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Change "Boku, Inc. is a mobile payments company that allows businesses to collect online payments through both carrier billing and mobile wallets, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Boku utilizes mobile network operator (carrier) data to enhance the security and user experience for consumers online. Boku offers its customers more than 330+ mobile payment types in over 90 countries globally, offering a bank-grade payment system" to " Boku, Inc. is a payment technology company providing a global network of localized payment solutions for international merchants to align with their customers’ payment choices. Boku is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and currently supports more than 300 local payment methods, (LPMs) including carrier billing, digital wallets and account-to-account payment schemes in over 60 countries."

Change "In 2020, Boku processed over one billion billable transactions and processed over $7 billion in payments volume." to "Boku helps merchants grow revenue in every corner of the globe, with payments optimized for mobile-first consumers, targeted marketing programs that attract, engage, and retain digital subscription users, and merchant services that ease the complexities of global settlement, compliance, tax, and fraud mitigation."

Change " " to "The platform is used by major tech companies including Amazon, Comcast, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Netflix, Sony, Spotify and Tencent."


Change "Boku was founded in 2009 by Mark Britto, Erich Ringewald and Ron Hirson using the combined assets of Mobillcash and Paymo. Boku raised a $13 million Series A investment from Khosla Ventures, Index Ventures and Benchmark.[2][3]" to "Boku was founded in 2008 by Mark Britto, Erich Ringewald and Ron Hirson [1] using the combined assets of Mobillcash Ltd. and Paymo, Inc. Boku raised a $13 million Series A investment from Khosla Ventures, Index Ventures and Benchmark."


Change "In total, Boku has raised more than $91M in venture capital funding from Benchmark Capital, Index Ventures, Khosla Ventures, DAG Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, New Enterprise Associates, Telefónica, and GMO Payment Gateway." to "In total, Boku has raised more than $91M in venture capital funding from Benchmark Capital, Index Ventures, Khosla Ventures, DAG Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, New Enterprise Associates, Telefónica, and GMO Payment Gateway."

Change "On November 20, 2017, Boku listed its shares on the London Stock Exchange (AIM) through £125 million initial public offering.[8]" to "On November 20, 2017, Boku listed its shares on the London Stock Exchange (AIM) through £125 million initial public offering. [2]"


In 2010, Boku launched mobile wallet payments with GCash in the Philippines. [3]

Change " " to "In 2012, Boku added support for recurring payments with its first subscription merchant: Spotify."

Change "In 2013, Boku announced the acquisition of Qubecell, India's largest aggregator in carrier billing to grow India as its engineering and technology hub.[10]" to "In 2013, Boku announced the acquisition of Qubecell, India’s largest aggregator in carrier billing to grow India as its engineering and technology hub. The same year, Boku launched mobile payments for the Sony PlayStation Store, and acquired German-based carrier billing provider Mopay.[4]"

Change "In 2014, Boku launched mobile payments for the Sony PlayStation Store, and acquired German-based carrier billing provider Mopay.[11][12]" to "In 2015, Boku acquired Mobileview, giving the company access to all four major mobile operators in Italy.[5] [6]. The same year, Boku launched tokenized payments, enabling 1-click payments and subscriptions, and added support for major app stores including Google Play, Windows 10 and others."

Change " " to "In 2016, Boku launched subscription bundling (payment-linked marketing programs)."

Change " " to "In 2021, Boku launched recurring payments on mobile wallets with Netflix in Southeast Asia."

Change " " to "In 2022, Boku announced that it has entered into a new multi-year commercial agreement with Amazon.com, Inc. to supply its digital wallet and other local payment methods to Amazon. Later the same year Boku added support for real-time payments with its first digital advertising merchant, Meta."

Change " " to "In 2023, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) granted Boku’s Indian entity Boku IN authorization in principle to operate as a Payment Aggregator (“PA-PG”) in India. [7] Boku also became the first and only payment company to enable Taiwan’s JKOPAY e-payment service for foreign online merchants. [8]"

Change " " to "Boku currently has employees in 30 countries."

Change "Boku's payments customers include Apple Inc., Google, Sony, Microsoft, Facebook, Tencent, Spotify, Electronic Arts, DAZN and Riot Games amongst others.[citation needed] Payments partners include mobile operators Vodafone, Verizon, Jio, Deutsche Telekom, Telefónica, Saudi Telecom (STC), SK Telecom, Zong and mobile wallet providers LINE Pay, KakaoPay, RabbitLinePay, GCash, GoPay, OVO, Dana, GrabPay.[18]" to "Boku’s payments customers include Google, Sony, Microsoft, Meta, Tencent, Spotify, Electronic Arts, DAZN and Riot Games, amongst others. [9] [10] Payments partners include mobile operators Vodafone, Verizon, Jio, Deutsche Telekom, Telefónica, Saudi Telecom (STC), SK Telecom, and mobile wallet providers LINE Pay, KakaoPay, RabbitLinePay, GCash, GoPay, OVO, Dana, GrabPay. Boku has also business relationships with other payment solutions companies including Pix, Twint, iDEAL and UPI."


Change "Boku provides businesses with the ability to accept mobile payments (direct carrier billing and mobile wallets) online from consumers.[19] Boku also offers a subscription bundling product, named Trident, that enables subscription services to be offered to consumers through a mobile network operator. Consumers may receive the service for free during a trial period until they are billed by the mobile operator.[20] Additionally, Boku offers mobile identity products that utilize mobile network operator data in order for consumers to verify their identity in order to complete transactions online.[21]" to "Boku’s primary product is its payment network which comprises local payment methods (carrier billing, digital wallets and account-to-account schemes) in more than 60 countries. The technology platform supporting this network gives merchants access to recurring billing and tokenization flows, as well as customized merchant integrations.

Boku also offers services to help merchants maximize the profitability of the payment connections they use, including partner marketing programs, benchmarking and payment optimization analysis. Boku also facilitates payment settlement, compliance, tax and fraud mitigation, and operates a global network of licenses, entities and bank accounts."

Change "In 2011, Mobile Trax awarded Boku their Mobility Award.[22] In 2011[23] and 2013, Forbes selected Boku for their 25 most promising companies in America list.[24]" to "In 2011, Mobile Trax awarded Boku their Mobility Award [11]. In 2011 and 2013, Forbes selected Boku for their “25 Most Promising Companies in America” list. [12]"

Change " " to "In 2023, Boku won the Fintech Awards “London PayTech Company of the Year Award” was named the Best Performing Financial Services company in the UK tech sector at the annual Megabuyte Quoted25 awards. [13]"


References:

1. London Stock Exchange “BOKU, INC.”. Retrieved 29 January 2024.

2. Kafka, Peter (19 January 2010). "Another Big Bet on Mobile Payments: Boku Raises $25 Million". All Things Digital. Retrieved 29 January 2024.

3. Lunden, Ingrid (15 March 2012). "Mobile Payment Startup BOKU Raises A $35M Round. NEA, Telefonica Among The Investors". Techcrunch. Retrieved 19 January 2024.

4. Mannes, John (1 September 2016)."Boku locks down another $13.75M to fund carrier connections for global expansion". TechCrunch. Retrieved 29 January 2024.

5. London Stock Exchange “BOKU, INC.”. Retrieved 29 January 2024.

6. Vidyarthi, Neil (16 February 2010). "GCash Now Works Anywhere Thanks To BOKU Partnership With Globe Telecom". Retrieved 29 January 2024.

7. Levy, Ari (7 October 2014). "No slowdown in payments as Boku buys mopay". CNBC. Retrieved 29 January 2024.

8. Payments Dive (13 August 2015). "Boku acquires Italian mobile payment provider". Retrieved 29 January 2024.

9. Sharma, Ray (18 August 2014). "Mobile Payment Startup Boku Acquires Mobileview Italia to Expand Carrier-Billing in Europe". The Fast Mode. Retrieved 29 January 2024.

10. PYMNTS.com (6 December 2018). "Boku Buys ID Authentication Co. Danal For $68M”. Retrieved 29 January 2024.

11. Finextra Research (17 June 2020). "Mobile payments outfit Boku to buy Fortumo". Retrieved 29 January 2024.

12. Chapman, Lizette (21 November 2013). "Mobile-Payments Co. Boku Gets Indian Carriers With Qubecell Acquisition". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 29 January 2024.

13. Sharma, Ray (July 2023). “Boku Adds Taiwanese Mobile Payment Provider JKOPAY to Network of Local Payments". The Fast Mode. 29 January 2024.

14. Telecompaper. (11 June 2014). "Boku launches direct carrier billing on Sony's PS4". Retrieved 29 January 2024.

15. Finextra (29 April 2016). "Spotify enlists Boku for carrier billing in Germany and Italy". Retrieved 29 January 2024.

16. Nelson, Brett; Colao, J.J.; Mallet, Max (February 2013). "Americas Most Promising Companies". Forbes. Retrieved 29 January 2024.

17. Thompson, Scott (21 November 2014). "2014 Payments Awards: winners announced". Retail Systems. Retrieved 29 January 2024.

18. GlobeNewswire (1 October 2020). "Juniper Research Recognizes Boku with two 'Future Digital Awards'". Retrieved 29 January 2024.

19. Megabuyte Awards (2023). Best Performing Company within the Financial Services sector. Retrieved 29 January 2024.

  • Why it should be changed:

Some of the information is no longer accurate, truthful or it is outdated. Some of the references are no longer available. New information is available since its first publishing.

Scmaria (talk) 12:39, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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 Question: Clarification needed - there are a number of sections that say Change "[blank]" to "..., what is being changed here? This will need to be fixed before the changes can be made. Please change the ans parameter to no in the template when you're ready to proceed. Thanks, Encoded   Talk 💬 22:50, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, there was information missing, and more paragraphs in the first article than in this update. When I stated Change "(blank)" to "xyz", it's an addition of information. I didn't know what to do in that case, but I hope it's accepted that I did it in this way. Scmaria (talk) 08:02, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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