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Big Tech expands territory beyond payments into financial infrastructure

Fintech and Big Tech firms are expanding financial services beyond payments and transfers into identity verification, offline payments, venture capital and corporate finance. Toss, Kakao Pay and Naver Pay can use a government network to verify resident registration cards, strengthening non-face-to-face checks and fraud prevention. Naver Pay launched Npay Startup with the Financial Supervisory Service. Kakao Pay Securities secured an investment dealing licence. Financial groups are revamping second-half strategies as household lending rises and regulators review IT controls and network separation rules.