Electronic payment service agency (PG) transactions in South Korea averaged a record 1.7234 trillion won ($1.2 billion) per day in the first half of 2026, up 12.6% from a year earlier, according to Bank of Korea data. Daily PG transactions rose 12.1% to 36.57 million. Credit card processing averaged 1.2796 trillion won per day, while simple-payment services using passwords or biometric authentication reached a record 1.2264 trillion won, up 16.8%, with transactions increasing 12.8% to 38.22 million. Prepaid electronic payment services, including T-money, averaged 1.5535 trillion won daily, also a record. Electronic financial companies such as Naver Pay and Kakao Pay accounted for 55.4% of simple-payment transactions by value, while simple money transfers rose 19.8% in value even as transaction numbers fell 1.5%.