"Hecto Financial Expected to Achieve Record Results... Securing Growth Potential with Stablecoins"

With Hecto Financial expected to achieve a record-breaking performance this year, fueled by the full-fledged launch of its high-margin proprietary membership service, there are forecasts that the company will secure its next growth drivers by establishing a global settlement infrastructure based on stablecoins and taking the lead in the artificial intelligence (AI) agentic commerce market.

On this day, iM Securities stated in its report, "Hecto Financial is expected to achieve record-high results this year, as profitability improves rapidly with the full-scale increase in sales from high-margin services based on its proprietary membership, even within the simple cash payment service segment. Not only are new merchants joining through cross-border settlement businesses, but domestic merchants are also increasing. In this environment, the acceleration of sales growth from high-margin services based on proprietary membership, including internal account payment, is expected to further enhance profitability."

Stablecoins are anticipated to highlight growth potential by supporting business model scalability and serving as global settlement infrastructure if a Korean won-based stablecoin is introduced. Lee Sangheon, a researcher at iM Securities, explained, "In February, the company was listed as an official partner of the Circle Payments Network (CPN), operated by global stablecoin issuer Circle. By joining CPN, the company has established an operational foundation for global stablecoin payment and settlement infrastructure."

Researcher Lee added, "In the future, if the legalization and adoption of the Korean won-based stablecoin progresses, the company plans to organically connect CPN's global settlement standards with the wallet infrastructure of Hecto Wallet One, an affiliate of Hecto Innovation. As a result, Hecto Financial could serve as a payment and settlement infrastructure hub, supporting the practical use of Korean won-based stablecoins in global platform commerce environments, thereby further highlighting its growth potential."

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