For credit card payment of Shiga Prefecture "hometown tax payment"
GMO-PG's service has been adopted.

21 Aug 2009
GMO Payment Gateway, Inc.

GMO Payment Gateway Co., Ltd. (TSE Partial: Securities Code: 3769 Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, President & Chief Executive Officer: Issei Ainoura hereinafter referred to as "GMO-PG") The "public fund Credit card payment Service" provided by GMO Internet payment processing business Group is August 21, 2021. It has been decided that it will be adopted as a Credit card payment service of "Hometown Tax Payment" (*1) that will be launched by Shiga Prefecture from the day.

(*1) "Hometown tax payment" is a system introduced by the revision of the local taxes Law in April 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 the hometown or the supporter Thailand municipalities is deducted from the individual inhabitant tax and income tax, and as a result, the deduction is paid to the hometown and the supporter Thailand municipalities.

In October 20, Shiga Prefecture enacted the "Mother Lake Shiga Support Donation Ordinance" to solicit donations for projects related to Lake Biwa and projects related to historical and cultural assets, and is soliciting donations from those who love Lake Biwa, those who are attracted to Shiga's history and culture, and Shiga fans nationwide who consider Shiga Prefecture to be their "hometown".

From August 21, 2021, in order to improve the convenience of donors, in addition to the conventional donation methods by financial institution transfer, bank transfer, and registered mail, we will start accepting donations by credit card payment using the Internet on the "Mother Lake Shiga Support Site" on the Shiga Prefecture website. This makes it possible to donate online anytime, anywhere. At the time of donation, you can choose between efforts to preserve the water environment and ecosystem of Lake Biwa and efforts to preserve and utilize historical and cultural assets.

And this time, it has been decided to adopt GMO-PG's "public fund Credit card payment Service" for municipalities for credit card payment of this Shiga Prefecture "Hometown Tax Payment". In making this selection, we believe that GMO-PG has been comprehensively evaluated for its many implementation Actual, abundant operational experience, and high security management measures (*2).

(※2) GMO-PG is actively working on security measures so that all customers can use its services with peace of mind. In addition to achieving the international standard ISO/IEC27001:2005 (domestic standard JIS Q27001:2006) certification for information security management systems for all business sites, it was jointly formulated by five international credit card brands: JCB, American Express, Discover, MasterCard, and VISA. It is fully compliant with PCI DSS, the global security standard for the credit industry.

Currently, Japan's private final consumption expenditure is about 291 trillion yen (*1), of which only about 42 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 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 will continue to strive to promote the introduction of 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) 20 National Accounts (*2) "Consumer Credit Statistics of Japan" Heisei 22 edition (Japan Credit Association)