{"id":777009642,"date":"2023-09-27T07:12:26","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T10:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777009642"},"modified":"2026-04-22T17:41:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T20:41:33","slug":"sands-china-partners-with-kakao-pay-in-bid-to-attract-korean-tourism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/sands-china-partners-with-kakao-pay-in-bid-to-attract-korean-tourism","title":{"rendered":"Sands China partners with Kakao Pay in bid to attract Korean tourism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The collaboration aims to facilitate cross-border mobile payments for South Korean tourists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- <strong>Sands China<\/strong> has established a partnership with <strong>Kakao Pay<\/strong>, a South Korean mobile payment and digital wallet service. The collaboration also involves <strong>Macau Pass SA<\/strong>, which operates a contactless smartcard that can be used to pay for bus fares, shopping and dining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The casino operator said the collaboration aimed to attract more Korean tourists by facilitating seamless transactions for those visiting Macau. Its launch coincides with the annual Chuseok festival, when many South Koreans travel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sun Ho, the chairman and CEO of Macau Pass, expressed optimism about the collaboration&#8217;s potential to create a connected international digital payment ecosystem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-hotel-occupancy-to-surpass-pre-pandemic-levels-mha-says\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Macau hotel occupancy to surpass pre-pandemic levels, MHA says<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The collaboration aims to facilitate cross-border mobile payments for South Korean tourists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26755,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Sands China has established a strategic partnership with South Korean mobile payment provider Kakao Pay and Macau Pass SA to facilitate seamless cross-border mobile payments for South Korean tourists visiting Macau. This collaboration aims to enhance the customer experience, attract a key demographic, and potentially boost GGR, coinciding with the annual Chuseok festival.","focusai_entities":"Sands China, Kakao Pay, Macau Pass SA, Sun Ho","focusai_location":"Macau, South Korea","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.75), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (0.9), product_ux (0.85), tech_data (0.8), marketing_crm (0.85), payments_fraud_aml (0.95), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.85), journalist_researcher (0.8)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Uplift Projection?","query":"What is the projected incremental Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) contribution from South Korean tourists for Sands China, attributable to this enhanced payment facilitation?"},{"label":"AML\/KYC Framework Impact?","query":"How will this cross-border mobile payment integration necessitate adjustments or enhancements to the existing Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Know Your Customer (KYC) compliance frameworks for Sands China and its payment partners?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[23906,21680],"class_list":["post-777009642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-macau-casinos","tag-sands-china"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777009642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777009642"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777009642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777041247,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777009642\/revisions\/777041247"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777009642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777009642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777009642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}