Japan's PayPay, Seven & i to combine loyalty programs

Business dealsTotal 100m users challenge Rakuten and NTT Docomo in domestic marketSeven & i Holdings, parent of the 7-Eleven convenience store chain, is in talks to receive an investment from SoftBank Corp. and its affiliate PayPay. (Nikkei montage)Nikkei staff writersJuly 23, 2026 11:41 JSTTOKYO -- SoftBank Group-backed PayPay, the largest smartphone payment service in Japan, and Seven & i Holdings are in final negotiations to integrate their customer data, Nikkei learned Thursday.