Digital wage payments have started in Japan after the operator of popular QR-code based payment app PayPay became the first to clear the government’s screening under a cashless drive. Ten SoftBank Group Corp. firms, including PayPay Corp., said they have started paying wages from September through PayPay to employees with their consent. They can specify up to 200,000 yen ($1,340) of their salary to be paid via the app. The move comes after the labor ministry said in 2022 it will allow companies to pay wages to digital payment apps from April 2023 in a bid to promote cashless payments as a way …