For credit card payment of Osaka Prefecture "hometown tax payment"
GMO-PG's "public fund Credit card payment Service" has been adopted.

June 20, 2008

Develop 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) The Credit card payment processing ASP service provided by Osaka Prefecture will be launched on June 20, 2020. It has been decided to be introduced as a payment processing system for credit card payments.

"Hometown tax payment" is a system introduced by the revision of the local taxes Law in April 20, 2020, that allows you to pay a portion of your individual inhabitant tax other than the municipalities of your original place of residence, such as the prefecture or municipality where you were born and raised. This is an expansion of the existing donation deduction tax system, and a certain amount of the amount donated to your hometown or the municipalities you want to support is deducted from your individual inhabitant tax and income tax, and as a result, the deduction is paid to your hometown or the municipalities you want to support.

In Osaka Prefecture, we are also soliciting donations from prefectural residents and those who support Osaka nationwide and developing "hometown tax payment". The donations received as "hometown tax payments" are used for funds in seven areas, including welfare and cultural promotion, including the "Osaka Museum Concept," which discovers, polishes, shines, and disseminates attractive resources such as historic townscapes, abundant greenery, and nature in Osaka to the public and abroad. When making a donation, you can select the fund for which your donation will be used.

From June 20, 2020, Osaka Prefecture will start accepting donations by credit card payment using the Internet from the Osaka Prefecture website, in addition to the conventional donation method by financial institution transfer. This makes it possible to donate online anytime, anywhere.

GMO-PG's Credit card payment processing ASP service, which has already been introduced as an information connection processing service for electronic receipt of electronic applications for electronic applications in Osaka Prefecture, will be used for this payment processing system for "hometown tax payment" credit card payment.

GMO-PG has been accumulating industry-leading Actual in the field of public fund Credit card payment by adopting our Credit card payment services at the Social Insurance Agency and local municipalities such as Tokyo, Fujisawa City, Katsushika Ward, and Owase City. In addition, we are striving to create an environment where customers can use our services with peace of mind, such as by acquiring ISO/IEC27001:2005 certification (domestic standard JIS Q27001:2006), an international standard for information security management systems that covers all business sites.

In addition, GMO-PG will take the opportunity of providing the Credit card payment service to the Osaka Prefecture "Hometown Tax Payment" to implement the "Hometown Tax Payment Promotion Campaign" to improve the convenience of donors and take into account the burden of introducing municipalities.

During the period from June 20, 20 to the end of December 20, 20, we will support the early introduction of the service fee and the service for municipalities who have adopted GMO-PG's Credit card payment service for "hometown tax payment". For details, please contact the "municipalities Inquiries" below.

Currently, Japan's private final consumption expenditure is about 291 trillion yen (*1), of which only about 35 trillion yen (*2) 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 it is expected that the application of this market to credit card payments will lead to further expansion of the credit card market in the future, as well as improvements in the convenience of people's lives and the improvement of 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 FY18 (*2) "Consumer Credit Statistics of Japan" Heisei 20 edition (Japan Credit Industry Association)