Self-improvement efforts… Measures are prepared to prevent damage that occurs in the interpersonal transaction market under a business agreement with KISA. Businesses are planning to make efforts to correct the transaction information by accurately displaying the information of the transaction and expanding the escrow.
Carrot market trading. [Photo = Carrot Market]
The Ministry of Science and ICT announced on the 18th that the Korea Internet & Security Agency had signed a business agreement with three major platforms: Carrot Market, Bungbang Market, and Jungjungnara at a meeting for the sound development of the C2C market, presided over by 2nd Vice Minister Cho Kyung-shik.
At the site, Vice Minister of Science and ICT Cho, Member of National Assembly Science, Technology, Information and Broadcasting Committee, Yang Jeong-suk, Korea Internet & Security Agency Director Lee Won-tae, Carrot Market Kim Jae-hyeon, Bangbang Market CEO Lee Jae-hoo, Jung Jung-nara Representative, and Korea Consumer Federation Secretary-General Jeong Ji-yeon were in attendance.
With the advent of interpersonal trading platforms, interpersonal trades are revitalized, and new markets such as regionally-oriented trades and taste-customized resale markets are also emerging. However, problems such as disputes between sellers and buyers and damage to fraud have continued to arise in the course of transactions between individuals.
The Ministry of Science and ICT recognizes that these problems will adversely affect both the market and users by undermining trust in the interpersonal transaction market, and discuss voluntary improvement measures to prevent disputes in advance with relevant industry officials to respond positively. ยท Prepared.
The voluntary improvement plan discussed so far was included in the business agreement for the prevention of transaction disputes between individuals signed by the Korea Internet & Security Agency with Carrot Market, Bungbang Market, and Jungjungnara at the meeting.
In order to check the progress of the business agreement and to promote it smoothly, it is decided to hold a cooperation meeting to prevent transaction disputes between individuals at least twice a year. In order to secure the effectiveness of self-regulation, it was agreed to expand the contracting institution to other interpersonal transaction platform operators in the future.
At the meeting held in the form of free discussion after the signing of the agreement, all participants agreed that the autonomous and active improvement efforts of the market are essential for the healthy development of the interpersonal trading market. In particular, the three platform companies showed their will to actively improve the trading environment to create a fair and transparent ecosystem.
Cho Kyung-sik, 2nd Vice Minister of Science and ICT, said that the problems currently appearing in transactions between individuals can be sufficiently prevented if the weak link in the transaction process is supplemented and information is closely shared between the government and the government. He said that if necessary efforts are made, such as establishing standardized standards and expanding the use of safe payment methods in the user transaction process, a market for interpersonal transactions trusted by consumers will be created.
