Mobile payments platform Boku has entered into a partnership with Japanese e-wallet and QR code payment service provider PayPay.

The collaboration will enable Boku merchants to offer PayPay service further expanding their payment acceptance arrangement.

Both the companies agreed to offer a ‘card-like’ experience to Japanese consumers for the PayPay eWallet.

PayPay Sales Group Online Sales Division deputy head Yoshitaka Ito said: “Through a partnership with PayPay, which has been enabling and accelerating the adoption of cashless payments in Japan, and Boku, a world-leading payment service provider, we are delighted to be able to provide more merchants and consumers with the convenience of cashless payments.”

Boku Payments chief business officer Mark Stannard said: “The growing acceptance of eWallets is helping merchants and consumers make mobile transactions simpler. We are immensely pleased to partner with PayPay in achieving this goal and delivering value to their 28 million users.”

Headquartered in the UK, Boku offers mobile payment and mobile identity solutions. The Boku technology platform is said to be connected to more than 200 mobile wallets globally.

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Last year, the platform was used to carry out more than 815 million verified transactions.

In March this year, Boku launched multi-country direct carrier billing (DCB) and eWallet payment services for Pearl Abyss, a South Korea-based game developer.

The service was rolled out in several countries such as Russia, Turkey, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia and Singapore.