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Wise Payments Japan

Confidence: Likely Updated 2026-06-24 Review by 2026-12-24 Sources 3 Machine-translated Original (JA)
#JapanFG#payments#remittance#cross-border#funds-transfer
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This entry sits under payment-firms INDEX. Read it against Western Union Japan for peer / contrast context and payments index for the broader system / regulatory boundary.

TL;DR

Wise Payments Japan is Wise group’s Japan entity, and its official corporate page states the registration number as a Type I and Type II funds-transfer provider. It is a representative operator for reading Japan’s cross-border remittance / multi-currency account competition. ^[verified-2026-06-24]

1. Entity / license boundary

ItemReading
Legal entityWise Payments Japan K.K.
GroupWise Payments Limited / Wise plc
Main lanesCross-border remittance, multi-currency account, Wise Business
FSA registry routeFSA funds-transfer list: Kanto Local Finance Bureau Director 第00040号, Wise Payments Japan. ^[verified-2026-06-24]
Type boundaryWise says the Japan entity provides services as a Type 1 and Type 2 funds-transfer provider. ^[verified-2026-06-24]

2. Business role

  • Competes on transparent FX, cross-border account rails, and business remittance; this makes the page closer to a remittance / multi-currency-account operator than to domestic code-payment wallets such as paypay or merpay. ^[verified-2026-06-24]
  • Type 1 approval removes the older one-million-yen transaction ceiling for eligible flows; Wise’s Japan licence announcement says Type 1 allows transfers up to JPY 150 million per transaction across more than 40 currencies. ^[verified-2026-06-24]
  • The same operating company still appears in the FSA funds-transfer list, so the page should be used for Japan licence checks rather than relying only on global Wise plc materials. ^[verified-2026-06-24]
  • A comparator against Revolut, PayPal, Payoneer, SBI Remit, and Western Union.

3. Why this standalone page matters

Wise is both a global listed fintech and a regulated Japan funds-transfer operator. The Japan entity matters for licensing, safeguarding, and product limits.

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