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

A promotional image for Toss app / Courtesy of Viva Republica

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 financial accessibility," a Toss official said.

"Toss has been continuously strengthening the foundation for its multilingual services through an in-house dedicated team, aiming to become a platform where anyone can manage their financial life conveniently, regardless of language."

Meanwhile, Toss plans to continue expanding its language support, with additional foreign languages to be introduced gradually later this year and early next year.

Languages currently under consideration include Japanese, Uzbek, Nepali, Indonesian, Filipino, Burmese, Mongolian, Sinhala and Kazakh.