{"id":182303,"date":"2025-11-15T16:25:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T16:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/182303\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T16:25:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T16:25:28","slug":"living-in-korea-kakao-pay-just-made-payments-easier-for-foreigners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/182303\/","title":{"rendered":"Living in Korea? Kakao Pay just made payments easier for foreigners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New interface adds multilingual support, simplified menus, localized financial info<\/p>\n<p>       <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/news-p.v1.20251112.ed1d24a0c297490a8ea65a71f4ebf305_P1.png\" alt=\"Kakao Pay's Global Home (Kakao Pay)\"\/>     Kakao Pay&#8217;s Global Home (Kakao Pay)  <\/p>\n<p>Kakao Pay has rolled out a new feature called \u201cGlobal Home,\u201d designed specifically for foreign residents in Korea to make mobile payments and transfers, and to make everyday financial management easier.<\/p>\n<p>The mobile payment firm said Wednesday that the new interface addresses long-standing pain points foreign users face when navigating the Korean-language app, streamlining access to the most-used services and adding multilingual support.<\/p>\n<p>The launch targets a growing demographic. As of 2024, 2.65 million foreigners reside in Korea, with about 740,000 already using Kakao Pay \u2014 or roughly 1 in 3.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe developed \u2018Global Home\u2019 so foreigners can enjoy a convenient and safe financial life in Korea without language barriers,\u201d a Kakao Pay official said.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s new in Global Home<\/p>\n<p><b>Simplified main screen: <\/b>Key services like money transfers, payments and transportation cards are now placed up front for quicker access.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Clearer English labels: Terms have been updated to make more sense for non-Korean users<\/li>\n<li>\u201cK Pass\u201d has become \u201cCharge Transportation Card\u201d (for topping up transit cards)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cCredit Management\u201d has become \u201cCredit Score\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Excludes unavailable services: <\/b>Options not open to foreign residents, such as securities accounts and certain insurance products, have been removed for a cleaner interface.<\/p>\n<p><b>Useful local info: <\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How to issue mobile ID cards<\/li>\n<li>Government subsidy programs for residents<\/li>\n<li>A \u201cGood Deal Benefits\u201d section lists discounts and promotions in multiple languages<\/li>\n<li>Now available in English, Chinese and Vietnamese, with plans to add more languages over time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>sunblessyou@heraldcorp.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New interface adds multilingual support, simplified menus, localized financial info Kakao Pay&#8217;s Global Home (Kakao Pay) Kakao Pay&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":182304,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[257],"tags":[5402,18,19,17,5403,5399,5398,5404,279,5400,5401,82,5397,5406,5407,5405],"class_list":{"0":"post-182303","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-asia-news","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-k-pop","13":"tag-koreaherald","14":"tag-korean-news","15":"tag-kpop","16":"tag-mobile","17":"tag-south-korea-news","18":"tag-south-korea-news-in-english","19":"tag-technology","20":"tag-the-korea-herald","21":"tag-5406","22":"tag-5407","23":"tag-5405"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115554649882172956","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}