Intralink Insights

The consumer-facing fintech sector had a relatively late start in South Korea, but is rapidly growing now. This is opening up a wealth of opportunities for western companies which can provide complementary technologies and services - as long as they’re savvy enough to take the right approach to the Korean market.

The South Korean giant is now the world’s biggest chip maker - and the most important company with which ambitious tech firms need to forge links.

Japan has long enjoyed a reputation as one of the world’s major centres of innovation.

Korea has once again topped the Bloomberg Innovation Index, which scores economies using factors including R&D spend.