GMO Payment Gateway, the first in Kyushu,
Decided to be adopted by Fukuoka City's water bill Credit card payment

16 Feb 2009
GMO Payment Gateway, Inc.

GMO Payment Gateway Co., Ltd. (TSE Part: Securities Code: 3769 Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, President & Chief Executive Officer: Issei Ainoura (hereinafter referred to as GMO-PG), which develops payment processing business such as non-face-to-face credit cards, is a water bill that Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture will introduce from June 21 meter reading Credit card payment We will be entrusted with the storage agency processing work.

Today's non-face-to-face Credit card payment market is expanding not only in the field of product sales but also in the fields of electricity, gas, and NHK broadcast subscription fees, against the backdrop of consumers' need for payment methods and the government's new IT reform strategy. At the 164th ordinary session of the Diet held in Heisei 18, the Local Autonomy Law was amended to allow public fund credit card receipts.

Under these circumstances, Fukuoka City is also planning to introduce the first Credit card payment of water charges in Kyushu from June 21 meter readings for the purpose of improving citizen services and improving the efficiency of operations, and will start accepting applications from April 1, 21. With the introduction of Credit card payment, Fukuoka citizens will be able to enjoy benefits such as "diversification of payment", "improved convenience", and "ability to accumulate points while payment fees".

This time, it has been decided to adopt GMO-PG's "public fund Credit card payment Service" for municipalities for Fukuoka City's Credit card payment collection agency processing of water bills.

In making this selection, we believe that GMO-PG has been comprehensively evaluated for its many implementation Actual, abundant operational experience, and high security management measures*.

* GMO-PG is actively working on security measures so that all customers can use its services with peace of mind. In addition to achieving the international standard ISO/IEC27001:2005 (domestic standard JIS Q27001:2006) certification for information security management systems for all business sites, it was jointly formulated by five international credit card brands: JCB, American Express, Discover, MasterCard, and VISA. It is fully compliant with PCI DSS, the global security standard for the credit industry.

The "public fund Credit card payment Service" provided by GMO-PG has been adopted by the Social Insurance Agency and local municipalities such as Tokyo and Fukuoka City, and credit card payment services have been started or are scheduled to be started at each municipalities. We already have a Actual for credit card payment for "hometown tax payment" entrusted by Kyoto Prefecture to Osaka Prefecture.

The "public fund Credit card payment Service" integrates the account update service, which performs credit card validity checking, sales billing, and card information update, and is provided as an ASP service, so it can be introduced in a short period of time. We also provide an online application function that supports 3-D Secure Authentication, which is a personal authentication service.

Currently, Japan's private final consumption expenditure is about 292 trillion yen (*1), of which only about 39 trillion yen (*4) is handled in Credit card payment. The public fund market, which is a field where credit cards have not yet been introduced, is said to be 20 trillion yen ~ 50 trillion yen, and the application of this market to credit card payments is expected to lead to further expansion of the credit card market in the future, as well as improvements in the convenience of people's lives and improvement in the operational efficiency of the public sector. GMO-PG will continue to promote and promote Credit card payment services not only in the field of online product sales, but also in the field of monthly payment that are closely related to daily life.

(*1) National accounts for the 19th fiscal year (*4) "Consumer Credit Statistics of Japan" Heisei 21 edition (Japan Credit Industry Association)