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

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

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...

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Stripe Expands In Europe, Inks JCB Tie-Up In Japan
Stripe Expands In Europe, Inks JCB Tie-Up In Japan
May 27, 2020  |  Cross-border Payments

Stripe, a technology company that allows businesses to make and receive online payments, has launched in five more European countries, the San Francisco firm announced Wednesday (May 27). The...

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Bitcoin Daily: Reddit To Test Crypto As User Reward; Ripple To Be Offered At Japanese ATMs
Bitcoin Daily: Reddit To Test Crypto As User Reward; Ripple To Be Offered At Japanese...
May 18, 2020  |  Bitcoin

Ten31, a FinTech arm of Germany-based WEG Bank, has partnered with Singaporean technology incubator Anquan Capital, with an eye towards working with blockchain for banking...

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Rakuten’s 5G Launch Postponed By Three Months
Rakuten’s 5G Launch Postponed By Three Months
May 15, 2020  |  Mobile

Customers waiting for Rakuten Inc.’s launch of its 5G services, which were originally planned for June, will have to wait. Reuters reported that the Tokyo...

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Deep Dive: COVID-19 Spurs Biometric Innovations For A Contactless Global Society
Deep Dive: COVID-19 Spurs Biometric Innovations For A Contactless Global Society
April 22, 2020  |  Authentication

Global concern over the coronavirus spreading on contaminated surfaces in public places is unleashing rapid development of innovative biometric products that could assist a touchless...

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Kicking The Cash Out Of Japanese eCommerce
Kicking The Cash Out Of Japanese eCommerce
April 15, 2020  |  Payment Methods

In developed countries, the notion of cash on delivery – COD – is a payments relic borne out of the days of mail order purchases...

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Japan’s Paidy Closes Additional Series C For $281M Total Raised
Japan’s Paidy Closes Additional Series C For $281M Total Raised
April 09, 2020  |  Investments

Japan’s buy now, pay later (BNPL) startup Paidy announced it has closed a Series C extension funding round led by previous investor ITOCHU Corporation. ITOCHU previously...

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Japan’s Stimulus Package To Offer Families Nearly $3K
Japan’s Stimulus Package To Offer Families Nearly $3K
April 03, 2020  |  Economy

In response to the coronavirus crisis, Japan will provide households with $2,768 as part of its record-setting stimulus package. Bloomberg reports that Prime Minister Shinzo...

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