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

April 30, 2009
GMO Payment Gateway, Inc.

GMO Payment Gateway Co., Ltd. (TSE Part: Securities Code: 3769 Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, President & Chief Executive Officer: Issei Ainoura (hereinafter referred to as GMO-PG), "public fund Credit card payment Service" provided by GMO Internet payment processing business Group will be released on May 1, 21. It has been decided that the credit card payment of "Hometown Tax Payment (*1)" will be adopted as a proxy payment service for the Kyoto Prefecture Hometown Donation Credit Card to be started by Kyoto Prefecture from the date.

(*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.

Kyoto Prefecture is the first in Japan to launch the Kyoto Prefectural Fund for the Protection of Cultural Properties, a donation system dedicated to the protection of cultural properties using the hometown tax payment system, and is soliciting donations from cultural property lovers and Kyoto fans nationwide in order to protect Kyoto's cultural properties, which are national assets that should be preserved for future generations.

From May 1, 21, in order to improve the convenience of donors, in addition to the conventional donation method by financial institution transfer, we will start accepting donations by credit card payment using the Internet. When making a donation, you can also select a project for which the donation will be used: "Projects for the preservation and repair of tangible cultural properties such as historical buildings in Kyoto Prefecture," "Projects for protecting tangible cultural properties from earthquakes, fires, etc.," and "Projects to foster the spirit of cultural property protection."

We are pleased to announce that GMO-PG's "public fund Credit card payment Service" for municipalities will be adopted as a hometown donation credit proxy payment service for credit card payments using the Internet, which will be launched by Kyoto Prefecture.

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.

The "public fund Credit card payment Service" provided by GMO-PG has been adopted by the Social Insurance Agency and local municipalities such as Tokyo and Fukuoka City, and credit card payment services have been started or are scheduled to be started at each municipalities. We already have a Actual for credit card payment for "hometown tax payment" entrusted by Kyoto Prefecture to Osaka Prefecture.

The "public fund Credit card payment Service" integrates the account update service, which performs credit card validity checking, sales billing, and card information update, and is provided as an ASP service, so it can be introduced in a short period of time. We also provide an online application function that supports 3-D Secure Authentication, which is a personal authentication service.

Currently, Japan's private final consumption expenditure is about 292 trillion yen (*3), of which only about 39 trillion yen (*4) 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 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.

(*3)19 National Accounts (*4) "Consumer Credit Statistics of Japan" Heisei 21 edition (Japan Credit Industry Association)