Korea’s top chat app gives a glimpse of what Facebook Messenger payments could look like

There’s plenty of speculation that Facebook will introduce mobile payments to its Messenger app in the future, and South Korea’s top chat_app is giving the US company a glimpse of how it could_work. Kakao — which completed a $3 billion merger_recently and has_154 million registered users worldwide_– teased a payments solution in February, and now KakaoPay_has launched._Available in Korea — where it_claims an incredible 93 percent installation rate on all smartphones — the service is integrated into the Kakao Talk app and will_virtually store up to 20 credit and debit cards. KakaoPay is initially rolling out for Android, but there...
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