Kakao will launch a 4,900-won-a-month integrated membership bundling affiliate services including Gift, Tok Deal, Kakao Pay and Melon. The company said it will begin first-come, first-served sign-ups for a small group of users. Benefits include shopping points worth 0.5 to 5 percent of spending, Kakao Pay points for payments, monthly content choices between Emoticon Plus and Tok Cloud, and perks across KakaoPage, securities, insurance and music streaming.

Kakao Pay has launched a service that lets users make payments by linking Kakao Pay Money to an existing debit card without issuing a separate card. The company said on Aug. 26 it introduced \'Link My Card Money,\' which connects Kakao Pay Money to a physical debit card already issued. The service is initially available for Hana Card debit cards and will expand to additional partner card companies.