BC Card, the largest payments processor in South Korea, says it is using blockchain technology to settle rewards points, according to an Aug. 27 report in the Chosun Ilbo.
The underlying technology is being provided by KT, the country's No. 2 telecom company and majority owner of BC Card.
With a KT Hyperledger Fabric-based offering, BC Card is processing the ordering and exchanging of points paid out by affinity partners, VIP points and vouchers.
BC Card had been handling the rewards manually but in the first half of 2019 it began to develop a blockchain application to do the work.
The article said that the company plans to apply blockchain technologies to additional tasks in the second half, though it did not provide details on what they may be.
KT has been an active proponent of blockchain technologies and an early mover.
The company, which counts NTT Docomo among its largest shareholders, introduced its own blockchain network in July 2018.
Korean financial institutions are rushing to apply blockchain technologies to consumer credit.
In July, Shinhan Card said that it had patented a blockchain system that allows for cardless credit transactions.
Earlier this month, the Woori Financial Group said that it is working with Ground X, Kakao's public blockchain, and may use the technology for Woori Card settlement.
South Korea's BC Card Is Using KT's Blockchain for Rewards Settlement
gepubliceerd op Aug 27, 2019
by Coindesk | gepubliceerd op Coinage
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