A look at SoftBank-owned PayPay, which holds a two-thirds share of the QR-code payments market in Japan and could be next in the conglomerate's IPO pipeline
- Firm chases gross merchant value growth of over 30% this year — PayPay seen to be next in SoftBank's arsenal of possible IPOs
PayPay is one of SoftBank Group founder Masayoshi Son's success stories, going from zero to more than 60 million users in five years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/ ...
https://www.smileswallet.com/ ... https://www.bloomberg.com/... Meanwhile Softbank portfolio co. and 7% owned by Bharat's PayTM, PayPay (inspired by Bharat's PayTM for Japanese users) is looking to scale its user base from 0 to 50 MN in 5 years to all of the Japanese smartphone …
Seen to be next in billionaire Masa Son's IPO pipeline, PayPay is hunting growth with help from other SoftBank portfolio companies. It now has 60 million users in Japan, aiming to capture all of the country's 90 million smartphone users in coming years https://www.bloomberg.com/.…