<article>Tokyo-headquartered mobile payments firm Origami has landed a $66.6-million Series C investment round to boost its cashless transactions as well as build a greater global presence.</article>

Tokyo-headquartered mobile payments firm Origami has landed a $66.6-million Series C investment round to boost its cashless transactions as well as build a greater global presence.
Investors participating in the financing include<a style="color: #000080;" href="https://www.dealstreetasia.com/tag/sbi-investment/"> SBI Investment</a>, Toyota Finance, Shinkin Central Bank, <a style="color: #000080;" href="https://www.dealstreetasia.com/tag/unionpay/">Union Pay International</a>, <a style="color: #000080;" href="https://www.dealstreetasia.com/tag/credit-saison/">Credit Saison</a>, Nihon Unisys, JCB, The Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank, Mitsui Sumitomo Card Company and DG Lab Fund (run by Daiwa Ventures).
With this latest deal, the total funding into Origami has reached $88 million.
The company, founded in 2012, said it will use the proceeds to continue hiring global talent, strengthening product development and business expansion across multiple verticals.
Under the capital and business alliance with UnionPay International, Origami Pay will be accepted at approximately 7.5 million UnionPay QR code-enabled outlets by the first quarter of next year. Thus, its service will be available in 24 countries across APAC, North America, Central Asia, Middle East and Africa.
In Japan, Origami will make it possible to use UnionPay’s QR settlement at the firm&#8217;s partner stores.
In addition, the Japanese fintech company will also cooperate with Taiwan’s payment service provider JKOS Network to allow JKOPAY users and Taiwanese visitors to proceed transactions at all Origami partner shops in Japan.
Earlier this year, Origami forged a collaboration with Credit Saison to serve the financial services group’s card holders. Origami said it was also in talks with partner companies of its Series C investors to make its services available through their platforms.
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Origami said it was also in talks with partner companies of its Series C investors to make its services available through their platforms.

Japanese payments firm Origami bags $67m Series C for global push

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