– Authenticate entry to unmanned convenience store ‘Signature ’ by scanning QR code
– After testing at three major stores, it will be applied to about 100 stores nationwide starting next month.
Kakao (Co-CEOs Yeo Min-soo and Jo Soo-yong ), in partnership with Korea Seven, will launch a service that allows users to enter 7-Eleven smart convenience store ‘Signature’ using KakaoTalk wallet QR from the 17th .
Wallet QR is a service that allows offline access or authentication using a QR code . Users who have been issued a Kakao certificate can check the wallet QR on the Kakao certificate card in the KakaoTalk wallet or on the wallet home page .
When a user scans the KakaoTalk wallet QR on the ‘access authentication terminal’ installed at the entrance of 7-Eleven Signature, the door opens and the convenience store can be used . Consent to provide personal information is required upon first use , and consent is maintained for 90 days . Kakao and Korea Seven plan to expand the service to all 100 Signature stores nationwide starting in June after conducting a test operation at three major Signature stores .
Korea Seven DT Innovation Team Leader Lee Yun-ho said, “ As the non-face-to-face consumption trend increases in the aftermath of COVID-19 and the number of hybrid stores operating unmanned late at night continues to increase, we have joined hands with Kakao to introduce this service to increase customer convenience.” “In the future, we will expand various access authentication methods to help consumers use and shop more conveniently, ” he said .
Jinhyuk Ahn, head of Kakao’s Wallet Business Department, said , “This partnership is the first case of using KakaoTalk Wallet in an offline space , ” and added , “We will expand its use by joining hands with partners in various areas of daily life in the future . “
The number of users who have issued Kakao certificates from KakaoTalk Wallet recently exceeded 12 million . From January 2021 to present, the number of simple authentication logins to the National Tax Service’s Hometax, Government 24, and Kookmin Newspaper using Kakao certificates has reached a total of 23 million .
Source: Pangyo Techno Valley Official Newsroom
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