Pring: google: Google to buy Japanese payments firm Pring

Alphabet's Google has agreed to buy payments business Pring from backers including fintech firm Metaps as the U.S. tech giant pushes into Japan's rapidly growing market for cashless services. The startup's three top shareholders - Metaps, software company Miroku Jyoho Service and Nippon Gas - announced on Tuesday they would sell their combined 87% holding [...]