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Kakao Pay shifts to loss in 2023

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Kakao Pay CEO Shin Won-keun speaks at a press conference in Conrad hotel, Yeongdeungpo district, Seoul, May 15, 2023. Yonhap

Kakao Pay CEO Shin Won-keun speaks at a press conference in Conrad hotel, Yeongdeungpo district, Seoul, May 15, 2023. Yonhap

Kakao Pay on Tuesday reported its 2023 net loss of 25.2 billion won ($18.9 million), swinging from a profit of 26.8 billion won a year earlier.

The company said in a regulatory filing that it continued to post an operating loss of 56.6 billion won for the year, compared with a loss of 45.5 billion won a year earlier. Sales rose 18 percent to 615.4 billion won. (Yonhap)