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Japan’s LINE Pay Starts WeChat Pay Partnership 

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

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. ...

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Are Mobile Payments Finally Ready To Ignite In Japan?
Are Mobile Payments Finally Ready To Ignite In Japan?
August 15, 2019  |  Mobile Payments

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...

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Paytm’s PayPay Reaches 10M Users, 1M Merchants In Japan
Paytm’s PayPay Reaches 10M Users, 1M Merchants In Japan
August 08, 2019  |  Digital Payments

A Japanese venture launched in 2018 by Paytm, India’s top payments app, now has 10 million customers in Japan, according to a report on Thursday...

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Taiwan Grants Trio Of Virtual Banking Licenses As Asia Trends Digital
Taiwan Grants Trio Of Virtual Banking Licenses As Asia Trends Digital
July 30, 2019  |  Banking

Three consortiums led by Taiwan and Japanese investors are getting the first virtual banking licenses issued by Taiwan’s Financial Service Commission (FSC), Reuters reported on...

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Southeast Asian Ride-Hailing Giant Grab Investing $2B In Indonesia
Southeast Asian Ride-Hailing Giant Grab Investing $2B In Indonesia
July 29, 2019  |  Ridesharing

Japanese investor SoftBank will invest $2 billion over five years in the Southeast Asian ride-hailing firm Grab. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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LINE To Bring Online Grocery Service To Thailand
LINE To Bring Online Grocery Service To Thailand
July 28, 2019  |  Retail

Japanese chat app operator Line is set to launch an online grocery service in Thailand by the end of the year. Get the Full Story...

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Japan’s Monex Group Wants In On Libra
Japan’s Monex Group Wants In On Libra
July 28, 2019  |  Cryptocurrency

The owner of the hacked Japanese crypto exchange Coincheck is looking to join Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency project. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Japan, South Korea Dispute Could Impact Supply Chains
Japan, South Korea Dispute Could Impact Supply Chains
July 25, 2019  |  Cross-border Payments

Alarms are going off in the tech sector as two major global tech producers argue over a bureaucratic process driven by politics. Get the Full...

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