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KT partners with Seoul Credit Guarantee Foundation to support growth of young small merchants

KT said on Wednesday it signed a memorandum of understanding with the Seoul Credit Guarantee Foundation to support the growth of young small merchants. The agreement links KT’s youth small business programme, Y-iro-un Store, with the Seoul city government and the foundation’s youth restaurant start-up support programme, Prep Academy. The two sides will cooperate on branding, marketing, content production and digital skills to strengthen the competitiveness of young entrepreneurs’ stores.

Finance

KakaoPay joins NH NongHyup Bank alternative credit scoring model development

KakaoPay will join a NH NongHyup Bank-led consortium to develop an alternative credit scoring model using MyData and payment and remittance information. The companies signed a multilateral memorandum of understanding on July 15 at NH NongHyup Bank's new building in Seoul, KakaoPay said on Wednesday. Participants will combine non-financial data, credit scoring modelling capabilities and AI technology to build a joint model for use in financial products.

Crypto

Bitcoin social media interest cools as old whales sell and new whales buy

Bitcoin is moving sideways around $64,000 as large holders take opposing positions. Wallets holding 100 to 1,000 BTC sold about 67,000 BTC in a day, about $4.3 billion, while other on-chain data show new whale wallets accumulating. Crypto talk on major platforms fell to the second-lowest daily level since October 2024. U.S. spot bitcoin ETF flows turned negative, and Glassnode said key cost-basis levels remain above market prices.