TOKYO -- Line will launch digital banking services by 2020 in collaboration with Mizuho Financial Group, the chat app operator said Tuesday, aiming to break into a sector dominated by megabanks using its domestic user base of 78 million.
The two Japanese companies will establish a preparatory company in spring 2019, with Line Financial providing 51% of the 2 billion yen ($17.6 million) in capital and Mizuho Bank supplying the rest.
