By 2018, e-commerce businesses will be required to respond
" non-retention of card information or PCI DSS Compliance" Seminar
~EC businesses need to "use non-passing-over settlement" or "PCI DSS compliance"~

GMO Internet Group Develops payment processing business for Non-Face-to-Face Credit Cards GMO Payment Gateway, Inc. (TSE Partial: Securities Code: 3769, President & Chief Executive Officer: Issei Ainoura hereinafter referred to as "GMO-PG") announced on May 26, 2016 (Thursday) and June 15, 2016 (Wednesday) that "non-retention of card information ^(*1) or PCI DSSWe will hold a special response seminar for corporate EC businesses on "^(*2) compliance" measures free of charge.
This seminar is held in response to the "Action Plan for Strengthening Security Measures in Credit Card Transactions (hereinafter referred to as the "Action Plan") announced in February 2016 by Credit Transaction Security Council (Secretariat: Japan Credit Association) led by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. The announcement summarizes specific goals and the roles of each entity in order to improve the security environment for credit card transactions to international standards by 2020, and e-commerce businesses are required to "non-retention of card information" or "PCI DSS compliant" as a countermeasure against card information leakage by March 2018.
At the seminar held by GMO-PG, we will explain the explanation and countermeasures for EC businesses.
■ Application and detailed information URL: https://www.gmo-pg.com/seminar/160525/

In preparation for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan is required to improve the security environment for credit card transactions to an international level in order to improve the convenience and efficiency of payment through the spread of cashless payment. In response to this, in March 2015, the Credit Transaction Security Council was launched with the participation of a wide range of businesses and stakeholders involved in credit card transactions, including Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and credit card companies, and in February 2016, the organization formulated an "Action Plan" that summarizes the specific goals and matters to be addressed by each entity involved in credit card transactions.

This "action plan" consists of "1. Measures against leakage of card information," "2. Measures against fraudulent use by counterfeit cards," and "3. It consists of three items, "Measures against fraudulent use in e-commerce", and each item sets the goals of card merchants. In "1. Measures against Leakage of Card Information," e-commerce merchants who are card merchants are required to comply with the non-retention of card information by March 2018 by using "non-passing-over settlement" in which card information does not pass through the merchant's server, or the credit card industry security standard "PCI DSS" by five international card brands.

However, it is difficult for e-commerce businesses themselves to comply with non-retention of card information and PCI DSS compliance due to the cost and time incurred for system development and operation, internal maintenance, and audit response, and GMO-PG also received many inquiries about what specific measures should be taken by March 2018.
GMO-PG has been proposing security measures at all stages of the payment from pre to payment non-passing-over settlement according to the type of business type and size of the e-commerce business, including the provision of Tokenization (*3) services. Therefore, we have decided to hold a special response seminar to explain the "action plan" and "non-retention of card information or PCI DSS compliance" measures by utilizing this know-how.

GMO-PG provides security measures and compensation services to ensure that EC businesses can use safe and secure payment services not only at the time of payment, but also at each stage from pre-payment to payment post-, and each service also supports an "action plan". "1. Provision of "Tokenization Services" as a countermeasure against the leakage of credit card information, and "3. We also provide "3D Secure (*4)" and "Security Code (*5)" as "measures against unauthorized use in EC".

GMO Payment Gateway is available to online businesses such as online shops and digital content, businesses that charge monthly fees such as NHK and subscription, and 67,921 merchants (as of March 2016 of the GMO Payment Gateway Group), including the Japan Pension Service and public entity such as the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, and payment processing services credit cards. We provide. We aim to provide a safe and convenient payment for consumers and businesses, and to be the infrastructure for Japan payment processes. As a leading company in the payment industry, we will lead new innovations such as FinTech and contribute to improving the EC ratio of Japan.