Payoneer Japan
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Wiki route
This entry sits under payment-firms INDEX (its domain route). Read it against Wise Payments Japan and Airwallex Japan for peer / contrast (cross-border business-payment fintech), and against the FSA plus the funds-transfer vs prepaid boundary for the supervisory / system boundary.
TL;DR
ペイオニア・ジャパン株式会社 is the Japan base of the US Payoneer group, an FSA-registered type-II funds-transfer operator (under the Payment Services Act; Director-General of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau 第00045号). Established in 2015 年, headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo. It is important in the context of global marketplace payout / freelancer / supplier-payment, handling the receipts and payments of cross-border sellers and businesses that receive income from overseas platforms.
1. License / group boundary
| Item | Notes |
|---|---|
| Legal name | ペイオニア・ジャパン株式会社 |
| License route | type-II funds-transfer operator (funds-transfer, Payment Services Act); FSA Director-General of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau 第00045号 |
| Parent / group | Payoneer Global Inc. (US, foreign parent) |
| Established | 2015 年 |
| Main lanes | Marketplace payouts, business payments, collection agency (収納代行), cross-border funds management |
| Wiki role | Payoneer’s Japan funds-transfer entity page |
2. Operating model
- Serves global marketplace sellers, freelancers, contractors, and small and medium-sized businesses that receive income from overseas platforms.
- Competes with Wise, PayPal, Airwallex, and bank wires.
- Important in Japan’s outbound / inbound digital-commerce payment flows.
3. Why this page matters
Payoneer tends to be discussed as a global platform, but Japan compliance and product analysis should reference the registered Japan entity (type-II funds-transfer operator). It pins down a typical example of a foreign parent’s Japan subsidiary operating under a funds-transfer license.
Related
- payment-firms INDEX
- Wise Payments Japan
- Airwallex Japan
- PayPal Pte. Ltd. Japan
- funds-transfer vs prepaid boundary
- FinWiki index
Sources
- Payoneer Japan product surface: https://www.payoneer.com/ja/
- Payoneer corporate profile: https://www.payoneer.com/about/
- FSA funds-transfer service provider list (
shikin_idou.pdf): https://www.fsa.go.jp/menkyo/menkyoj/shikin_idou.pdf
[!info] Verification status confidence: likely. The type-II funds-transfer business (Director-General of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau 第00045号), establishment in 2015 年, and being a Payoneer Global subsidiary are public facts.