Leveraging on SK Group’s fintech expertise


Ken Choi is executive president of SK Supex Council in charge of global business development,

PETALING JAYA: BigPay, an AirAsia Digital portfolio company and a leading financial technology or fintech company in South-East Asia, will leverage on SK Group’s financial related technologies and know-how if its application for a digital banking licence is successful.

SK Group, which controls SK Telecom, South Korea’s leading telecommunications company, is the second largest conglomerate in South Korea with a market capitalisation of US$177bil (RM741bil). In August 2021, SK Group announced it is investing up to US$100mil (RM419mil) into BigPay.

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