SoftBank Group Corp.

SoftBank Group Corp. is a Japanese multinational conglomerate holding company headquartered in Tokyo.

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SoftBank, Ant Financial Back India’s Paytm With $1B Funding

SoftBank, Ant Financial Back India’s Paytm With $1B Funding
SoftBank, Ant Financial Back India’s Paytm With $1B Funding
November 25, 2019  |  Payment Methods

India’s mobile payments startup Paytm said on Monday (Nov. 25) that it secured $1 billion in new funds from Japan’s SoftBank and China’s Alibaba affiliate...

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WeWork Says New Business Model Will Drive Profits By 2023
WeWork Says New Business Model Will Drive Profits By 2023
November 22, 2019  |  Real Estate

In a staff presentation, new WeWork Chairman Marcelo Claure tore up the old business model of the company and promised the group would move away from taking...

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SoftBank Leads $140M Investment In eComm Company VTEX
SoftBank Leads $140M Investment In eComm Company VTEX
November 22, 2019  |  Investments

VTEX, an eCommerce company that has helped companies like Walmart sell online, has raised $140 million in a funding round led by SoftBank’s Latin American...

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WeWork Begins Layoffs Of 20 Pct. Of Workforce
WeWork Begins Layoffs Of 20 Pct. Of Workforce
November 21, 2019  |  Personnel

Co-working office space company WeWork is slashing its worldwide workforce by 20 percent – a total of 2,400 employees – as it strives to revamp...

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SoftBank To Hold 50 Pct. Of Yahoo Japan/LINE JV
SoftBank To Hold 50 Pct. Of Yahoo Japan/LINE JV
November 18, 2019  |  Partnerships

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...

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Top Payments News: DoorDash Bolsters Its Treasure Chest; Policymakers Target Big Tech Over Data; Feds Probe Debit Card Practices
Top Payments News: DoorDash Bolsters Its Treasure Chest; Policymakers Target Big Tech Over Data; Feds...
November 14, 2019  |  News

In today’s top news, DoorDash keeps growing and Visa and Mastercard face big questions over their debit card programs. And investors seek late-stage investments. Get...

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Investors Raise Billions To Invest In Later-Stage Companies
Investors Raise Billions To Invest In Later-Stage Companies
November 14, 2019  |  Investments

Later-stage tech startups are getting cash infusions from big investors eager to make deals, The Financial Times (FT) reported on Wednesday (Nov. 13). Get the...

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LINE App, Yahoo Japan Plan Merger
LINE App, Yahoo Japan Plan Merger
November 13, 2019  |  Partnerships

Yahoo site operators in Japan and messaging app LINE are looking to merge into a “super app” that would combine retail, finance and a slew...

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