IT information services company Hekto Innovation said on Thursday it surpassed 100 billion won in quarterly revenue for the first time since its founding, backed by growth in its IT services business and expanded results in fintech and healthcare.

The company said it posted 112.3 billion won in consolidated revenue and 14.6 billion won in operating profit in the first quarter of 2026. That was up 25.4 percent and 24.1 percent, respectively, from a year earlier.

Key business segments including IT services, fintech and healthcare grew and led the strong performance. Operating margin came to 13.0 percent, improving from 10.5 percent in the previous quarter. Profitability in the fintech segment improved sharply and led growth.

By segment, IT services revenue rose 16.0 percent from a year earlier on the launch of new services and an expanded customer base. Fintech revenue grew 25.1 percent from a year earlier, driven by expanded easy cash payments based on its own membership model and an increase in new merchants. Healthcare revenue rose 30.3 percent from a year earlier on new product launches and the effect of diversifying distribution channels.

This year, Hekto Innovation plans to accelerate the buildout of a stablecoin ecosystem linking a wallet, payment and platform, centered on Hekto Wallet One blockchain infrastructure. To do so, it plans to strengthen competitiveness of its own B2C app platform while working with Hekto Wallet One to introduce new services linked to digital asset wallets.

Hekto Innovation recently launched a professional baseball game prediction platform, Polyball, and is accumulating use cases that allow users to naturally experience digital asset wallets in the reward payment process. Its weather information app, Nalssidol, is to be developed into a personalized platform covering broader lifestyle areas beyond simply providing weather information.

Hekto Innovation is also participating in the public testnet of Arc, a blockchain mainnet dedicated to Circle stablecoins, as the only domestic partner company in the digital wallet field. Its subsidiary Hekto Financial joined the Circle Payment Network (CPN) earlier this year as an Arc fintech partner and has recently begun a proof of concept to build an automated stablecoin payout system for AI agents, speeding up efforts at the group level to build global payment and settlement infrastructure.

Hekto Healthcare also plans this year to expand its business scope beyond the boundaries of health functional foods to the broader healthcare food sector.

Hekto Innovation CEO Hyun-cheol Lee (이현철) said, "The first quarter this year delivered meaningful results, with all business segments growing simultaneously and quarterly revenue surpassing 100 billion won for the first time since our founding." He added, "We will continue to expand the business through strategic investment to secure mid- to long-term growth foundations, including the B2C app platform and digital asset wallet infrastructure, while strengthening stable profitability in existing businesses."