By Kao Shih-ching / Staff reporterLINE Biz+ Taiwan Ltd (連加網路) and iPass Corp (一卡通票證) yesterday announced that they would be forming a cross-border mobile payment alliance with four regional peers: Japan-based Line Pay Corp, Thailand-based Rabbit Line Pay Co Ltd, and South Korea-based Naver Corp and NHN Payco Corp. The collaboration would enable the companies’ 78 million users to make electronic payments at stores that accept Line Pay, Naver Pay, Payco or Rabbit Line Pay, LINE Biz+ Taiwan said. “We noticed that Japanese, [South] Koreans, Thais and Taiwanese visit to each others’ countries frequently. That would benefit the payment operators’ partnered stores as well, as they would be able to market their products or services to more clients, it said. Customers would not need to download new mobile apps or register another app, as the apps offered by the six operators would be connected automatically, LINE Biz+ Taiwan said.
