Toss adds Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai, Russian to its app

Viva Republica, operator of Korean fintech Toss, said Monday it has expanded the app's multilingual support to five foreign languages. Alongside English, the service now offers interfaces in Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai and Russian. According to Toss, the four newly added languages are among the most commonly used by foreign nationals residing in Korea, enabling more customers to access financial services in their preferred language through this expansion. As of the first half of this year, Toss recorded 460,000 non-Korean users. This growth was largely driven by improvements to its authentication system — such as resolving inconveniences caused by differences in name structures across countries. Additionally, enabling foreign users to handle everyday financial tasks such as remittances, payments and even medical bill reimbursements with the same ease as Korean users has also contributed to a rise in users. "With the addition of officially supported foreign languages, we expect significant improvements not only in users' understanding and trust in our services, but also in overall financialWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times