– DG Financial Technology, Inc. (HQ: Tokyo; Representative Director, President and Co-COO: Hiroshi Shino; DGFT), a payment service provider and a subsidiary of Digital Garage, Inc. (TSE Prime section: 4819; HQ: Tokyo; Representative Director, President Executive Officer and Group CEO: Kaoru Hayashi; Digital Garage) has been selected by Amano Corporation (HQ: Kanagawa; President and Representative Director: Manabu YAMAZAKI; Amano), a leading parking system manufacturer with approximately 60%^*1 of the domestic market share of gate-type parking systems for its payment service.

– Amano will implement DGFT’s integrated QR code payment solution “Cloud Pay” in its newly released “GT-4200” dedicated cashless payment machine for parking facilities.

– Accordingly, the new “GT-4200” machine can now accept QR code payments for multiple brands. This is the first step in providing a solution for automated parking lot checkout machines and is the beginning of support for the shift to cashless payment in the parking lot market.

■Overview
By connecting DGFT’s QR code payment solution, “Cloud Pay,” to Amano’s newly released GT-4200 cashless payment machine for parking facilities, QR code-compatible payment machines will be installed in the facilities of parking facility operators in partnership with Amano.

Since this machine is “completely cashless” and does not handle cash, it can be installed at a lower cost than conventional cash-operated machines. It also reduces the time and labor required to collect money and the risk of theft, contributing to labor savings and streamlining of administrative operations.

Users will be able to use “PayPay,” “au PAY,” “d payment (d Barai),” “Rakuten Pay,” and “Merpay” to make payments. This will not only shorten the time required for payment compared to cash payments but also improve convenience by earning points for each QR code service.

DGFT’s “Cloud Pay” (https://www.cloud-pay.jp/mpm/s/ patent number: No. 7303664) is one of the most extensive bundled QR code payment services in Japan*2, which allows users to access multiple QR code payment services simply by contracting with DGFT.

The easy introduction of QR code payments has been well received by various businesses facing challenges in business efficiency and cashless operations. Hence, its introduction is spreading mainly in the automated machinery market, including online payment systems for retailers and restaurants, vending and checkout machines, and amusement facilities such as game arcades.

■Code payment service available with the GT-4200
PayPay, au PAY, d payment (d Barai), Rakuten Pay, Merpay

■Cashless payment machine: GT-4200

■Future roadmap
DGFT and Amano plan to add a new code payment service to the machine and strengthen their collaboration to promote the cashless parking market, including the development of a next-generation parking lot payment system.

DGFT will continue to provide highly scalable solutions in the QR code payment domain that meet the needs of a wide range of businesses, from small to large, centered on “Cloud Pay” and “Cloud Pay Neo,” a terminal-less QR payment service.

*1: Source: Amano Corporation HPhttps://www.amano.co.jp/business/parking/
*2: Press release on September 25, 2024
DGFT’s Integrated QR Code Payment Solution “Cloud Pay” is Implemented in the World’s Largest Payment Platform “Square” for QR Code Payments
https://www.dgft.jp/company/info/2024/square_cloudpay.html (Only in Japanese)

■Company profile
Name:Amano Corporation (https://www.amano.co.jp/en/)
Representative:Manabu YAMAZAKI, President and Representative Director
Head office:275 Mamedocho, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 222-8558 Japan
Founded:November 1945
Business:Amano Corporation globally operates businesses related to “time” and “air,” from products that are used around us to products that are used in factories and public facilities, such as labor management systems, parking lot systems, dust collectors, and commercial cleaning equipment.

Name: DG Financial Technology, Inc. (https://www.dgft.jp/ )
Representative: Representative Director, President and Co-COO, Executive Officer and SEVP Hiroshi Shino
Head office: DG Bldg. 3-5-7 Ebisu Minami, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Date founded: April 1997
Business: DGFT provides a various cashless payment solution such as credit card, QR code, and others to more than 1 million online and offline locations of merchants across Japan. In addition to the payment service provider business, DGFT also provides e-commerce infrastructure, marketing tools, fraud detection solutions, and other services in collaboration with the DG Group and strategic partners to support various businesses in their efforts to go cashless and promote DX.
Registrations:
・Registered as an electronic payment agency or intermediary
・Registered fund transfer operator
・Registered business operator for handling credit card numbers and similar data

Name: Digital Garage, Inc. ( https://www.garage.co.jp/en/ )
Representative: Kaoru Hayashi, Representative Director, President Executive Officer and Group CEO
Head office: DG Bldg., 3-5-7 Ebisu Minami, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Shibuya PARCO DG Bldg., 15-1 Udagawa-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Date founded: August 1995
Business: Digital Garage’s corporate purpose is “Designing ‘New Context’ for a sustainable society with technology.” Digital Garage operates a payment business that provides one of the largest comprehensive payment platforms in Japan. In addition, DG has a marketing business that provides one-stop solutions in the digital and real world, and a startup investment and development business that reaches out to promising startups and technologies in Japan and overseas.

*“d-payment” is a registered trademark of NTT DOCOMO, INC.
*Company names, product names, service names, and other names mentioned herein may be the registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners.