Data platform service company NexoneSoft (CEO Choi Deok-hoon) announced on the 2nd that it signed a business agreement (MOU) with Jeju Air to introduce a non-face-to-face identity verification system for overseas Koreans.
Through this agreement, the two companies plan to apply a non-face-to-face identity verification system based on electronic passports for overseas Koreans to airline services and cooperate to improve customer convenience and the efficiency of authentication services. Through this agreement, Jeju Air will be the first in the airline industry to provide an identity verification service for overseas Koreans and overseas Koreans. The service is scheduled to be operated from the end of July.
The two sides set the following as key areas of cooperation: ▲Establishing a non-face-to-face authentication system based on electronic passports, ▲Improving accessibility to airline services for overseas Korean customers, ▲Promoting digital transformation (DX) in the travel and airline sectors, and ▲Joint marketing and service advancement.
NexoneSoft has previously established the technology foundation for the 'Non-face-to-face Identity Verification System for Overseas Koreans' project hosted by the Overseas Koreans Foundation and the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA), and this system is the world's first to use electronic passports to verify the identity of overseas Koreans and issue certificates. Currently, five institutions, including Kookmin Bank, Shinhan Bank, Woori Bank, Hana Bank, and Toss, are issuing the certificates, and the number of issuing institutions is expected to increase in the second half of the year.
Choi Deok-hoon, CEO of NexoneSoft, said, “This agreement will be an important opportunity to expand the digital authentication environment for overseas Koreans,” and added, “We will expand our identity verification services by cooperating with various companies at home and abroad.”
Lee Hyuk-joong, Jeju Air's Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), said, "It is very meaningful that we are the first in the airline industry to introduce a non-face-to-face identity verification service for overseas Koreans," adding, "We will continue to discover innovative customer-centered services in the future."
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