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PayPay
PayPay Corp is a privately held Japanese financial technology and digital payments company headquartered in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Founded in 2018, it operates a widely adopted mobile QR code payment platform across Japan.
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PayPay at a glance
PayPay is a fintech company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It is publicly listed (PAYP) with a market capitalisation of $10.5B. Xcout tracks 12 named people at PayPay, including Ichiro Nakayama (President, CEO, Executive Officer & Representative Director). Xcout recorded 107 job postings from PayPay in the last 90 days, naming tools such as GitHub, Jenkins, ChatGPT.
PayPay leadership
- Ichiro NakayamaPresident, CEO, Executive Officer & Representative Director
- Hajime BabaExecutive VP, Co-COO & Executive Officer
- Masamichi YasudaExecutive VP, Co-COO & Executive Officer
- Wataru KagechikaSenior Managing Executive Officer & CFO
- Masanori SodeManaging Executive Officer, Chief Administrative Officer & Chief Human Resource Officer
- Hirofumi FujiiExecutive Officer, CMO, Head of the Mrkt Strategy Div & Business Operations Group
6 more named people on record for PayPay, with roles, board committees and tenure — see the full roster →
Hiring at PayPay
Xcout recorded 107 job postings from PayPay in the last 90 days, from a hiring record Xcout has kept since April 2026.
Tools named in PayPay's job postings
The weekly hiring trend, the roles and locations behind it and all 24 tools — see PayPay's hiring signals →
Recent PayPay news
4 corporate events on record, with sources — see the full timeline →
Hiring vs the trend
Based on 103 job postings in the last 8 weeks (24 Aug – 18 Oct 2026), compared with 400 scale-up technology companies.
This describes a hiring pattern — how often PayPay’s job postings ask for AI skills, and how that changed against the previous 8 weeks, ranked among its peers. It says nothing about the company’s products or performance.
Signed-in members see the AI-skill share and its change with peer percentiles, role mix, posting momentum and advertised US pay against the market.
Tech stack
PayPay competitors
A few of PayPay's closest competitors — see the full list of competitors and alternatives →
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More on PayPay in Xcout Intel
- 12 named people with titles, LinkedIn and board committees
- Weekly hiring history and the mix of roles behind it
- 4 corporate events with sources — deals, leadership changes, layoffs
- The full competitor set, tracking, exports and API access