[INQ. NO. 2601E06] Ghost Pass recently announced that it has won the Innovation Award in the fintech category at CES 2026, the world’s largest information technology (IT) and home appliance exhibition, marking its third consecutive winning of a CES Innovation Award.
Ghost Pass, a company selected for the 2024 G-Unicorn Incubation Program supported by Gwangju City, won the Innovation Award in the Smart City category at CES 2024, the Best Innovation Award in the fintech category at CES 2025, and the Innovation Award in the fintech category at CES 2026, thereby establishing itself as Korea’s representative global fintech security company.
Ghost Pass is a biometric authentication-based fintech cybersecurity company. Its on-device biometric technology secures users’ biometric information within their personal devices, without storing it on third-party servers.
The award-winning ‘GhostPass CityFlow (Seamless Identity Authentication and Payment Experience)’ is an innovative authentication and payment solution that connects identity verification and payment into a single, integrated flow, without storing personal data on servers.

This technology processes all authentication on the user’s device, eliminating the need for central server storage, thereby ensuring complete data sovereignty. With this on-device technology, users can complete authentication and payment simultaneously using biometrics alone, without needing to launch an app, present a card, or tap their device. This solution can be expanded to various offline environments, including public transportation, hospitals, financial services, and retail stores.
The user’s connecting information (CI) value-deletion function completely deletes the original biometric data in the event of smartphone loss, preventing misuse and unauthorized access.

Ghost Pass was recognized not only on the global stage of CES but also by Samsung Card as the ‘Best Company (1st Place)’, directly verifying its technological prowess and marketability within the financial sector.
“Our GhostPass CityFlow will present a new financial security paradigm that blurs the lines between authentication and payment, simultaneously protecting personal information and completing the user experience,” remarked the company’s CEO.
Ghost Pass was also recognized as the top cybersecurity company in the Super Gap 1,000+ Cybersecurity Network hosted by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE), demonstrating its unrivaled competitiveness in the deep tech ecosystem. Ghost Pass is the only company to have successfully passed all three verifications: CES, Samsung Financial Group, and the government innovation network. 
 
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