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[South Korean Credit Card Industry's Joint Technical Verification of KRW Stablecoin to Conclude by End of July] According to NATE, the South Korean credit card industry's joint technical verification surrounding the KRW stablecoin will conclude by the end of July, with no plans to establish new working groups thereafter. Moving forward, individual card companies will shift to independent and differentiated competition: Shinhan Card and KB Kookmin Card have both integrated with the Solana network; BC Card has completed payment testing for foreigners using stablecoins at South Korean merchants; Woori Card plans to integrate stablecoin payment functionality into the WON Card app; Samsung Card, in collaboration with Samsung Securities and Samsung SDS, has invested 612.8 billion KRW to acquire a 4% stake in Dunamu, exploring the introduction of digital asset payment functionality in Monimo.