SoftBank’s Yahoo! Japan is merging with Naver Corp’s Japanese messaging app LINE in a deal that will give each company a 50 percent stake, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday (Nov. 18). The deal creates a mega-platform with more than 100 million users across...
In rather short order, India has emerged as one of the world’s most competitive battlegrounds for those looking to build the next phase of the global digital commerce future. Amazon, Apple, Google, Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, Uber, Alibaba, Softbank, Facebook — at this point it might...
Japanese tech startup and messaging app maker Line announced on Tuesday (August 1) that it is rolling out a taxi-booking service in Thailand’s capital of Bangkok. According to a news report in TechCrunch, the licensed service is slated to roll out before the end of 2017....
Line, the maker of a digital chat app in Japan, disclosed on Tuesday (May 30) that close to half of its domestic chat app users are also using its payment app. According to a report, the number of Japanese residents registered to use Line Pay...
November 18, 2019
SoftBank’s Yahoo! Japan is merging with Naver Corp’s Japanese messaging app LINE in a deal that will give each company a 50 percent stake, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday (Nov. 18). The deal creates a mega-platform with more than 100 million users across financial services, eCommerce and more. LINE is Japan’s most popular […]
August 02, 2017
Japanese tech startup and messaging app maker Line announced on Tuesday (August 1) that it is rolling out a taxi-booking service in Thailand’s capital of Bangkok. According to a news report...
May 31, 2017
Line, the maker of a digital chat app in Japan, disclosed on Tuesday (May 30) that close to half of its domestic chat app users are also using its payment...
