Hecto Innovation, an IT-based information services company, continued its performance growth in 2025, recording its highest performance ever.
Hecto Innovation announced in its general shareholders' meeting notice on the 11th that it achieved consolidated sales of KRW 375.8 billion and operating profit of KRW 50.2 billion last year. These figures represent a 17.6% and 2.7% increase, respectively, year-on-year, setting new record highs for both sales and operating profit.
By business segment, sales increased across IT services, fintech, and healthcare. The healthcare business, in particular, grew 40.4% year-over-year, contributing to the overall performance improvement. The relatively lower operating profit growth compared to sales growth was explained by the impact of investments in new businesses and infrastructure construction costs for global expansion.
Last year, Hecto Innovation solidified its mid- to long-term business foundation by establishing stablecoin-related businesses as a new growth engine. In September of last year, it acquired blockchain wallet infrastructure company HectoWalletOne, securing wallet technology, a core infrastructure for the digital asset ecosystem.
Currently, Hecto Innovation is participating as a domestic wallet partner in the public testnet of "Arc," the stablecoin-dedicated blockchain mainnet developed by Circle, the issuer of USDC. The company explained that through this, it is validating its technological capabilities in stablecoin payments and business-to-business financial services.
This year, the company plans to focus on building a digital wallet ecosystem centered around stablecoins. Beyond simple asset storage, the company aims to provide a wallet-based service that integrates payment, remittance, and platform services, while expanding its global user base through data linking.
Additionally, the agenda for this shareholders' meeting includes a cash dividend plan of 500 won per share. Hecto Innovation has paid cash dividends every year since its KOSDAQ listing, and announced a three-year shareholder return policy that includes maintaining a dividend payout ratio of at least 25% and canceling treasury shares by 2024.
Hecto Innovation announced plans to strengthen its digital asset infrastructure business based on security and authentication technologies and enhance its competitiveness in the global stablecoin market through collaboration with its affiliates.
In recent years, the global financial and IT industries have seen an increasing competition to build blockchain-based payment infrastructure centered on stablecoins and digital wallets.
- See more related articles
You must be logged in to post a comment.