SoftBank Group Corp.

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

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Report: SoftBank Eyeing Bid For TikTok In India
Report: SoftBank Eyeing Bid For TikTok In India
September 03, 2020  |  International

SoftBank Group Corp. wants a piece of TikTok, the popular but controversial video-sharing app. While Oracle, Microsoft Corp. and Walmart Inc. are the top contenders...

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Japan’s Oyo Hotel Startup Gets Management Help From Investor SoftBank
Japan’s Oyo Hotel Startup Gets Management Help From Investor SoftBank
August 18, 2020  |  Startups

SoftBank is dispatching officials to help one of its largest startups, Oyo, which is besieged by the pandemic’s economic effects, according to Bloomberg. Oyo Japan...

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SoftBank Reveals Stakes In Amazon, Alphabet, Netflix And Tesla
SoftBank Reveals Stakes In Amazon, Alphabet, Netflix And Tesla
August 17, 2020  |  Investments

SoftBank has built a stake worth around $1.2 billion in Amazon, according to regulatory filings as reported by Reuters. That comes alongside other stakes, filings...

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Almost Half Of Wirecard’s Debt Stemmed From SoftBank’s $1B Investment
Almost Half Of Wirecard’s Debt Stemmed From SoftBank’s $1B Investment
July 29, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

SoftBank Group Corp., the Tokyo-based multinational conglomerate that owns stakes in technology and finance companies, invested $1 billion in Wirecard AG last year in a move that quieted questions...

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SoftBank Extracts $700M From Credit Suisse Trade Finance Funds
SoftBank Extracts $700M From Credit Suisse Trade Finance Funds
July 22, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Japan’s SoftBank has removed around $700 million from investments at Credit Suisse after the Swiss bank began an inquiry over whether the funds were going...

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India’s InsurTech Policybazaar Eyes IPO
India’s InsurTech Policybazaar Eyes IPO
July 20, 2020  |  IPO

Policybazaar is gearing up for a $500 million initial public offering (IPO) as the online insurance platform drives a wave of rising demand for coverage...

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SoftBank-Backed Lemonade Soars Above $3B Valuation On First Day Of IPO Trading
SoftBank-Backed Lemonade Soars Above $3B Valuation On First Day Of IPO Trading
July 02, 2020  |  IPO

Lemonade, the insurance startup backed by Japan’s SoftBank, soared on its first day of trading Thursday (July 2), rising more than 100 percent as of...

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SoftBank Wants Out Of Wirecard Partnership After Last Year’s $1B Investment
SoftBank Wants Out Of Wirecard Partnership After Last Year’s $1B Investment
July 01, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

SoftBank is looking to put distance between itself and Wirecard due to the German payments company’s ongoing scandal involving missing money and cooked books, The...

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Amazon Said To Have Interest In Buying Russian eCommerce Player Ozon
Amazon Said To Have Interest In Buying Russian eCommerce Player Ozon
June 28, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Amazon and SoftBank Corp. are in talks with Sistema, one of the largest publicly traded companies in Russia, to purchase Ozon, the Russian online retailer,...

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