municipalities For the first time, Osaka Prefecture introduces card payment as a fee for electronic applications

March 26, 2007
GMO Payment Gateway, Inc.

Credit card payment GMO Payment​Gateway Co., Ltd. (TSE Mothers: Securities Code: ​3769Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, President & Chief Executive Officer: Issei Ainoura On April2,​2007, GMO-PGwillbegin providing information connection processing services for electronic storage related to electronic applications in Osaka Prefecture. 

Osaka Prefecture is promoting the digitization of various application and notification procedures (electronic applications) as a pillar of the construction of "virtual government offices," and from ​April2, 2007​, it will start online credit card collection for procedures that involve the collection of fees. Like the electronic application, it will be the first time that it will be available online in municipalities nationwide. 

A total of 40procedures are covered, including "application for registration as a fugu handler," "application for a chef's license," and "attendance at a workshop,"and many procedures that could only be done without going to a prefectural office can now be paid online by credit card, so that applications can be made regardless of time and place payment It will be possible to complete a series of procedures up to the end of the year. 

GMO-PG, as a paymentASPoperator, will provide Osaka Prefecture with information connection processing services (Credit card payment processing services) for electronic storage related to this electronic application. 

In order to prevent spoofing, falsification, and leakage,3-D Secure for Visa, Master, and JCBinternational brand cards is applied to the security of such data communications, and it can be used in a secure environment. 

URL ofthe Electronic Application and Procedure Guidance Service:　http://www.pref.osaka.jp/f_menu/index.asp  

Today's non-face-to-face Credit card payment market is expanding not only in the field of product sales but also in the field of electricity, gas, andNHK broadcast subscription fees, against the backdrop of consumers' payment option needs and the government's new IT reform strategy. In the field of public fund, the Local Autonomy Act was amended at the 164th ordinary session of the Diet held last year, and the scope of the law has been expanded to include fields that are more closely related to daily life, such as making it possible to collect credit cards such as national pension insurance premiums and national health insurance premiums, as well as water bills. 

Under these circumstances,GMO-PGhas been entrusted with credit card collection of NHK broadcast reception feessince​2006, and in 2007From this year, it has been decided to be adopted by "Fujisawa City Light vehicle taxes" and "Tokyo Metropolitan Government Bureau of Waterworks". In addition, we have obtained conformity certification to ISMSCertificationStandard Ver. 2.0, a third-party certification standard that is considered to be the global standard for information security management, covering all business sites, so customers can use our services with peace of mind. 

Osaka Prefecture has adopted this Actual as a result of evaluating the Actual and security measures to implement such an operation. 

Japan's current private final consumption expenditure is287trillion yen *, of which only about29trillion yen 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 be20trillion yen ~50trillion yen, and the application of this market to credit card payments will further expand the credit card market in the future, further improve the convenience of people's lives, It is expected to lead to an increase in the operational efficiency of the public sector. 

GMO-PGwill continue to strive to spread and promote Credit card payment services not only in the online field, but also in the field of monthly payment that is closely related to daily life. 

*​17National Accounts