Kakao Pay FY 2025 Annual Report
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Filed: March 12, 2026· period ending December 31, 2025DART

Kakao Pay annual report for FY 2025, filed with DART (Korea Financial Supervisory Service) on March 12, 2026. This page provides AI-powered English analysis including business overview, management discussion & analysis (MD&A), risk factors, and KIFRS consolidated financial data such as revenue, net income, gross margin, operating margin, and return on equity (ROE).

Kakao Pay FY 2025 Annual Report Analysis

Business Overview

  • Kakao Pay revenue mix FY2025: payment services KRW 518.1B (54.1%), financial services KRW 388.0B (40.5%), platform services KRW 52.3B (5.5%); total KRW 958.4B, up 25% YoY
  • Financial services revenue surged +59% YoY to KRW 388.0B in FY2025, driven by KakaoPaySecurities (KRW 219.2B, +88% YoY) turning profitable with operating income KRW 42.7B vs. loss of KRW 25.2B prior year

Management Discussion & Analysis

  • FY2025 Kakao Pay revenue KRW 958.4B (+25.1% YoY); OP KRW 50.4B (first-ever annual profit, vs. loss of KRW 57.5B in FY2024); net income KRW 55.7B (vs. loss of KRW 21.5B)
  • Financial services segment drove top-line growth — revenue KRW 388.0B (+58.9% YoY), led by Kakao Pay Securities (Q4 equity trading volume exceeding KRW 40T/quarter, annual custody assets KRW 9.3T, +139.5% YoY) and Kakao Pay Insurance (6M cumulative subscribers)

Risk Factors

  • KRW 17.9B pre-tax income sensitivity to 1.0% interest rate move on variable-rate deposits
  • Price risk exposure KRW 1.27T in fair value through profit or loss equity securities at FY2025-end

Kakao Pay FY 2025 Key Financial Metrics
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Total Assets

KRW 5.34T

+20.9% YoY

Operating Cash Flow

KRW 118.6B

-6.6% YoY

CapEx

KRW 15.3B

+74.3% YoY

Source: KIFRS consolidated financial data from Kakao Pay annual report on DART. All figures in KRW.

Source: DART (Korea Financial Supervisory Service) · AI summaries generated from the original Korean filing (English output) · Beta: coverage is expanding