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SoftBank’s PayPay to buy T&D Holdings' life insurer for $840m

The Japanese digital payments platform is acquiring a 70.2% stake in T&D Holdings’ life insurance unit, marking its push into life insurance as it expands beyond payments, cards, banking and securities. One Investment Management is also part of the deal.

June 09, 2026

SoftBank buys ABB's robotics arm for $5.38bn

The division of the Swiss company has a workforce of approximately 7,000 and had revenues of $2.3bn in 2024; SoftBank is looking to fuse artificial super intelligence and robotics.

October 08, 2025

SoftBank invests $2bn into Intel

The aim of the stock purchase is to help boost advanced technology and semiconductor innovation in the US; Intel has been under the spotlight of the US administration in recent weeks.

August 19, 2025

SoftBank and OpenAI agree Japanese AI joint venture

SoftBank has said it will spend $3bn annually to deploy customised AI across its group of companies; the JV, known as SB OpenAI Japan, will sell to Japanese firms.

February 04, 2025

OYO’s $807m cash injection is only a temporary fix to bigger problems

Under the aegis of Softbank’s Vision Fund, the Indian budget hotel chain has quickly expanded into China and Europe. But the startup cannot outrun poor business practices that have left customers dissatisfied and investors skittish.

March 19, 2020

Softbank’s buyback plan is a face-saving gesture

Softbank’s latest buyback programme marginally addresses shareholder demands; it is an act of goodwill rather than an inflection point for the company’s investment priorities.

March 16, 2020

Why a merger between Grab and Gojek is unlikely (for now)

A Grab-Gojek consolidation has always been the talk of the town, given overlapping business similarities, but never taken seriously – until now. There are two outcomes that seem the most likely, but an M&A is not one of them.

March 11, 2020

A private LINE between Naver and Softbank

Softbank and Naver plan to take messaging app LINE private. This will not only lead to improved R&D spend, it will also unlock value for the majority shareholders.

November 18, 2019

Unicorn valuations are fit to burst, warn investors

Investors explain why they shun big-ticket investments in unicorns.

October 15, 2019

PE giants focus on education sub-sectors

KKR and Softbank are both targetting the Kindergarten to twelfth grade (K12) education sub-sector in China.

August 26, 2019