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LINE Pay

Introduced by Line worldwide on December 16, 2014, Line Pay enables users to request and send money to contacts, as well as make mobile payments at various retail stores. With a user base of 41 million local e-wallet users, LINE Pay stands out as the sole domestic wallet in Japan that readily accepts payments from overseas merchants.

Properties

The properties of the LINE Pay payment method are shown in the following table:

Payment type

Wallet

Acquirer

Alipay SG

Acquiring region

SG, AU, HK

Payment flow

Redirect

Cashier Payment

✔️

Supported country

Japan

Auto Debit

❌

Funds deduction

Real-time

Refund

✔️

Supported currency

JPY, USD

Partial refund

✔️

Minimum payment amount

1 JPY

Chargeback

❌

Maximum payment amount

Game merchants:

  • Buyers under 6 years old: 5000 JPY per month
  • Buyers between 16 and 18 years old: 10,000 - 30,000 JPY per month
  • Buyers over 18 years old: unlimited

KYC limits:

  • KYC compliant buyers: 999,999 JPY per transaction
  • Non-KYC compliant buyers: 100,000 JPY per transaction

Refund period

30 days

User experience

The following screenshots show the journey of paying with LINE Pay on a Web page:

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Figure 1. Payment process with LINE Pay (Web)

The following screenshots show the journey of paying with LINE Pay in an app or on a mobile website:

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Figure 2. Payment process with LINE Pay (App/WAP)