[Digital Today reporter Chi-gyu Hwang] Hancom said on April 9 it signed 3 strategic memorandums of understanding with major Japanese companies at 2026 Japan IT Week Spring held in Tokyo on April 8.

Hancom showcased digital trust solutions spanning AI, biometric recognition and electronic document-based technologies at the exhibition.

Hancom signed MOUs with Cyberlinks and Sun Digital System, respectively, and will jointly pursue a biometric authentication and verification systems business targeting Japan’s finance and enterprise markets. With Money Partners Solutions, it will pursue cooperation across membership management and membership sign-up screening systems for digital trust solutions.

Cyberlinks is an operator of a My Number Card-based public personal authentication (JPKI) platform business in Japan and provides SaaS services in the public, distribution and trust fields. Money Partners Solutions is developing systems in fintech, including e-wallets and payments, and in AI applications. Sun Digital System provides personal information identification and behavior analysis solutions based on video analytics technology.

Through the cooperation, Hancom will pursue localisation of biometric authentication-based services optimised for systems and conditions in the Japanese market. It plans to advance non-face-to-face identity verification (eKYC) services usable in the finance and public sectors, in particular by linking with the public authentication framework (JPKI) that uses the My Number Card.

Hancom CEO Yeon-soo Kim (김연수) said, "This cooperation will serve as an opportunity for Hancom’s digital trust solutions to expand into real business in the Japanese market." He added, "We will rapidly broaden use cases in the finance and public sectors centered on AI-based authentication technology."