NHN is consolidating group-wide capabilities to prepare for payments centered on digital assets, stablecoins and AI. During its third-quarter 2026 earnings conference call on Nov. 10, the company said it was proactively preparing a stablecoin business. Payments subsidiary NHN KCP is also expanding cooperation with the global technology ecosystem by joining Google’s AP2, a standard protocol for agent payments, and the Agentic AI Foundation, or AAIF, under the Linux Foundation. NHN CEO Chung Woo-jin said the group aims to establish itself as a market-leading player in potential future growth areas, including stablecoins and AI agent payments.