SoftBank may be heading stateside to list its PayPay payments business following news that it is considering a U.S. listing. The potential listing is driven by New York’s greater potential of higher valuations for tech companies in comparison to Tokyo, but the timing of such a move is not known,...
In today’s top payments news around the world, SoftBank is looking to have an initial public offering (IPO) for PayPay, while Infobip aims to raise roughly half a billion dollars in preparation for a U.S. IPO. Plus, Hedosophia is looking to notch $486 million for...
The Japanese conglomerate SoftBank announced on Tuesday (May 11) that it is seeking an initial public offering (IPO) for its QR code payment app, PayPay. According to Reuters, SoftBank could also list its subsidiary SB Payment Service. CEO Junichi Miyakawa made the announcement at an...
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...
August 15, 2019
Japan, in the last several years, has been something of a puzzle among mobile payments watchers around the world. It’s the market that should ignite but stubbornly refuses to. Its population is internationally renowned for being enthusiastic early tech adopters. They are eager participants in modern eCommerce, and Japanese firms were literally on the ground […]
November 06, 2024
PayPay, a QR payments operator in Japan, is expanding its partnership with Alipay+ to widen its merchant coverage network across Japan. More than 3 million merchants will be able to join the global payment ecosystem via the tie-up, allowing tourists to pay securely using their own digital wallets, according to a Wednesday (Nov. 6) news […]
July 12, 2023
SoftBank may be heading stateside to list its PayPay payments business following news that it is considering a U.S. listing. The potential listing is driven by New York’s greater potential of higher valuations for tech...
May 11, 2021
The Japanese conglomerate SoftBank announced on Tuesday (May 11) that it is seeking an initial public offering (IPO) for its QR code payment app, PayPay. According to Reuters, SoftBank could...
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...
