Toss founder Lee Seung-gun—onetime dentist, now Korea’s fintech maven—talks superapps, ‘rubbish ideas’, and IPO plans ‘in the near future’ 

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Lee Seung-gun's fintech platform Toss now boasts a userbase equal to more than half of South Korea's population.

Viva Republica’s profit also came from strong growth in Toss Securities, the platform’s stock trading service.

The Toss platform claims to have close to 30 million registered users, which would be equal to around 60% of South Korea’s entire population.

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Author / Journalist: Nicholas Gordon

Category: EconomyBusiness

Markets: United StatesSouth Korea

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Published On: 2025-04-23 @ 04:30:00 (2 days ago)

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