UPDATE 1-S.Korea’s Kakao Pay applies for preliminary IPO approval -Korea Exchange
SEOUL, April 26 (Reuters) – South Korean fintech company Kakao Pay Corp has applied for preliminary approval for an initial public offering (IPO), the Korea Exchange said on Monday.
Kakao Pay Corp, a unit of South Korea’s top mobile messaging service provider Kakao Corp, provides financial services including money transfer, saving accounts, asset management.
Kakao Corp is the largest shareholder with a 56.1% of Kakao Pay Corp as of end of 2020, followed by China’s Ant Group’s online platform Alipay’s 43.9% stake, Kakao Pay’s regulatory filing showed.
In 2017, Ant invested $200 million in Kakao Pay.
$1=1,110.5600 won Reporting by Heekyong Yang, Joyce Lee in Seoul and Scott Murdoch in Hong Kong; editing by Louise Heavens
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