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Baemin to open Apple Pay to foreign-issued cards

South Korean food delivery platform Baemin, operated by Woowa Brothers, is set to accept overseas Apple Pay cards, becoming the first such platform in the country to do so as foreign demand for its services surges. According to the company on Sunday, the move will open Apple Pay, previously limited to Korean-issued cards, to those on global networks including Visa, Mastercard, JCB and American Express, starting June 2. "The addition of overseas Apple Pay card support, combined with our multiling

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Samsung, SK hynix invest in Anthropic as AI chip demand surges

Samsung Electronics and SK hynix have taken strategic stakes in Anthropic, the developer of the Claude artificial intelligence models, joining a funding round that valued the US startup at $965 billion, making it the world's most valuable AI company ahead of OpenAI. The deal is also fueling expectations that Samsung could win future AI chip manufacturing orders from Anthropic, boosting its foundry business. The two Korean chipmakers signed on as strategic infrastructure partners alongside US mem

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LG Energy Solution rides AI power surge with $1.6b US battery deal

LG Energy Solution has secured its second large-scale US energy storage system battery supply deal, as part of its push to capture fast-growing power demand from artificial intelligence data centers and grid infrastructure while navigating a prolonged slowdown in the electric vehicle sector. According to LG Energy Solution on Thursday, it signed a $1.6 billion contract with Michigan-based utility giant DTE Energy to supply 6 gigawatt-hours of ESS batteries for two years. The battery cells will p

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Apple Pay drives 30-fold surge in EMV payments at Hyundai Card

Hyundai Card said Tuesday that EMV contactless payments by its customers have surged roughly 30-fold since the launch of Apple Pay in South Korea in 2023, highlighting how the service has accelerated the country’s shift toward global tap-to-pay standards. The card issuer said the number of EMV-type contactless transactions climbed to around 160 million in 2025 from about 5 million in 2022, before Apple Pay’s local debut. EMV payments now account for a share of Hyundai Card’s total transactions t

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Baemin to open Apple Pay to foreign-issued cards

Samsung, SK hynix invest in Anthropic as AI chip demand surges

LG Energy Solution rides AI power surge with $1.6b US battery deal

Apple Pay drives 30-fold surge in EMV payments at Hyundai Card