KakaoBank
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KakaoBank is a fully mobile, branchless bank that lets retail customers in South Korea open accounts, deposit money, and take out loans entirely through a smartphone app, with no physical branches.
It is listed on KOSPI, South Korea's main stock exchange, and serves individual consumers directly. Its business divides into two segments: a core banking arm providing standard deposit and lending products, and a platform arm that partners with both financial and non-financial companies to offer a broader range of services through the same app.
Summary is AI-generated and may contain errors · figures from DART filings
KakaoBank operates under a dedicated internet-only bank licence issued under South Korea's Banking Act, a regulatory category distinct from conventional commercial banks.
KakaoBank in five facts
What does KakaoBank do?
KakaoBank is a fully mobile, branchless bank that lets retail customers in South Korea open accounts, deposit money, and take out loans entirely through a smartphone app, with no physical branches.
Where is KakaoBank listed and in which sector?
KakaoBank (Korean name: 카카오뱅크) trades under KRX code 323410 on KOSPI, the main board of the Korea Exchange. It is classified in the Financials sector, Banks.
How large is KakaoBank?
Its market capitalisation was US$7.3B on 2026-10-21, which puts it in this site's large-cap group. US$ amounts are converted from won at 1 USD ≈ ₩1,325 (2026-10-21).
What were KakaoBank's latest annual revenue and operating profit?
For fiscal year 2025, KakaoBank reported revenue of US$2.3B and net income of US$331.3M, per its annual report on DART (data retrieved from DART on 2026-10-02). Revenue was up 4.8% on the previous year.
Where does this data come from?
Financial statements and filings come from DART, Korea's official corporate-filing system. Share prices, market capitalisation and trading status come from KRX. Company summaries are AI-generated from the filings and may contain errors; financial figures are mapped directly from DART.
Data sources and last updated
- Filings and financial statements
- DART (dart.fss.or.kr), Korea's official corporate-filing system
- Prices, market cap, trading status
- KRX (Korea Exchange), via FinanceDataReader
- Latest annual financials
- Fiscal year 2025, data retrieved from DART on 2026-10-02
- Share price and market cap
- Close of 2026-10-21
- Currency
- US$, converted from won at 1 USD ≈ ₩1,325 (2026-10-21 close)
- Company data updated
- 2026-10-21
- Company summary
- AI-generated from filings; may contain errors. Information only, not investment advice.
- DisclosureOct 16
- Investor relations (IR) meeting (notice)Oct 2
- Earnings release schedule notice (notice)Oct 2
- [quarterly, individual company] Large business group status disclosureAug 31
- Operating results (preliminary) (fair disclosure)
KakaoBank filed provisional (unaudited) separate results for Q2 2026: revenue of US$583M (+6.55% year on year), operating profit of US$136M (+14.02% year on year) and net income of US$99M (+11.48% year on year).
Earnings · Aug 5 - Decision to acquire shares/equity in another company (voluntary)
KakaoBank disclosed an acquisition of Mastern Capital Co., Ltd., worth US$15.6M.
M&A · Jun 25 - Operating results (preliminary) (fair disclosure)
KakaoBank filed provisional (unaudited) separate results for Q1 2026: revenue of US$567M (+4.43% year on year), operating profit of US$109M (−13.89% year on year) and net income of US$130M (+36.3% year on year).
Earnings · May 6 - [Amended] Cash/in-kind dividend decision
KakaoBank updated its declared cash dividend of US$0.32 per share.
Dividend · Feb 27 · 2 versions - Operating results (preliminary) (fair disclosure)
KakaoBank filed provisional (unaudited) separate results for Q4 2025: revenue of US$525M (+1.57% year on year), operating profit of US$100M (+26.19% year on year) and net income of US$72.7M (+24.57% year on year).
Earnings · Feb 4