- CEO
- Myung-Soo Im
- Full Time Employees
- 281
- Sector
- Finance
- Industry
- Finance/Rental/Leasing
- Address
- Seoul South Korea
- IPO Date
- Jan 20, 1998
- Business
- Korea Information & Communication Co., Ltd. (KICC) is a South Korea-based financial technology and telecommunications service provider primarily engaged in financial value-added network (VAN) and electronic payment gateway (PG) services. Founded in 1986 and headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, the company operates across two principal business segments: Financial VAN and Payment Services, and Venture Capital Investment. The company provides a comprehensive suite of payment processing, merchant management, and transaction routing solutions, including wired and wireless credit card terminals, electronic signature pads, and mobile card reader dongles marketed under the EasyCheck brand; Point of Sale (POS) hardware, self-service ordering kiosks, and customized retail and restaurant software under the EasyPOS brand, complemented by merchant analytics tools such as EasyPOS Mobile Pro; online payment gateway and electronic payment settlement services under the EasyPAY brand, supporting digital wallets, credit cards, and cross-border transaction methods; tax-free shopping and foreign tourist value-added tax (VAT) refund services under the EasyTaxRefund brand, operated via dedicated merchant terminals, automated kiosks, and airport refund desks; dynamic currency conversion (DCC) and multi-currency acquiring platforms; and venture capital investment, startup incubation, and fund management services through its subsidiary, Seoul Investment Partners Co., Ltd. The company primarily serves domestic merchants, retail franchises, hospitality businesses, e-commerce platforms, card issuers, and international visitors across South Korea. In recent developments, Korea Information & Communication has expanded its contactless near-field communication (NFC) transaction network and terminal infrastructure to accommodate global payment systems, including Apple Pay integration in the South Korean market, and has been selected to participate as an infrastructure partner in the Bank of Korea's central bank digital currency (CBDC) payment pilot project. Furthermore, the company has broadened its merchant services ecosystem through continuous software updates to its EasyPOS Mobile platform and the deployment of modernized self-service tax refund kiosks at international transit centers.