Summary

  • NHN said it will expand related businesses by positioning stablecoins and the AI-based payments market as future growth drivers.
  • NHN said NHN KCP is expanding cooperation with overseas technology companies and related institutions by participating in Google's AP2 and the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF).
  • Chief Executive Officer Chung Woo-jin said NHN aims to establish itself as a leading player in stablecoins and AI agent payments.

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NHN is expanding into stablecoins and artificial intelligence-based payments, positioning both businesses as future growth drivers.

On its third-quarter 2026 earnings conference call on November 10, NHN said it is mobilizing capabilities across the group to develop next-generation payment services using digital assets and AI. It added that it is preparing related businesses, with particular attention to the growth potential of the stablecoin payments market.

Through its payments affiliate NHN KCP, the company is also expanding cooperation with overseas technology companies and related institutions. NHN KCP is participating in Google's AI agent payment standard protocol, AP2, and has also joined the Agentic AI Foundation, or AAIF, under the Linux Foundation.

NHN said those partnerships will help it adapt to a new transaction environment in which AI executes payments on behalf of users and build a foundation for payment services using digital assets.

Chief Executive Officer Chung Woo-jin said NHN aims to establish itself as a leading player in businesses that could become future growth engines, including stablecoins and AI agent payments.

Suehyeon Lee