PayPay Gets Off to Quick Start as One of Many Digital Payments Services in Cash-Loving Japan

By:

Dan Balaban

NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – As Japan continues to fight what to date has been a losing battle against cash, an announcement by the joint venture behind QR code-based payments service PayPay offers a little bit of encouragement.

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