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Business start
Kona I was first launched under the name of
Korea Electronic Banking Technology.
It developed and commercialized the transportation card
system for the first time in Korea.
In September 2000, it established the MYBI Card Corporation,
a digital cash consortium in the Busan region and
it is listed on KOSDAQ in October 2001.
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1998.3Founded KEBT
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1998.11Developed
the nation’s
first transportation
card system -
2000.9Founded
MYBI Card Corp. -
2001.10Listed on
the KOSDAQ
EMV-based Global Platform Development
In March 2004, Kona I supplied a global platform-based java card,
Kona, to Busan Bank for the first time and, in July.
And it was selected as a promising export small and medium
enterprise and acquired ISO9001:2000 quality assurance
system certification.
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200202.
Won
‘Advanced Card
Awards 2002’
for 3 consecutive
years10
Received the
R ‘4th Seoul
RVenture Awards
RGrand Prize’ -
2003Developed
smart card
COS platform -
2004Selected as
a promising
export company -
2004Supplied
java card(Kona)
to Busan Bank
Developed and
distributed 3G/4G
USIM cards
Ranked No. 1 in the domestic
smart card industry
Kona I acquired the EMV certification,
the international standard for IC cards.
In 2006, Kona I ranked first with the largest market share
in the domestic smart card industry.
And it has being leading the digital authentication technology
by developing the world's first Combi USIM
and supplying the electronic ID card.
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2005Acquired the
EMV certification -
2006Became No.1
company in
domestic smart
card industry -
2007Developed and
the world’s
first Combi
USIM -
2009Supplied
Thailand electronic
ID card
Global market share expansion
The company was rebranded as Kona I in 2012 to reflects its transition to a global company as it entered the Thailand, China, and European markets. In 2014, Kona I awarded the 100 Million Dollar Export Tower and has being increasing worldwide market share.
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2011Awarded the
‘World Class 300
Awards’ -
2012Changed the
name of company
to Kona I -
2013Selected as a
global company
candidate by
the Ministry of
Trade, Industry
and Energy -
2014Awarded the
‘100 Million Dollar
Export Tower’
Launched the KONA card
Kona I registered as the electronic finance business in 2015 And evolved into a global IT company by launching the KONA card in 2017, the nation's first open rechargeable mobile/IC card platform.
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201509
Registered as an
e-finance business10
Awarded the
‘Korea Economic
Leader Award’ -
2016.06Won the
First-place prize
in ‘Transparent Accounting
Award’ -
2017Launched the
content sharing
platform ‘Veaver’ -
2017Launched the
‘KONA card’ platform
Evolved into a comprehensive
platform company
In 2018, Kona I launched the Korea's first
IC card-type local currency platform in Seo-gu, Incheon
and now it is operating the local currency platform of
56 local governments.
Based on the Kona I platform which provides
excellent scalability and user convenience,
we are leaping into a comprehensive platform company.
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2018Selected as an
agency for
operating the
local currency
of Incheon,
Gyeonggi-do -
2019Selected as an
agency for
operating the local
currency of
Gyeonggi-do -
2019Selected as a
financial regulation
sandbox service -
2020Transaction
amount of
local currency
platform is
close to 8 trillion12.
Won the
‘21st Software
Industry Day’
Bronze Tower Order
of Industrial
Service Merit