For the first time in Japan, tax payment by credit card
GMO Payment Gateway, Inc. payment enabled by ASP services

February 9, 2007
GMO Payment Gateway, Inc.

Develop a non-face-to-face Credit card payment business at GMO Internet Group, GMO Payment Gateway, Inc. (TSE Mothers: Securities Code: 3769 Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, President & Chief Executive Officer: Issei Ainoura hereinafter referred to as GMO-PG) municipalities payment ASP service. "public fund Credit card payment Service" It was agreed that it will be adopted as a data processing service for credit card payments of light vehicle taxes to be launched in May 2007 in Fujisawa City.

Today's non-face-to-face Credit card payment market is expanding in the field of "​CtoG"Thailand including electricity and gas utility charge, as well as water bills, against the backdrop of consumers' diversified needs for payment option, the government's new IT reform strategy, and deregulation.

In May of last year, Fujisawa City conducted an empirical study on mini vehicle taxes that allows users to pay with credit payment 24 hours a day, including holidays, as long as their computers are connected to the Internet. As a result of the user survey, 94% of credit card payment users were satisfied, almost all of them would like to use it in the future, and nearly 40% of citizens who did not use it this time said that they Thailand to use it next time. Looking at the usage during the payment period, there were many holidays when bank counters were not open and the time of day was around 10 o'clock and 11 o'clock at night, which greatly contributed to improving convenience for users.

Based on these results, Fujisawa City decided to start regular operation of Credit card payment payment by vehicle taxes in May 2007, and it was agreed that GMO-PG's "public fund Credit card payment Service" would be adopted as a data processing service such as application acceptance, billing and clearing, and inquiries related to credit card payment.

This service is provided by the ASP service, and it can be introduced in a short period of time because it integrates the account update service, which performs credit card validity checking, sales billing, and card information update operations. We also provide an online application function that supports 3-D Secure authentication.

In addition, residents will be able to enjoy benefits such as "being able to pay from the comfort of their homes on Saturdays, Sundays, and late at night," "being able to use their own credit cards," and "being able to accumulate points from the credit card company while paying payment fees."

GMO-PG has obtained conformity certification to ISMS Certification Standard Ver. 2.0, a third-party certification standard that is considered to be the global standard for information security management, and its business operation system is in accordance with the basic concept of ISMS, which is to maintain and improve the "confidentiality," "integrity," and "availability" of information assets in a well-balanced manner. Customers can use the service with peace of mind.

Japan's current private final consumption expenditure is 287 trillion yen*, but the amount of Credit card payment handled is only about 29 trillion yen. 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 has been developing markets for fields where credit cards have not yet been introduced, such as utility charge and public fund, and in 2006 we provided Credit card payment services for fields such as NHK subscription fees, rent, and food delivery (home delivery and delivery). On February 5 of this year, it will be adopted for credit card payment of water bills, which is scheduled to start by the Bureau of Waterworks of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. We will use this recruitment as an impetus to pay other taxes and provide services to municipalities nationwide. We will strive to provide and promote the use of monthly Credit card payment services in the field of payment that are closely related to daily life.

*17 National Accounts