{
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "slug": "payments/japan-bnpl-pay-later-operator-registry-matrix",
  "source_path": "payments/japan-bnpl-pay-later-operator-registry-matrix.md",
  "url": "https://finwiki.zksc.io/ja/payments/japan-bnpl-pay-later-operator-registry-matrix/",
  "html_url": "https://finwiki.zksc.io/ja/payments/japan-bnpl-pay-later-operator-registry-matrix/",
  "alternate_html_urls": {
    "ja": "https://finwiki.zksc.io/ja/payments/japan-bnpl-pay-later-operator-registry-matrix/",
    "en": "https://finwiki.zksc.io/en/payments/japan-bnpl-pay-later-operator-registry-matrix/"
  },
  "github_url": "https://github.com/jasonhnd/finwiki/blob/main/payments/japan-bnpl-pay-later-operator-registry-matrix.md",
  "raw_markdown_url": "https://finwiki.zksc.io/payments/japan-bnpl-pay-later-operator-registry-matrix.md",
  "domain": "payments",
  "title": "Japan BNPL / pay-later operator registry matrix",
  "entry_type": "wiki_entry",
  "frontmatter": {
    "title": "Japan BNPL / pay-later operator registry matrix",
    "aliases": [
      "payments/japan-bnpl-pay-later-operator-registry-matrix",
      "japan-bnpl-pay-later-operator-registry-matrix",
      "Japan BNPL operator comparison registry",
      "個別信用購入あっせん業者 BNPL registry Japan",
      "Japan 後払い operator comparison matrix",
      "Japan BNPL pay-later top operators landscape",
      "Japan atobarai operator scorecard",
      "日本 BNPL 後払い事業者登録マトリクス"
    ],
    "domain": "payments",
    "type": null,
    "created": "2026-05-25",
    "last_updated": "2026-07-30",
    "last_tended": "2026-07-30",
    "review_by": "2026-10-27",
    "confidence": "certain",
    "tags": [
      "payments",
      "matrix",
      "BNPL",
      "atobarai",
      "後払い",
      "installment-sales-act",
      "METI",
      "individual-credit-purchase",
      "registry",
      "Japan"
    ],
    "status": "active",
    "canonical_anchor": null,
    "related": [],
    "note": null,
    "sources": [
      "https://www.meti.go.jp/policy/economy/consumer/credit/115tourokujigyousyaitiran.html",
      "https://www.meti.go.jp/policy/economy/consumer/credit/tourokukobetsuichiran.pdf",
      "https://www.meti.go.jp/policy/economy/consumer/credit/tourokuhoukatsuichiran.pdf",
      "https://www.meti.go.jp/policy/economy/consumer/credit/teiketsuichiran.pdf",
      "https://www.meti.go.jp/policy/economy/consumer/credit/kappuhanbaihoatobaraibunyanogaiyofaq.html",
      "https://www.meti.go.jp/policy/economy/consumer/credit/11kappuhanbaihou.html",
      "https://corp.netprotections.com/ir/",
      "https://www.atone.be/",
      "https://www.kuronekoyamato.co.jp/ytc/business/option/payment/",
      "https://www.gmo-pp.co.jp/",
      "https://paidy.com/",
      "https://komoju.com/ja/payments/atobarai/",
      "https://about.mercari.com/press/",
      "https://www.caa.go.jp/policies/policy/consumer_policy/caution/internet/trouble/payment.html",
      "https://www.fsa.go.jp/menkyo/menkyo.html"
    ]
  },
  "summary": "Japan's BNPL / 後払い checkout label does not map to one license. METI explains that a credit-purchase intermediary generally pays the merchant and receives the consumer's payment over a period exceeding two months; the applicable Installment Sales Act regime therefore depends on the product's payment",
  "headings": [
    "Japan BNPL / pay-later operator registry matrix",
    "TL;DR",
    "Wiki route",
    "Why this matrix matters",
    "Net Protections HD (NP 後払い, TSE PRIME 7383)",
    "atone (Net Protections subsidiary)",
    "Kuroneko Atobarai (Yamato Financial Holdings)",
    "GMO Postpay (GMO Payment Gateway group)",
    "Paidy (PayPal-owned)",
    "Komoju Atobarai (Degica)"
  ],
  "body_links": {
    "wikilinks_count": 56,
    "wikilinks": [
      "INDEX",
      "business/gmo-internet-group",
      "business/gmo-internet-group\\",
      "card-issuers/aplus",
      "card-issuers/aplus\\",
      "card-issuers/credit-saison",
      "card-issuers/credit-saison\\",
      "card-issuers/jaccs",
      "card-issuers/jaccs\\",
      "card-issuers/mufg-nicos",
      "card-issuers/orico",
      "card-issuers/orico\\",
      "card-issuers/paypay-card",
      "card-issuers/paypay-card\\",
      "card-issuers/rakuten-card",
      "card-issuers/smbc-card",
      "megabanks/mizuho-fg",
      "megabanks/mizuho-fg\\",
      "megabanks/mufg",
      "megabanks/mufg\\",
      "payment-firms/atone",
      "payment-firms/atone\\",
      "payment-firms/gmo-payment-gateway",
      "payment-firms/gmo-payment-gateway\\",
      "payment-firms/gmo-postpay",
      "payment-firms/gmo-postpay\\",
      "payment-firms/kuroneko-atobarai",
      "payment-firms/kuroneko-atobarai\\",
      "payment-firms/mercari-hd",
      "payment-firms/mercari-hd\\",
      "payment-firms/merpay",
      "payment-firms/merpay\\",
      "payment-firms/net-protections-hd",
      "payment-firms/net-protections-hd\\",
      "payment-firms/paidy",
      "payment-firms/paidy\\",
      "payment-firms/paypal-pte-ltd-japan",
      "payment-firms/paypal-pte-ltd-japan\\",
      "payment-firms/paypay",
      "payment-firms/paypay\\",
      "payments/INDEX",
      "payments/cashless-jp-landscape",
      "payments/credit-purchase-card-operators-japan-index",
      "payments/funds-transfer-vs-prepaid-boundary",
      "payments/japan-bnpl-credit-purchase-boundary",
      "payments/japan-card-issuer-acquirer-processor-split",
      "payments/japan-card-security-authentication-controls",
      "payments/japan-card-security-authentication-controls\\",
      "payments/japan-consumer-credit-operator-comparison-matrix",
      "payments/japan-interchange-and-merchant-fee-stack",
      "payments/japan-jcb-issuer-ecosystem-positioning-matrix",
      "payments/japan-merchant-psp-competitive-scorecard",
      "payments/japan-payment-scheme-economics-matrix",
      "payments/psp-merchant-settlement-risk",
      "regional-banks/sbi-shinsei-bank",
      "regional-banks/sbi-shinsei-bank\\"
    ],
    "resolved_wikilinks": [
      "https://finwiki.zksc.io/INDEX.md",
      "https://finwiki.zksc.io/ja/business/gmo-internet-group/",
      "https://finwiki.zksc.io/ja/card-issuers/aplus/",
      "https://finwiki.zksc.io/ja/card-issuers/credit-saison/",
      "https://finwiki.zksc.io/ja/card-issuers/jaccs/",
      "https://finwiki.zksc.io/ja/card-issuers/mufg-nicos/",
      "https://finwiki.zksc.io/ja/card-issuers/orico/",
      "https://finwiki.zksc.io/ja/card-issuers/paypay-card/",
      "https://finwiki.zksc.io/ja/card-issuers/rakuten-card/",
      "https://finwiki.zksc.io/ja/card-issuers/smbc-card/",
      "https://finwiki.zksc.io/ja/megabanks/mizuho-fg/",
      "https://finwiki.zksc.io/ja/megabanks/mufg/",
      "https://finwiki.zksc.io/ja/payment-firms/atone/",
      "https://finwiki.zksc.io/ja/payment-firms/gmo-payment-gateway/",
      "https://finwiki.zksc.io/ja/payment-firms/gmo-postpay/",
      "https://finwiki.zksc.io/ja/payment-firms/kuroneko-atobarai/",
      "https://finwiki.zksc.io/ja/payment-firms/mercari-hd/",
      "https://finwiki.zksc.io/ja/payment-firms/merpay/",
      "https://finwiki.zksc.io/ja/payment-firms/net-protections-hd/",
      "https://finwiki.zksc.io/ja/payment-firms/paidy/",
      "https://finwiki.zksc.io/ja/payment-firms/paypal-pte-ltd-japan/",
      "https://finwiki.zksc.io/ja/payment-firms/paypay/",
      "https://finwiki.zksc.io/ja/domains/payments/",
      "https://finwiki.zksc.io/ja/payments/cashless-jp-landscape/",
      "https://finwiki.zksc.io/ja/payments/credit-purchase-card-operators-japan-index/",
      "https://finwiki.zksc.io/ja/payments/funds-transfer-vs-prepaid-boundary/",
      "https://finwiki.zksc.io/ja/payments/japan-bnpl-credit-purchase-boundary/",
      "https://finwiki.zksc.io/ja/payments/japan-card-issuer-acquirer-processor-split/",
      "https://finwiki.zksc.io/ja/payments/japan-card-security-authentication-controls/",
      "https://finwiki.zksc.io/ja/payments/japan-consumer-credit-operator-comparison-matrix/",
      "https://finwiki.zksc.io/ja/payments/japan-interchange-and-merchant-fee-stack/",
      "https://finwiki.zksc.io/ja/payments/japan-jcb-issuer-ecosystem-positioning-matrix/",
      "https://finwiki.zksc.io/ja/payments/japan-merchant-psp-competitive-scorecard/",
      "https://finwiki.zksc.io/ja/payments/japan-payment-scheme-economics-matrix/",
      "https://finwiki.zksc.io/ja/payments/psp-merchant-settlement-risk/",
      "https://finwiki.zksc.io/ja/regional-banks/sbi-shinsei-bank/"
    ],
    "external_links_count": 0,
    "external_links": []
  },
  "metrics": {
    "nonspace_chars": 36020,
    "word_like_tokens": 5828,
    "inbound_wikilinks_count": 3,
    "last_modified": "2026-07-30"
  }
}
