Kakao Bank

IPO

카카오뱅크

Seoul, South Korea · Founded 2016

Headquarters
Seoul
Employees
1001–5000
Founded
2016
Business Model
B2C

About

KakaoBank is South Korea's first and largest mobile-only bank, founded in 2016 as a joint venture between Kakao Corp and KB Kookmin Bank. Operating entirely through a smartphone app with no physical branches, it serves tens of millions of Korean retail customers with checking accounts, savings, loans, foreign exchange, and investment products. The bank went public on the Korea Exchange in 2021 and has since expanded beyond domestic retail banking — exporting its AI-driven mobile platform and credit-scoring technology to partners in Thailand, Indonesia, and Mongolia. Its conversational AI banking assistant surpassed 5 million users within one year of launch.

Summary

Kakao Bank is a Fintech company based in Seoul, South Korea, founded in 2016.

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Funding History

IPOAug 2021

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