Wallets/line-pay
LINE Pay
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Overview
LINE Pay is the LINE messenger-embedded payment service, originally launched December 2014 by LINE Corporation (now LY Corporation) — historically active in Japan, Taiwan, and Thailand 1, 2, Taiwan, Province of China report, Japan report. Significant 2025 milestone: LINE Pay terminated service in Japan on April 30, 2025 as LY Corporation consolidates payments into PayPay (LY's other major payment subsidiary; LY Corp owns both PayPay + LINE Pay).
LINE Pay remains active in Taiwan + Thailand:
- Taiwan (Q1 2025): NT$2.03 trillion transaction volume + 13.1+ million users + 19.5+ million linked cards — substantial scale + continued growth.
- Thailand: Active LINE Pay Thailand subsidiary integrated with Thai QR / PromptPay ecosystem.
History
December 2014 — LINE Pay launches in Japan 2: Integrated within LINE messenger.
2015-2018 — Pan-LINE-market expansion 2: Japan, Taiwan, Thailand.
2019 — PayPay JV announced [paypay-cro]: SoftBank Group + Yahoo Japan + LINE consolidation; PayPay becomes primary Japanese payments brand.
2021 — Z Holdings (Yahoo Japan + LINE) merge 2: Corporate consolidation; LINE Pay + PayPay overlap.
October 1, 2023 — Z Holdings renamed LY Corporation [lycorp].
Termination of LINE Pay Japan announced 2024 3: Service consolidation into PayPay.
April 30, 2025 — LINE Pay Japan terminated 1, 3: Service ends; LINE Pay Balance refunded to users per Article 20-1 + Article 61-5 of Japan Payment Services Act.
March 31, 2026 — Line Pay Corporation absorption merger 3: LY Corporation approves absorption-type merger of wholly-owned subsidiary Line Pay Corporation.
Q1 2025 Taiwan — NT$2.03 trillion transaction volume + 13.1M users + 19.5M linked cards 4: Continued Taiwan scale.
Ownership & operator
Operating entities (per jurisdiction):
- Japan: LY Corporation operated until April 30, 2025 termination.
- Taiwan: LINE Pay Taiwan Ltd (active).
- Thailand: LINE Pay Thailand (active).
Parent: LY Corporation (formerly Z Holdings; merged Yahoo Japan + LINE 2021; renamed Oct 2023).
Ultimate parent: SoftBank Group + NAVER Corporation (Korean) — joint controlling shareholders of LY Corporation.
Regulators:
- Taiwan: FSC (Financial Supervisory Commission) — electronic payment institution license.
- Thailand: Bank of Thailand (BOT) — payment-service-provider license.
Technical integration
LINE Pay is LINE messenger-embedded payment service in Taiwan + Thailand 4, Taiwan, Province of China report:
| Layer | Description |
|---|---|
| Channel | LINE messenger app (LINE Pay is integrated within LINE) |
| Identifiers | LINE ID + phone number + QR code + linked card |
| Taiwan | Integrated with TWQR (Taiwan national QR) |
| Thailand | Integrated with Thai QR / PromptPay |
| Cross-border | Limited intra-LINE-market interop |
| Cards | 19.5M+ linked cards in Taiwan |
Users & growth
Taiwan (Q1 2025) 4:
- Transaction volume: NT$2.03 trillion
- Active users: 13.1+ million (~55% of Taiwan's adult population)
- Linked cards: 19.5+ million
Japan (pre-April 2025 termination) 3:
- 98M+ LINE messenger MAU in Japan (LINE itself); LINE Pay was integrated payment service.
- LINE Pay Japan service ended April 30, 2025; PayPay became primary LY payment offering in Japan.
Thailand: Active but specific user-count not widely reported.
Use cases
P2P transfers within LINE messenger (Taiwan + Thailand) 4: Cardinal — chat-embedded.
Merchant QR payments 4: Taiwan via TWQR, Thailand via Thai QR.
Online + in-app payments 1: LINE-ecosystem services.
Card-linked payments 4: 19.5M+ Taiwan-linked cards.
Bill payment Taiwan, Province of China report: Utilities + services.
Refund of LINE Pay Balance (Japan, May 2025+) 3: Service-termination wind-down.
Implementations & partners
Operating entities: LINE Pay Taiwan Ltd + LINE Pay Thailand + (Japan terminated).
Parent: LY Corporation + SoftBank Group + NAVER Corporation.
Sister product: PayPay (LY Corporation's primary Japanese payment offering post-LINE-Pay-Japan termination).
Regulators: FSC Taiwan + BOT Thailand.
Major Asian competitors:
- Taiwan: JKOPay, iPASS Money, Taiwan Pay.
- Thailand: TrueMoney, Rabbit LINE Pay (a co-brand).
- Japan: PayPay (now LY's primary; previously competitor).
Fun facts
- Launched December 2014 as Japan's first major super-app embedded payment.
- Terminated in Japan April 30, 2025 as LY Corporation consolidates payments into PayPay.
- March 31, 2026 LINE Pay Corporation absorption merger — final corporate wind-down step in Japan.
- Taiwan + Thailand continue: 13.1M Taiwan users + NT$2.03T transaction volume Q1 2025.
- 19.5M linked cards in Taiwan — substantial card-linkage penetration.
- LY Corporation owns BOTH PayPay + LINE Pay: PayPay primary in Japan, LINE Pay primary in Taiwan + Thailand.
- Z Holdings → LY Corporation rebrand (Oct 2023) — corporate-identity shift reflecting LINE + Yahoo Japan merger.
- Refund-driven Article 20-1 + Article 61-5 Payment Services Act compliance for Japan termination — illustrates Japanese consumer-protection rigor.
Comparison
| Feature | LINE Pay | PayPay (LY's Japan-primary) | TWQR / Taiwan Pay | Thai QR / PromptPay | KakaoPay (KR analogous) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operator | LY Corp (terminated JP; active TW + TH) | LY Corporation (Japan) | FISC Taiwan | BOT + Thai banks | Kakao Pay Corp. |
| Country (active) | Taiwan + Thailand | Japan | Taiwan | Thailand | South Korea |
| Embedded in | LINE messenger | Standalone PayPay app | National rail | National rail | KakaoTalk |
| Taiwan users | 13.1M (Q1 2025) | n/a | All Taiwanese banks | n/a | n/a |
| Recent corporate event | JP termination Apr 30, 2025 | Primary brand post-LINE-Pay-JP-term | n/a | n/a | KOSPI IPO Nov 2021 |
Status
Partial-discontinued (Japan terminated, Taiwan + Thailand active) 1, 3, 4:
- Japan: Service terminated April 30, 2025; LINE Pay Corporation absorption merger March 31, 2026.
- Taiwan: Active. 13.1M+ users, NT$2.03T transaction volume Q1 2025.
- Thailand: Active; Thai QR / PromptPay integrated.
- Parent: LY Corporation (SoftBank + NAVER joint control).
Sources
- 1 LINE Pay Japan termination — LY Corp
- 2 LINE Statistics — Expanded Ramblings
- 3 LINE Pay Japan termination — Tokyo FinTech
- 4 LINE Pay Taiwan Q1 2025 — Fiisual
- 5 LY absorbs LINE Pay — Telecompaper
- lycorp LY Corporation FY25 results
- Japan report In-corpus:
reports/countries/JP-japan.md - Taiwan, Province of China report In-corpus:
reports/countries/TW-taiwan.md
Source
Biography extracted from line-pay.md. See matrix.md for standards-support matrix if present.