In the past, LINE focused on building content around its messaging and gaming platforms, which included an ecommerce business, a job service and a manga platform. Now, its focus has shifted towards payments.
With more than 50 million registered users in Japan, LINE’s mobile payment business has already launched a collaboration with Tencent and has announced it is launching a credit card in collaboration with Visa.
Moreover, LINE Pay is expanding to international markets and it is currently available in Thailand, Taiwan and Indonesia.
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