SoftBank(US:SOBKY) Sou Hu Cai Jing·2025-08-12 07:19Group 1 - SoftBank has selected investment banks for its electronic payment tool PayPay, aiming for an IPO in the US as early as Q4, with plans to raise over $2 billion [1] - The lead underwriters for the IPO include Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Mizuho Financial Group, and Morgan Stanley, all of which declined to comment [1] - PayPay is a mobile payment service co-founded by SoftBank and Yahoo Japan, offering services such as mobile payments, food delivery, and reservation services [3] Group 2 - Earlier reports indicated that SoftBank was considering a US listing for PayPay, and the company expressed its desire for an IPO earlier this year [3] - On September 14, 2023, SoftBank's subsidiary Arm Holdings went public on NASDAQ, pricing shares at $51 and raising $4.871 billion, with a closing share price of $141.05 on August 11, 2025, giving it a total market capitalization of $149.4 billion [3]