GMO Financial Gate Selected as a Constituent of TSE JPX Startup Fastest 100 Index
~Evaluating the Contribution to Social Infrastructure and Sustainable Growth through Cashless payment ~

GMO Internet Group's GMO Financial Gate, Inc. ^(*1) (President & Chief Executive Officer: Kentaro Sugiyama, hereinafter referred to as GMO-FG) has been selected as a constituent of the JPX Startup 100 Index (JPX Startup 100), a new stock index newly developed by JPX Market Innovation & Research, Inc. and will begin calculating and publishing on March 9, 2026. We will let you know.

• *1 GMO-FG is a consolidated company of GMO Payment Gateway, Inc..

■About the JPX Startup Fastest Growth 100 Index

The JPX Startup Fastest 100 Index is a market capitalization-weighted stock index composed of 100 high-growth startups representing Japan. Stocks listed on the TSE Growth Market and stocks that have been listed on the TSE Growth Market for a certain period of time after a market change from the Growth Market are selected based on two indicators that measure growth potential: (1) sales growth rate and (2) market capitalization growth rate. For more information about the Index, please refer to the following URL.
URL：https://www.jpx.co.jp/markets/indices/jpx-startup100/index.html

■About our business and growth

As the "No. 1 cashless platformer that transforms society with payment," we are developing a cashless infrastructure of payments provision business centered on credit and debit payment at face-to-face stores. In addition to CCT terminals (shared use terminals) such as stationary and mobile, we have also provided unmanned and IoT payment platforms for automatic payment machines for hospitals and golf courses, and have continued to grow as a change leader in cashlessness. We believe that this selection for the JPX Startup Fastest Growth 100 Index is a recognition of our sustainable growth model based on recurring-type revenue, in addition to our business expansion through the provision of infrastructure of payments that we have cultivated so far.

■Future prospects

GMO-FG will utilize cashless payment technology to promote cashless in various industries, including the lifestyle sector. We will continue to provide convenient and reliable infrastructure of payments, aim to increase corporate value over the medium to long term, and contribute to the realization of a more prosperous cashless society.

【GMO Financial Gate】

GMO-FG has built trust with 26 years of Actual since its founding in September 1999 as a payment processing company business operator centered on credit and debit payment at face-to-face stores. As a shared use center for IC cards, we are committed to industry innovation with economic rationality and advanced technology. In addition to CCT terminals (shared use terminals) such as stationary and mobile, we also provide embedded payment services at automatic payment machines for hospitals and golf courses, and will contribute to society as a change leader in cashlessness.