Line Pay news and trends

SoftBank Plans Big PayPay Push In Wake Of Line Pay Merger
Digital Payments // March 03, 2021

SoftBank is out to double the users of its PayPay QR code payments app in the next three to four years, Reuters reported. PayPay is on a roll. On Monday (March 1), Z Holdings Corp. (ZHD Group), which operates the PayPay app, said in a...

SoftBank Pairs PayPay, LINE Pay Apps Together With Merger
Partnerships / Acquisitions // March 01, 2021

Z Holdings Corporation (ZHD Group), which operates the PayPay app, has announced a merger with LINE, according to a Monday (March 1) press release. Z Holdings Parent company SoftBank and LINE parent firm NAVER have been involved in a series of transactions with the intent...

Boku, Japan’s LINE Pay Team To Power Up Mobile Sales
Mobile Payments // June 25, 2020

Mobile payments firm Boku plans to partner with Japan’s LINE Pay, a money transfer service, to allow the more than 37 million LINE Pay users in Japan to pay for merchant digital goods and services through the Boku platform. Both the public and private sectors...

Japan’s LINE Pay Starts WeChat Pay Partnership 
Digital Payments // August 19, 2019

Japan’s LINE Pay has announced that it’s been integrating WeChat Pay to be used by participating merchants in the country, according to a press release.  The LINE Pay Corporation, which operates LINE Pay mobile money transfer and a payment service on the LINE messaging app,...

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Japanese Firms Collaborate to Fight Payments Fraud

December 22, 2021
A group of Japanese companies has launched an information-sharing program to prevent smartphone-based payments fraud. As Nikkei reported on Wednesday (Dec. 22), the companies – which include NTT Docomo and Line Pay – are making this move amid a rise in phishing cases, in which scammers direct users to phony websites to steal their information. […]

SoftBank Plans Big PayPay Push In Wake Of Line Pay Merger

March 03, 2021
SoftBank is out to double the users of its PayPay QR code payments app in the next three to four years, Reuters reported. PayPay is on a roll. On Monday...

SoftBank Pairs PayPay, LINE Pay Apps Together With Merger

March 01, 2021
Z Holdings Corporation (ZHD Group), which operates the PayPay app, has announced a merger with LINE, according to a Monday (March 1) press release. Z Holdings Parent company SoftBank and...

Boku, Japan’s LINE Pay Team To Power Up Mobile Sales

June 25, 2020
Mobile payments firm Boku plans to partner with Japan’s LINE Pay, a money transfer service, to allow the more than 37 million LINE Pay users in Japan to pay for...