KakaoBank opens app to foreign residents, enabling remote account opening Foreign residents can now open accounts remotely, get debit cards and send remittances to 200 countries through KakaoBank’s main app. 2026.10.12
Insurance for foreigners is a big and fast growing market Tsay Tatyana, a 38-year-old Uzbek national, got a job as a Samsung Life Insurance agent in March last year. Tsay, who can speak Korean, English and Russian, sells insurance products to foreign residents in Korea. 2021.7.21
![Samsung Life Insurance's insurance agents pose for a photo at the company's Yeongdeungpo Star branch in western Seoul. Of 50 insurance agents in the branch, 45 are foreigners of various nationalities, including people from Russia, Mongolia and Uzbekistan. [SAMSUNG LIFE INSURANCE]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11548827.jpg?imageId=11548827&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)