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Face payment gains traction as Naver Pay, Toss intensify infrastructure race
Competition in offline payment terminals is heating up as face payment draws attention and spreads, prompting Naver Pay and Toss to race to expand merchant networks. Naver Pay is pushing its Npay Connect terminal, linking payments to reviews, coupons and other services, and says installations have surpassed 100,000 stores. Toss is expanding FacePay use cases with its Toss Front terminal, citing growth to over 6 million registered users and widening partnerships and events.
Games & Commerce
Naver to remove \'digital barriers\' for foreigners with passport verification
Naver is moving to address a key inconvenience for foreign tourists in South Korea: the lack of a domestic phone number for identity verification. The company said it has introduced a passport verification service for users holding passports issued overseas. It said short-term visitors can complete identity checks using only a smartphone and then access O2O services such as place reservations via Naver Map, restaurant orders and easy payments at the same level as locals.
Games & Commerce
Naver to disclose place star ratings from July, adds on-off option for business owners
Naver will resume disclosing cumulative average star ratings on SmartPlace reviews, aiming to provide a more reliable place-search experience. It will switch accumulated numeric information on Place reviews to full disclosure from July, and from July 9 it plans to show cumulative average ratings and individual user ratings in key areas where Place reviews appear. The average will combine data accumulated before Oct. 25, 2021, with new data collected this year. Business owners will be able to toggle display on or off.
