refund ・ Added "Amazon gift certificate receipt" to Remittance Service receiving method
~ refund in EC and online services ・ Remittances can be received in places other than cash~

GMO Payment Gateway, Inc. (TSE partial: Securities Code: 3769, President & Chief Executive Officer: Issei Ainoura hereinafter referred to as "GMO-PG"), which develops comprehensive payment-related services and finance-related services in the GMO Internet Group), provides refund to EC and online service providers. ・ In "GMO-PG Remittance Service", which can efficiently and inexpensively perform remittance operations, refund from businesses to users (purchasers and users) ・ We will add "Amazon Gift Certificate Receipt" as a new method of receiving remittances from today, May 13, 2021 (Thursday).
As a result, businesses using "GMO-PG Remittance Service" will be able to receive "Bank transfer" and "ATM cash receipt service" at Seven Bank ATMs according to the user's needs for receiving refund and remittances to users when they receive or remittances, and the newly added "Amazon Gift Certificate Receipt" You will be able to choose from.

In recent years, the domestic EC market in Japan has continued to expand, and in 2019, the BtoC EC market increased by 7.6% year-on-year to 19.3 trillion yen ^(*1), and in the same year, the CtoC EC market increased by 9.5% year-on-year to 1.7 trillion yen. In addition, due to the recent spread of the new coronavirus, online skillshare services that share the skills and knowledge of individuals with individuals and companies are attracting attention.
As the e-commerce market expands in this way, the number of situations in which refund and remittances from businesses to users are diversifying, such as cancellations for online shopping, refunds of tickets and travel fares, remittances of remuneration to crowdsourcing and freelancers, and remittances of payments to sellers of auctions and flea market apps.
Therefore, GMO-PG has decided to expand the way users can receive refund and remittances by adding "Amazon Gift Certificate Receipt" to the "GMO-PG Remittance Service" that provides EC and online service providers to efficiently and inexpensively perform refund and remittance operations.
As a result, EC and online service providers using "GMO-PG Remittance Service" will be able to choose "Amazon Gift Certificate Receipt" as a method of receiving users' refund and remittances in addition to the conventional "Bank transfer" and "ATM cash receipt service" that can be received at Seven Bank ATMs. It will be able to meet the needs of a wider variety of users.
Users of e-commerce and online services will be able to receive refund and remittances not only in cash but also in Amazon gift certificates, so they do not need to register their bank account information with e-commerce and online services, and they will be able to receive refund and remittances anytime and anywhere.^（※2）

• (*1) Announced in July 2020 Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry "International Economic Research Project on the Construction of an Integrated Economy growth strategy in the First Fiscal Year of Reiwa (Market Research on E-Commerce)"
  （URL：https://www.meti.go.jp/press/2020/07/20200722003/20200722003-1.pdf）
• Users who have an Amazon account will be able to log in to "Amazon.co.jp" and receive it. If you do not have an Amazon account, you can receive it by registering a new account from the login screen.

This is a function to send Amazon gift certificates in refund and remittances sent from e-commerce and online service providers to individuals. Amazon gift certificates can be used not only for the comprehensive online store "Amazon.co.jp", but also for shopping on e-commerce sites that introduce Amazon Pay.
After confirming the details of the remittance, the refund user logs in to "Amazon.co.jp" on his or her PC or smartphone, or creates a new account from the login screen, and the amount received in the Amazon gift certificate balance is immediately refund ・The remittance amount will be reflected. You don't need a bank account or cash card, and as long as you have a PC or smartphone, you can receive it anytime and anywhere.
In addition, the amount that can be remitted is limited to 100,000 yen per refund ・ The amount that can be remitted by "Amazon Gift Certificate Receipt" is limited to 100,000 yen per refund ・ The total amount of remittances is also limited to 100,000 yen.

"GMO-PG Remittance Service" is a service for e-commerce and online service providers that accurately and speedily substitutes complicated tasks such as refund and remittances. By automatically systematizing by linking with APIs and uploading files at once from the management screen (it is necessary to obtain information such as email addresses), it is possible to eliminate complicated management tasks and efficiently refund and remittances. In addition, transfer and remittance fees can be provided at a lower cost than postal money orders and remittance counters of each financial institution. refund ・There are three types of remittance methods: "Bank transfer" to deposit money into the bank account of the user (purchaser/user), "ATM cash receipt service" to receive at a Seven Bank ATM, and "Amazon gift certificate receipt" to receive as an Amazon gift certificate refund It is possible to send money. If the business offers multiple refund and remittance methods, the user can select the desired receiving method from the screen provided by GMO-PG.
"GMO-PG Remittance Service" is a Remittance Service based on the Funds Transfer Service provided by GMO-PG through Funds Transfer Service Provider registration (registration number: Kanto Local Finance Bureau License No. 00037). You can rest assured that the refund funds you receive will be protected in accordance with the Funds payment Act.