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Boku Inc
13 October 2022
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13 October 2022
Boku Inc .
(" Boku " or the " Company ")
Boku adds Japan's PayPay and LINE Pay mobile wallets to another
major streaming service, DAZN
Boku Inc ( AIM : BOKU ) , a leading global provider of mobile
payment solutions, is pleased to announce that it has added PayPay
and LINE Pay mobile wallets in Japan for leading global sports
streaming platform DAZN. With this launch, 50M+ users of PayPay and
40M+ users of LINE Pay will now be able to use their mobile wallet
to subscribe to DAZN.
Boku is uniquely equipped to provide global merchants like DAZN
with access to PayPay and LINE Pay, as the only international
payments service provider connected to both. Adding PayPay and LINE
Pay as payment options ensures that Japanese DAZN customers can
utilize the payment method they prefer, with greater convenience
and security than credit card payments. Today, 75% of Japanese
consumers are using mobile wallets which is projected to reach
98.6% by 2025 (Juniper Research, 2021).
Mark Stannard, Chief Business Officer, Boku, commented, "We are
thrilled to see both PayPay and LINE Pay go live as payment options
for DAZN because our merchants always see more growth whenever
local payment options are added."
Manabu Yamada, Executive Vice President, DAZN Japan Investment
GK, said: " Providing our fans with as many payment options as
possible with the fastest, most convenient, and safest payment
types is at our core value, and we are very excited to have PayPay
and LINE Pay join DAZN as our customers can now further choose
their preferred payment methods in accordance with their
lifestyle."
Toru Nogiwa, Division Head of Partner Sales Division, Sales
Group of PayPay, commented , "The addition of PayPay for DAZN is
great for our customers, who prefer to use our wallet whenever they
can. We look forward to partnering with Boku in the future to
enable PayPay payments for more merchants."
T akashi Maeda, Chief Executive Officer, LINE Pay, commented ,
"I'm extremely happy that LINE Pay is now available on DAZN.
Through this partnership with Boku, we became to be able to offer
our services to international merchants and provide convenience to
more users in Japan."
Enquiries :
Boku, Inc .
Jon Prideaux, Chief Executive Officer
Keith Butcher, Chief Financial Officer + 44 ( 0 ) 20 3934 6630
IFC Advisory Limited ( Financial PR & IR )
Tim Metcalfe
Florence Chandler + 44 ( 0 ) 20 3934 6630
About Boku
Boku Inc. (AIM: BOKU) is a leading global provider of mobile
payment solutions. Its mobile-first payments network provides
multiple mobile payment methods, including mobile wallets, direct
carrier billing, and real-time payments schemes, reaching over 7
billion mobile payment accounts in over 60 countries - all through
a single integration.
Customers that trust Boku to simplify sign-up, acquire new
paying users and prevent fraud include global leaders such as
Amazon, Apple, Facebook/Meta, Google, Microsoft, Netflix, PayPal,
Sony, Spotify and Tencent.
Boku Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in
London, UK, with offices in the US, India, Brazil, China, Estonia,
France, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan and
Vietnam.
To learn more about Boku Inc., please visit:
https://www.boku.com
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