Finance
KakaoBank expands services for foreign residents, from account opening to overseas remittances
KakaoBank is expanding services for foreign residents in South Korea, offering mobile account opening without branch visits, dedicated verification and multilingual support. It introduced a foreigner account, check cards, overseas remittances and multilingual counselling. Customers can submit documents in-app and obtain balance and transaction statements. Fees for transfers and ATM use are waived under the same conditions as domestic customers. KakaoBank plans to add deposits, open banking and loan comparison next year.
