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PayPay
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PayPay Corporation (PayPay株式会社) is a Japanese company that develops electronic payment services owned by LY Corporation. It was established in 2018 as a joint venture between the SoftBank Group and Yahoo Japan through Z Holdings, their holding company.[1][2] With 38 million users, PayPay is the largest Japanese mobile payment app.[2] In October 2018, it began a QR code and bar code-based payment service, which was developed in collaboration with Paytm, an India-based payment service company.[3]
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Native name | PayPay株式会社 |
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Founded | June 15, 2018; 6 years ago (2018-06-15) |
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Products | Electronic payment system |
Parent | LY Corporation (SoftBank Group) |
Website | paypay |
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From a smartphone app, users link their bank account and add money to their PayPay account. At the point of sale, the user makes a payment either by scanning a QR code, or by having the clerk scan a bar code on the smartphone.[4][5]