News 2026.07.13

SBI Investment Portfolio Company SentBe Grows into a Global Fintech with KRW 14 Trillion in Cumulative Remittances… CEO Choi Sung-wook Shares Founding Story and Vision in Media Interview

Choi Sung-wook, CEO of SBI Investment portfolio company SentBe, shared the company's founding journey and growth story in an interview with The Dong-A Ilbo. Founded in 2015, SentBe faced the threat of closure in its early days due to a regulatory vacuum, but overcame it to become a global fintech company with cumulative remittances of approximately KRW 14 trillion.
Citing examples of how SentBe has meaningfully improved remittance convenience for foreign workers, CEO Choi emphasized the company's sense of mission, saying that SentBe goes beyond a simple remittance service to do “work that changes people's lives.”
SentBe has recently been expanding into stablecoin-based cross-border remittance and payment infrastructure. Defining stablecoins as “a technology that will shift the paradigm of the cross-border remittance and payment markets,” CEO Choi expressed confidence in the company's future growth.

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