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GMO Payment Gateway, Inc.
20 Sep 2017
On Wednesday, September 20, 2017, GMO Payment Gateway, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as "GMO-PG") entered into a capital alliance with Bplats Co., Ltd. (President & Chief Executive Officer: Kenji Fujita, hereinafter referred to as "Bplats"), which provides a subscription * system.
(*) contract One of the sales methods such as services and software that cost depending on the period. In the case of products, it is a subscription-type sales method that regularly delivers products during the contract period.
【Overview】
In Japan, the subscription business, which began with the sales methods of "subscription" and "goods-of-the-month delivery service" in BtoC (consumer transactions), includes recurring payment 's music and video distribution services, as well as pay-as-you-go and monthly billing services depending on the use of devices and services in IoT and cloud marketplacesIt is spreading. In addition, services that analyze and utilize data obtained from IoT services and other services to provide data on a subscription-type basis and make it revenue are also emerging.
By introducing subscription-type transactions, the introduction of subscription businesses is also progressing because stable management can be achieved from a "flow type" that earns revenue each time it is sold to a "stock type" that can continuously earn revenue.
Against this backdrop, GMO-PG is working with various companies to support the subscription business of Japan operators in payment. As part of this effort, we have formed a capital alliance with Bplatz, which provides subscription systems with a particular focus on IoT, communications, and cloud marketplaces. In the future, GMO-PG will continue to consider business collaboration with Bplatz in order to expand its subscription business.
About Bplatz Inc.
Based on its corporate mission of "making subscriptions available to all businesses," Bplatz is developing a platform to support the commercialization of service providers that require monthly and pay-as-you-go billing. Focusing on IoT, telecommunications (MVNOs and optical collaboration), and cloud marketplaces, we support monthly billing and pay-as-you-go services based on membership management and contract management.