By Cynthia Kim and Heekyong Yang

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean fintech unicorn Toss plans to launch its “all-in-one” finance app in Australia this year and expand to other markets, and aims to issue a won-based stablecoin once regulations allow, said founder and CEO Lee Seung-gun.

Toss has shown that a startup can take on big banks and brokers, said the dentist-turned-entrepreneur, who predicts overseas growth to eventually outpace growth at home.

“We proved in Korea that a startup can compete head-on with entrenched players,” Lee said in an interview on Tuesday. “A similar model can work globally, especially in countries where users juggle multiple bank accounts or fintech apps. We want to bring them into one seamless experience.”

Toss has attracted more than 30 million users in South

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