This article showcases our top picks for the best Seoul based FinTech companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the FinTech industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
Top Seoul FinTech Startups
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Toss
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Toss is a mobile finance platform used to simplify the payment procedure.
Korbit
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Korbit provides online bitcoin exchange, wallet, and merchant processor services.
Dunamu
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Dunamu provides a wide range of innovative services with a focus on fintech and blockchain.
Klaytn
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Klaytn is an enterprise-grade, service-centric platform that brings user-friendly blockchain experience.
Anchor Protocol
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Anchor Protocol is a savings platform that provides crypto natives, fintech companies, and investors a stable, high interest rate finance.
PeopleFund
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PeopleFund is Korea’s leading digital lender focused on consumer finance.
Fount
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Fount Inc. Is an asset management Robo-Advisor startup founded in 2015.
WireBarley
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A cross-border payment platform with a strong foothold in Asia that entered U.S & Canada for the 1st time among Korean remittance companies.
Kasa
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Kasa is a financial service platform that allows people to invest in commercial real estate.
Doomoolmori
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Doomoolmori provides AI wealth management and data analytics solutions to financial institutions, and robo-advisory services to end users.
Terra
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Terra is a price-stable cryptocurrency designed for mass adoption.
VegaX Holdings
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VegaX Holdings is a cryptocurrency index platform providing actionable crypto-indexes & index-based asset management products for investors.
Dongnae
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Making great housing more affordable and accessible to renters in Korea.
DAYLI Financial Group
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A leading Fintech company in Asia providing data tech solutions, digital wealth management, and lead-generation services
Coinone
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Coinone provides blockchain-related financial services including cryptocurrency exchange, asset management and trading matching engines.
rainist / 레이니스트
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Rainist is a one of the fastest growing Korean startup that helps users to manage money fun and easy.
TESSA
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Alternative investment platform for the purchase, sale and trade of fractionalized ownership interests in investment-grade blue-chip artwork
AIZEN Global
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Redesigning Digital Banking with AI Lending Platform ‘CreditConnect’, powered by proprietary AutoML platform ABACUS
MOIN, Inc.
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MOIN is a Blockchain-based global money transfer service, which is fast, convenient, and reasonably priced, focusing on Asia countries.
Lendit
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#1 online lending marketplace for unsecured personal loans in Korea
Ascensive Assets
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Ascensive Asset is a private investment firm focusing solely on digital assets industry
HonestFund
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Fintech, Marketplace Lending, Alternative Investment
Bankware Global
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Bankware Global is a company specialising in enterprise software for banks and financial services, with its headquarters in Seoul
Quantec
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Quantec provides individual optimized portfolio provision services through discretionary financial investment with Robo-Advisor technology.
AIM (Automated Investment Management)
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AIM is an online platform that allows its users to make trades and investments via smartphone.
Albam
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Payroll, Human Capital Management(HCM) service for SMBs, Payday Loan/Hiring/Insurance
Streami
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Blockchain remittance middleware and infra provider for financial service providers
QARA Soft
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Fintech start-up that provides online investment advisory and asset management services using deep-learning technology.
Superbly
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Superbly provides the payment authentication system that utilizes IT Fin Tech including authentication, information security and payment.
KEX
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KEX is a globally-renowned digital asset trading exchange founded in August 2017 and headquartered in Seoul, South Korea…
KT investment Inc.
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KT Investment Inc. is a venture capital arm of KT Corporation. The firm was founded in 2015 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.
Dunamu & Partners
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Dunamu & Partners is the investment arm of Dunamu, primarily investing in blockchain&fintech, data&AI, and consumer services sectors.
ProBit Exchange customer support
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ProBit Exchange is a global Top 20 crypto exchange in real daily trading volume that has successfully completed over 200 rounds of IEO.
Bitribe
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Bitribe is a cryptocurrency trading platform for digital currency aggregation transactions.
Smallticket
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Digital insurance brokerage platform that provides with the customized policies and services for micro-segmented groups
Global Money Express
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Financial Services based on Mobile App
Upbit Singapore Pte. Ltd.
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Upbit Singapore Pte. Ltd. was incorporated in Seoul, Korea in April 2012, and is one of the country’s leading fintech companies.
Shinhan Financial Group
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Shinhan Bank, is a bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea.
Beyond Finance
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Beyond Finance is a decentralized platform for creating and trading synthetic financial products.
Gowid
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Gowid is a fintech company that provides corporate credit cards, instalments, loans and B2B financial services for start-ups.
Spendit
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Spendit is a B2B fintech company in Seoul, Korea.
Cross Remittance
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Cross is a payments service that introduced South Korea’s first blockchain-powered remittance service
CrePASS Solutions
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Peer-to-Peer Financial Integration Platform
Solidware
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Solidware builds Machine Learning-based predictive models for financial services companies to make more profits.
Kaist Venture Investment Holdings
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Kaist Venture Investment Holdings is a startup company that invests in startups that solve social problems through innovative technologies.
Korea Tech Incubator Program For Startup
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R&D fund for Korean startups who secured at least $100,000 from designated startup VCs or Accelerators
TBT
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TBT utilizes its industry knowledge and experience to help companies build services and products that can make the world a better place.
Metaps Plus
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As a part of Metaps Group listed in Tokyo Stock Exchange(TSE: 6172), Metaps Plus is a leading fintech/blockchain platform in South Korea
Funding ForYou
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Funding ForYou is a crowdfunding platform for investors, business partners, and shareholders.
Finnq
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Finnq is a mobile-based app platform that offers deposits, loans, insurance, and other financial services.
UUNIO
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UUNIO is a SNS marketplace based on the blockchain technology with the actual reward system.
Newsystock
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Newsystock is a Robo-Portfolio platform based on Quant providing simulation and analysis infra and algorithm market for retail investors.
Daybit
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Daybit is a Korea-based cryptocurrency spot exchange platform.
M-Venture Investment
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M-Venture Investment Inc. is a venture capital firm specializing in investments in small and medium companies in startup stage. The firm
Blockchain Revolution Partners
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Blockchain Revolution Partners is a blockchain-specialized company that invests in promising blockchain companies.
DA:Ground
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DA:Ground is a FinTech startup that actualizes connected finance via blockchain and other new technologies.
SBI Savings Bank
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SBI Savings Bank provides advanced financial services.
Teamwink
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Teamwink is a fin-tech company that provides an easy loan comparison and collection platform using data technologies.
Bilibit
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Bilibit is a fintech company that provides blockchain, cryptocurrency, and IT support services to businesses and individuals.
GDAC(PEERTECH)
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GDAC(PEERTECH) provides new and diverse investment opportunities based on digital asset trading.
InBioGen Co Ltd
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InBioGen Co Ltd is a blockchain platform focused on digital innovation using ICT, blockchain, and fintech technologies.
Lucidefi
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Making defi investments easy, smart, and profitable
Korbot
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South Korean Cryptocurrency Algorithmic Trading Company.
Samsung Securities
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Samsung Securities provides personalized asset management service to individual investors
BLOCKCHAIN i
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BLOCKCHAIN i mission is to offer their clients most profitable, disciplined professional cryptocurrency managers and their strategies.
Payhere
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Payhere is a fintech company that provides card terminals and online payment gateway services for multiple industries.
Secucen Co
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Secusen is a security firm that specialises in biometric information recognition-based identity verification and digital signature services,
Childly
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Childly specializes in a digital wallet that provides the digital transfer of financial assets, trading services, and crypto exchange.
JRF
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JRF is a global remittance fintech company that focuses on currency exchanges and e-payment solutions.
BankBE
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BankBE is an app that provides internet banking services.
KLIM Solution
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KLIM Solution provides big data technology, fintech solution, and mobile marketing technology services.
Galaxia Money Tree
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Galaxia Money Tree is a financial data aggregation platform that provides a personal finance app and a cloud-based accounting service.
Albit
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Albit is a fintech company that offers part-time labor jobs.
XRP Trade
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XRP Trade offers ripple exchange, payment, legal advice, accounting firms, and remittance system development services.
Blockbridge Partners
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Products and solutions to streamline processes for blockchain startups and refining tokenized fundraising models.
Crizen Solution
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Crizen Solution offers integrated IT solutions for the FinTech sector.
Fire seed
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Fire seed is a payment service app that allows anyone to easily create a card payment window.
Cakeplabs
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CakepLabs is a South Korean based company which concern about Financial Technology (Fintech) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) development.
Vanguard Lab
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Vanguard Lab is a financial IT consulting, and SI/SM company.
OpenTerminal
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OpenTerminal is a payment software development kit for the fintech service provider.
Qexchange
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Qexchange is a Fintech company that develops and researches IT technology focusing on financial services.
White Playground
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White Playground specializes in AML transaction monitoring and RegTech.
Deibigs
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Deibigs provides blockchain fintech, AI service, technology consulting and solutions
SM SOFT LAB
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SM SOFT LAB provides an optimized platform for the financial market.
Fast Forward
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Fast Forward is an app development company that operates DOMINO, an investment management app.
IMAS
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IMAS is an information technology company that provides mobility management and fintech solutions.
Social Investments
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Social Investments is a South Korea-based company that provides stock investment recommendations from consultants through smart apps.
Directional
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Directional is a blockchain-based stock lending platform.
TALK STOCK
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TALK STOCK is a trading platform that offers online stock broker services.
shaashop
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Shaashop allows shoppers to easily purchase items from foreign e-commerce websites.
Cyber Korea
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Cyber Korea engages in fintech, smart travel, and AR technology business.