• PayPay registered users hit 75 million as of Aug. 9, 2026; eKYC-verified users topped 43 million as of July 2026.
• 2025 payment transactions reached 8.88 billion, up 19% year on year; more than 20% of Japan’s 43.5 billion cashless transactions.
• 2025 P2P remittance share among code-payment providers rose to about 98% from about 96% a year earlier.

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