.2020 | Toss Lab raises $13 million Series B for its collaboration platform JANDI, the ‘Slack of Asia’ | As Slack ramps up its investment in Asia, Toss Lab, the South Korea-based creator of enterprise collaboration platform JANDI, is preparing to become a more formidable rival. The startup announced today that it has raised a $13 million Serie... |
| 28.08.2020 | S Korean fintech Viva Republica raises $173m from Sequoia Capital China, others | Premium
Viva Republica, the operator of peer-to-peer payment service Toss, has raised $173 million in a round led by existing investors including Sequoia Capital China, the South Korea-based fintech said Friday.
Continue reading this story ... |
| 27.08.2020 | Boom: Viva Republica, Parent of Toss, Raises $173 Million | Viva Republica has raised a whopping $173 million in new funding, according to a note from the company. Viva Republica is a top Korean Fintech and parent company mobile platform Toss. The Fintech is now valued at $2.6 billion having raised ... |
| 14.08.2020 | Korea’s $2 Billion Unicorn Toss Join Forces With CIMB Bank Vietnam For In-App Banking Solution | Alongside big names like China and Singapore, South Korea is a rising star in the Asian tech giant battlefield. This nation of 50 million people is known for its tech-savvy population and general wealth – unsurprising for a country that is ... |
| 17.12.2019 | South Korea’s Viva Republica, a Fintech that Developed Toss, a Financial Services Platform, Gets Initial Approval for Digital Banking License | South Korea-based Viva Republica, a Fintech firm that developed Toss, a financial services platform, has been given preliminary approval for an online banking license from the Financial Services Commission of Korea, according to a December ... |
| 08.08.2019 | South Korean fintech unicorn Toss scores $64m in fresh funding | Premium
Hong Kong-based Asian equity investment firm Aspex Management has led a $64-million funding round for South Korean fintech startup Viva Republica, the PayPal-backed creator of financial services platform Toss.
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| 15.01.2019 | Top 5 Fintech Startups to Watch in Korea in 2019 | South Korea is well-known as one of the most wired countries in the world with good education and a top global economy. |
| 10.12.2018 | Top startup news for today, Monday, December 10 | Good morning! Here are some of the top technology startup news stories for today, Monday, December 10.
Korea’s Viva Republica raises $80 million to expand in Southeast Asia; now valued at $1.2 billion. Viva Republica, a Korea digital walle... |
| 10.12.2018 | Term Sheet — Monday, December 10 | KLEINER SHAKE-UP
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| 10.12.2018 | Viva Republica, the maker of financial services platform Toss, raises $80 million to expand in Southeast Asia; now valued at $1.2 billion | Viva Republica, maker of financial services mobile app Toss and provider of the simplest P2P mobile payments platform in Korea, has raised a $80 million round of funding at a $1.2 billion valuation to become a unicorn startup. The latest ro... |
| 10.12.2018 | South Korean fintech platform Toss secures $80m funding at $1.2b valuation | Premium
Seoul-based fintech startup Viva Republica, the PayPal-backed maker of financial services platform Toss, on Monday announced that it has secured $80 million in a funding round that valued the company at $1.2 billion.
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| 09.12.2018 | Payment Service Toss Becomes Korea's Newest Unicorn After Raising $80M | - |
| 19.06.2018 | Singapore’s GIC, Sequoia China invest $40m in Korean fintech startup Viva Republica | Premium
Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC and venture investor Sequoia Capital China have together invested $40 million in the funding round of Seoul-based Viva Republica, the parent of financial services app Toss, as per an announcement ... |
| 18.06.2018 | Financial Services App Toss Raises $40M in Funding | Viva Republica, a Seoul, South Korea-based maker of a financial services app called Toss, raised $40m in funding.
The round, led by GIC and Sequoia China, brought the total amount raised to date to $116m.
The company intends to use the fund... |
| 18.06.2018 | Toss, Korea’s top payment app, raises $40M from Sequoia China and Singapore’s GIC | The largest payment app in South Korea, Toss, has pulled in $40 million in fresh investment from Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC and Sequoia China.
The deal for Viva Republica, Toss’s parent company, comes just over a year after it rais... |
| 18.06.2018 | Viva Republica, the maker of financial services app Toss, raises $40 million from GIC and Sequoia China | Viva Republica, Korea’s foremost fintech startup and maker of financial services app Toss, has raised $40 million round of funding to gain significant momentum in accelerating its growth and enhancing product development. The latest round i... |
| 13.03.2018 | Fintech Startups in Korea to Watch in 2018 | South Korea is on the verge of a Fintech revolution and 2018 looks to be a very important year. The issue will be in regards to the role cryptocurrencies will play in the financial sector. The ongoing evolution of blockchain-based services ... |
| 20.09.2017 | Top 10 Money Transfer Apps in Asia | For many developing countries in the world, remittances play a key role in their economies, contributing to economic growth and to the livelihoods of those nations.
In 2016, more than US$440 billion went to developing countries that involve... |
| 16.09.2017 | Top 10 Fintech Startups in South Korea | Fintech has become a hot topic in South Korea, fueled by the government’s ambition to position the country as a center for tech companies and a commitment of US$230 million to help foster startups, and driven by the financial services secto... |
| 10.03.2017 | Viva Republica, Maker of Toss, Closes $48M Series C Funding | Viva Republica, the Seoul, Korea-based company behind P2P money transfer app Toss, closed a $48m Series C funding.
The round was led by Goodwater Capital with participation from PayPal Holdings, Inc.(Nasdaq: PYPL), Bessemer Venture Partners... |
| 10.03.2017 | Paypal joins Goodwater-led $48m round for Korea’s Viva Republica | Premium
US giant PayPal has joined a $48-million series B funding round, led by Goodwater Capital, into Viva Republica, the company behind Korean financial services app Toss.
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| 10.03.2017 | Term Sheet — Friday, March 10 | MAYBE WINTER REALLY ISN’T COMING
Good morning, Term Sheet readers. In today’s guest column, Upfront Ventures managing partner Mark Suster returns to examine why venture capitalists are so optimistic for the year ahead.
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| 09.03.2017 | Korea’s top financial services startup lands $48M from PayPal and others | Viva Republica, the company behind Korean financial services app Toss, has closed a $48 million Series C funding round that includes a strategic investment from payment giant PayPal.
The deal is PayPal’s second investment this year — coming... |
| 15.01.2017 | Innovation under the hood will rev the engines of a fintech revolution | Matt Heiman Contributor
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| 04.10.2016 | S Korea: Viva Republica gets $23m Series B from Goodwater Capital, Qualcomm | Premium
South Korea based Viva Republica – a mobile payment app developer – has raised a $23.7 million series B funding from Goodwater Capital and Qualcomm Ventures with participation from existing investors, Altos Venture and KTB Network.
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| 29.09.2016 | Mobile Payments App Maker Viva Republica Raises $23.7M | Viva Republica, a Seoul, South Korea-based developer of a mobile payments app, closed a $23.7m Series B funding.
The round was led by Goodwater Capital and Qualcomm Ventures, with participation from existing investors Altos Ventures and KTB... |
| 11.02.2016 | Toss Lab Raises $4.5M | Toss Lab, an Asian enterprise software startup, raised a pre-Series A convertible funding.
The round, which was led by Qualcomm, through its venture investment arm Qualcomm Ventures, and HnAP, brought Toss Lab’s total funding to date to ove... |
| - | The best banks in the Asia-Pacific region, according to customers | SINGAPORE — Customers in Asia-Pacific have picked their favorite banks as lenders scramble to meet consumer expectations in a fast-changing environment.
After a prolonged period of high inflation — and interest rates — banks in the region a... |
| - | Toss | “Everything in finance, easy and easy at Toss” |
| - | Super fintech Viva Republica raises $410M off its success in tech-savvy South Korea | The news: The mega-round brings the South Korea-based fintech’s valuation to $7.4 billion, up from $2.3 billion in August last year, per TechCrunch.
What does it do? Viva Republica is the parent company of super app Toss, which offers a wid... |
| - | You massive Toss-er! Viva Republica grabs $173m funding | South Korean fintech firm Viva Republica has been tossed $173 million in funding to take its valuation to $2.6 billion.
The Seoul-based outfit is the owner of peer-to-peer payment service Toss. This latest round was led by Viva Republica’s ... |
