The milestone shows Toss Place is expanding rapidly offline, having placed Toss Front payment terminals in 500,000 stores nationwide—up from 300,000 installation sites recorded in March 2026.
Toss Targets South Korea's Massive Offline Retail Market
When Toss first announced plans to manufacture physical payment terminals, industry observers questioned the move. Having built its reputation on online simple remittances, securities, and digital insurance, the company shifted toward brick-and-mortar storefronts that had remained largely unchanged for two decades. Offline retail accounts for approximately 70%—or roughly 580 trillion won—of South Korea’s total retail sales, as reported in August 2025 by the Economic Active Population Survey cited by Toss (toss.im). Despite this massive market size, offline checkout experiences lagged far behind online alternatives constrained by the physical reality of storefront transactions.
To capture this market, Toss Place rejected the role of a standard hardware distributor. Instead, the company assembled an in-house hardware team of software developers and device designers to manufacture proprietary hardware. Server developer Jinhan Choi noted in disclosures published by Toss (toss.im) that establishing stable offline systems proved as complex as managing large-scale online data processing.
Hardware Design and Point of Sale Integration
Launched in March 2023, the Toss Front terminal is built around a 7-inch display that supports credit cards, Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, QR codes, and barcodes. The device doubles as an advertising display for store events or menus and can convert into a kiosk mode for customer self-service. Toss Place paired the terminal with a downloadable point-of-sale (POS) software suite designed to handle industry-specific workflows, such as split billing for restaurants or real-time inventory tracking. According to Toss (toss.im), table-setting features reduced store setup time by half by allowing merchants to populate layouts automatically rather than drawing individual floor plans.
Facial Recognition Payments at Checkouts
In 2025, Toss Place introduced FacePay, allowing customers to complete transactions in one second using facial recognition. Users register their face through the Toss application and link a payment method. When checking out, terminal cameras scan the face without requiring physical cards or mobile phones. Data from Toss (toss.im) indicates that FacePay cumulative registrations exceeded 6.65 million by June 2026, with approximately 60% of users repeating the transaction method. Existing Toss terminals adopted the feature through software updates without requiring new hardware installations.
Connecting Offline Stores with Mobile Marketing
The integration of physical terminals with the Toss mobile application—which maintains an active user base of 30 million—allows merchants to access online-style data marketing tools. When customers enter phone numbers during checkout, POS screens display visit history and preferred items. Merchants can then issue targeted digital coupons via the Toss app or KakaoTalk.
How Many Stores Use Toss Front Terminals?
How many stores use Toss Front terminals in South Korea?
As of September 2026, Toss Front terminals are installed in 500,000 stores nationwide, according to figures released by Toss (toss.im).
What payment methods does the Toss Front terminal support?
The device accepts traditional credit cards, simple mobile payments including Apple Pay and Samsung Pay, QR codes, barcodes, and FacePay facial recognition, as detailed by Toss (toss.im).
How does FacePay function during checkout?
Customers register their facial data within the Toss application in advance. Upon checkout, the terminal camera recognizes the user’s face to complete the transaction in one second without physical cards or smartphones, according to Toss (toss.im).
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