Google to buy Japan payment startup for $182 million-plus - Nikkei

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Copyright Thomson Reuters 2021

By Reuters

Published on 08/07/2021 - 12:10•Updated 20/04/2024 - 06:09

TOKYO - Alphabet Inc's Google is set to buy Japanese smartphone payment startup Pring for more than 20 billion yen ($181.9 million), the Nikkei financial daily reported on Thursday.

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