Seoul Love Gift Certificate 75 Billion Sold Out March, and 'Autonomous District Pay' will be released on the 16th.

YTN Radio (FM 94.5) [YTN News FM Wise Radio Life]

□ Broadcast date and time: January 13, 2025 (Monday)
□ Host: Announcer Park Gui-bin
□ Castor: Oh In-seop, head of the Seoul Pay Operation Team,

* The text below may differ from the actual broadcast content, so please check the broadcast for more accurate information.

◆ Announcer Park Gui-bin (hereinafter referred to as Park Gui-bin): Living white paper, today we are going to Seoul City. 'Seoul Love Gift Certificate', you're already using it a lot, and I think there are a lot of people who want to buy additional items when they sell it. The Seoul Metropolitan Government will start selling "Seoul Love Gift Certificates" ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday. For more information, I will talk to Oh In-seop, head of the Seoul Pay Operation Team in the Small Business Policy Division of Seoul Metropolitan Government. Hello, team leader.

◇ Oh In-seop, head of the Seoul Pay Operation Team, Small Business Policy Division, Seoul (hereinafter referred to as Oh In-seop): Yes, hello.

◆ Park Gui-bin: There are a lot of people who know it, and I heard it's very popular. Please briefly introduce what "Seoul Love Gift Certificate" is.

◇ Oh In-seop: Yes, the "Seoul Love Gift Certificate" is a mobile gift certificate issued by the Seoul Metropolitan Government and issued by the Seoul Metropolitan Government and used throughout the Seoul Metropolitan Government, and a gift certificate issued by each autonomous district and used only in the relevant autonomous district. The "Jongro Love Gift Certificate" is a local gift certificate that can only be used at affiliated stores in Mapo-gu. It can be used in various industries such as small business owners and traditional markets such as restaurants, cafes, academies, hair salons, and small marts in my neighborhood, which can contribute to the local economy, and it seems that many citizens are purchasing "Seoul Love Gift Certificates" in that if you purchase them at a 5% discount and pay with the purchased gift certificate, you will automatically receive a 30% income deduction.

◆ Park Gui-bin: There are many places to use, and you can't help but like it because you buy it at a discounted price and get an income deduction. On the occasion of Lunar New Year's Day, sales will begin tomorrow?

◇ Oh In-seop: Yes, that's right. The Seoul Metropolitan Government will sell (wide) Seoul Love Gift Certificates and autonomous district Love Gift Certificates at a 5% discount to ease the burden of shopping carts and revitalize the local economy for the Lunar New Year holiday. The metropolitan Seoul Love Gift Certificate was issued at 75 billion won on the 8th and has already been sold out. It will start selling 294 billion won worth of autonomous district Love Gift Certificates tomorrow. In order to purchase gift certificates smoothly, we plan to distribute the number of simultaneous users of the gift certificate purchase and payment app as much as possible by varying sales dates and times for each autonomous district from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for three days from tomorrow to 16th.

◆ Park Gui Bin: How do I buy it?

◇ Oh In-seop: First of all, Seoul Love Gift Certificates are only available on the 'Seoul Pay Plus' app. So, those who want to purchase gift certificates should download the Seoul Pay Plus app, sign up for membership in advance, and complete the registration of an account or credit card. The autonomous district gift certificate sold this time is a 5% discount and can be purchased up to 500,000 won per person per month. You can purchase it by account transfer or credit card payment registered when signing up for membership, and gift certificates to others within the limit of 1 million won per month. However, gift certificates purchased by credit card payment are not refundable, so please be careful when purchasing, and the purchased gift certificate can be used for 5 years from the date of purchase, and the holding limit is up to 1.5 million won per person.

◆ Park Gui-bin: Some autonomous districts also have events?

◇ Oh In-seop: Yes, eight autonomous districts including Seongdong, Gangseo, Seongbuk, Dobong, Guro, Dongjak, Gwanak, and Gangnam hold a payback event that refunds 2-5% of the payment amount with gift certificates when paying for local gift certificates. Considering that you can buy local gift certificates with a 5% discount, you can get up to a 10% discount. Payback will be applied from January's payment, and 2-5% of the payment amount of the gift certificate will be refunded to the gift certificate the month after the payment date, and the payback event will be held until the budget for each autonomous district is exhausted.

◆ Park Gui Bin: Is there anything you want to say?

◇ Oh In-seop: First of all, please note that some functions, such as finding merchants from 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., will be restricted for three days from tomorrow to the 16th, the day of the sale of gift certificates, and the smooth operation of the Seoul Love Gift Certificate purchase system and the customer center (☎1600-6120) will be operated at all times so that citizens will not experience any inconvenience in using the Seoul Pay Plus app, so please contact us anytime if you have any questions. The Seoul Metropolitan Government issued a Seoul Love Gift Certificate to help small business owners and citizens who are suffering from persistent high prices and sluggish domestic demand during the Lunar New Year holiday, and I hope this issuance will ease the burden of shopping cart prices for citizens, increase sales for small business owners and revitalize the local economy.

◆ Park Gui-bin: Until now, I was Oh In-seop, head of Seoul Pay Operation Team, Small Business Policy Division of Seoul City.