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TOKYO -- Japanese e-payment service PayPay has entered partnerships with four platforms operating in a combined six countries to better serve the influx of tourists visiting Japan, the company said Monday. [1]

Nor’wester devastates over 750 homes in Naogaon, Bogura 17 March 2026, 00:33 AM Natural disaster Flash flood fears grow as dyke works miss deadline in Sunamganj, Netrakona 6 March 2026, 02:32 AM Natural disaster 'Strongest earthquake in our memory': ... (confirmed by 4 sources) [2]

TOKYO -- Mobile payment service provider PayPay is moving beyond its home country of Japan, starting with South Korea, eyeing a larger presence in a field expected to grow. [3]

TOKYO -- Mobile payment service provider PayPay will allow customers at member businesses to pay using the WeChat Pay service, operated by Chinese tech giant Tencent, the Japanese company announced Thursday. [4]

TOKYO -- Shoppers on Chinese e-commerce platform Temu will soon be able to make purchases using PayPay, as the Japanese mobile payment service anticipates demand from Japanese consumers wary of giving personal information to foreign companies. [5]

TOKYO -- Japanese fintech startup Paidy said Thursday it had secured $55 million in funding from investors including Japanese trading house Itochu and investment bank Goldman Sachs. [6]

MUMBAI Paytm, the Alibaba-backed financial technology startup from India run by One97 Communications, has launched its bill-payment app in Canada as a first step in an ambitious global expansion plan. [7]

KATHMANDU -- Nepal's top e-wallet app, Khalti, has cemented its place in the country's digital payment market within two years by getting women on its side, empowering them to reduce the digital gender gap and improve their entrepreneurial skills. [8]

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[1] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-04-15 · 35% match

Japan's PayPay ties up with BigPay, 3 more digital payment platforms

TOKYO -- Japanese e-payment service PayPay has entered partnerships with four platforms operating in a combined six countries to better serve the influx of tourists visiting Japan, the company said Monday.

[2] MM thedailystar.net · 65% match

Natural disaster | The Daily Star

Nor’wester devastates over 750 homes in Naogaon, Bogura 17 March 2026, 00:33 AM Natural disaster Flash flood fears grow as dyke works miss deadline in Sunamganj, Netrakona 6 March 2026, 02:32 AM Natural disaster 'Strongest earthquake in our memory':

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-09-04 · 34% match

PayPay app to expand to South Korea in first big step outside Japan

TOKYO -- Mobile payment service provider PayPay is moving beyond its home country of Japan, starting with South Korea, eyeing a larger presence in a field expected to grow.

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-09-05 · 32% match

Japan payment provider PayPay teams up with China's WeChat Pay

TOKYO -- Mobile payment service provider PayPay will allow customers at member businesses to pay using the WeChat Pay service, operated by Chinese tech giant Tencent, the Japanese company announced Thursday.

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2024-03-27 · 37% match

Temu to make Japan's PayPay payment service available on platform

TOKYO -- Shoppers on Chinese e-commerce platform Temu will soon be able to make purchases using PayPay, as the Japanese mobile payment service anticipates demand from Japanese consumers wary of giving personal information to foreign companies.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2018-07-13 · 34% match

Japan startup expands post-pay service for shoppers without credit cards

TOKYO -- Japanese fintech startup Paidy said Thursday it had secured $55 million in funding from investors including Japanese trading house Itochu and investment bank Goldman Sachs.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-03-23 · 34% match

Paytm goes global via Canada

MUMBAI Paytm, the Alibaba-backed financial technology startup from India run by One97 Communications, has launched its bill-payment app in Canada as a first step in an ambitious global expansion plan.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-06-01 · 33% match

Nepal's top mobile payment app empowers local women digitally

KATHMANDU -- Nepal's top e-wallet app, Khalti, has cemented its place in the country's digital payment market within two years by getting women on its side, empowering them to reduce the digital gender gap and improve their entrepreneurial skills.

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-10-12 · 33% match

Google disputes drive Indian companies to new Paytm platform

BANGALORE -- Indian companies have rallied to join a new "mini app" platform launched by digital payments platform Paytm amid disputes between the country's internet service companies and Google.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-07-10 · 33% match

Google Pay could upend Japan's smartphone payment leaders

TechnologyGoogle Pay could upend Japan's smartphone payment leaders US tech company challenges PayPay and Rakuten Pay in $38 bn market Google is in final talks to purchase Pring, a Tokyo-based cashless payment and settlement startup, a development th

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