Boku, a leading global provider of mobile payment and mobile identity solutions, announced partnership with LINE Pay, one of Japan’s largest eWallet and QR code payment service providers.
LINE Pay customers in Japan will be able to pay for merchant digital goods and services through Boku’s platform. This agreement furthers the extensive depth of payment options for Japanese merchants and consumers alike that no other local payment services providers can match.
Both the public and private sectors are “taking action to shift Japan’s long-standing cash society toward a cashless one,” said Hisahiro Chofuku, CEO and president of LINE Pay .“By joining forces with Boku, we’re aiming to expand LINE Pay’s services even further and do our part in advancing Japan’s cashless movement.”
“We are extremely pleased to be an integral and strategic partner with LINE Pay in enabling the acceleration of digital commerce and cashless payments in Japan,” said Jon Prideaux, CEO of Boku. “Together, we can make mobile transactions simpler.”