Company Overview#
DaWinKS is a South Korean fintech company that connects fiat currency, digital assets, identity verification, and retail payments. Its DPEC Platform links MTM/DTM terminals, crypto POS and QR payment tools, and identity-document scanners. The company began with patent-based scanner supply in 2005 and later expanded into blockchain financial infrastructure.
Technology & Product#
The DPEC Platform supports currency exchange, remittance, payment, stored-value top-up, and digital-asset cash on/off-ramp workflows. Its MTM/DTM terminals can combine foreign-currency exchange and digital-asset conversion with services such as prepaid transportation-card issuance, tax refunds, and overseas remittance.
The identity layer combines a passport and ID combo scanner with AI facial matching and 3D liveness. Infrared and hologram inspection help detect altered documents. Wallet screening, sanctions-list filtering, and fraud detection support KYC and AML processes. DaWinKS also offers crypto POS and QR Pay tools for merchant payments.
Market & Use Cases#
DaWinKS targets banks, exchange and remittance operators, retailers, airports, hotels, duty-free stores, and tourism businesses. A terminal can serve international visitors who need to exchange cash, withdraw digital assets, receive a tax refund, top up a transportation card, or send money after identity verification.
The same platform can support merchant payments and regulated digital-asset access in physical locations. It is most relevant where a partner needs both a customer-facing terminal and a compliance layer.
Traction & References#
DaWinKS states that its identity and passport scanners are used at about 670 locations. Listed references include court registry offices, Korea Securities Depository, airport processes, Kangwon Land, tax-refund stores, and unattended lending kiosks.
The company lists MTM/DTM deployments or operating agreements with Emart24, Homeplus, Lotte Mart, Eland Retail, and CJ Foodville’s N Seoul Tower. It also lists collaborations with Kona I for prepaid cards, Global Tax Free and PayGate for visitor services, Kaia and Payletter for digital-asset services, and Korea Digital Asset (KODA) for custody(DaWinKS press releases).
DaWinKS holds TTA certification for an identity-card authenticity terminal and is registered with the Korea Customs Service as an unattended currency-exchange operator. In 2024, it received a temporary ICT Regulatory Sandbox permit for AI facial-recognition-based remote real-name verification(ICT Regulatory Sandbox committee release). The company was also selected for the 2026 Gangnam-gu Global Testbed program.
Collaboration Relevance#
Financial institutions and licensed exchange or remittance operators can test co-branded MTM/DTM services. Retail and tourism networks can pilot foreign-currency exchange, digital-asset withdrawal, tax refund, or transportation-card services at selected locations.
Other collaboration options include connecting stablecoins or blockchain networks to the DPEC Platform, integrating custody and transaction-screening services, and licensing terminal or identity-verification technology. Overseas pilots will require a local partner with the relevant financial licenses, liquidity, and physical distribution network.