SoftBank unit Z Holdings to sell forex ops to focus on PayPay

GMO bolsters top spot in Japan's retail currency trading with purchase

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SoftBank Group subsidiary Z Holdings will focus its resources on other services such as mobile payment platform PayPay.

Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- SoftBank Group subsidiary Z Holdings, the parent company of Yahoo Japan, plans to sell its retail forex margin trading operations to market leader GMO in a 30 billion yen ($275 million) deal, Nikkei has learned.

GMO Financial Holdings will buy all outstanding shares of the unit -- known as YJFX -- from Z Holdings, which plans to focus its resources on other services such as mobile payment platform PayPay.

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