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Digital Garage and Resona Group Begin Offering the B2B Payment Service “DGFT Invoice Card Payment” at some Branches of Resona Bank and Others

Advance “Next-Generation Fintech Business” Based on Capital and Business Alliance

2023.07.11

– DG and Resona will begin an initiative to provide “DGFT Invoice Card Payment*,” a service related to credit card payment for business transactions, to verify needs.

– From today, July 11, some branches of Resona Group and Kansai Mirai Financial Group banks offer “DGFT Invoice card payment” for three months.

DX for SMBs (small and medium-sized businesses), which account for more than 90% of the domestic market, is an urgent issue. By partnering with Resona Holdings, Inc. (TSE Prime section: 8308; HQ: Tokyo; Director, President and Representative Executive Officer: Masahiro Minami; Resona Group), which has a strong customer base in SMB, Digital Garage, Inc. (TSE Prime section: 4819; HQ: Tokyo; Representative Director, President Executive Officer and Group CEO: Kaoru Hayashi; DG) will examine customers’ growing needs and usage scenarios of “card payment” and provide services of value to them.

Eligible banks and branches

・Resona Bank
・Saitama Resona Bank
・Kansai Mirai Bank
・The Minato Bank

Shibuya Branch, Joto Branch, Keihan Kyobashi Branch
Kawaguchi Branch
Tenjinbashisuji Branch
Hyogo Branch

DG and Resona Group formed a capital and business alliance in November 2022, and have been working together to provide new financial and payment services by utilizing innovative technologies through the DG Group’s startup ecosystem and the data owned by both companies.

DG and Resona group will continue to strengthen and expand their market shares in the payment business, as well as develop next-generation Fintech business to establish a convenient, safe, and secure cashless society.

【About “DGFT Invoice Card Payment”】

https://lp.dginvoice.jp/
This service postpones the payment due date by up to 60 days when paying by bank transfer invoice is switched to payment by JCB/Visa/Mastercard®/Diners Club cards (excluding prepaid cards issued under the JCB brand). This is available even if your business partner does not support card payments, and it supports the cash management of small and medium-sized businesses, including regular and unexpected funding shortages due to various factors.

* Related Press Release: “Digital Garage and JCB Launches B2B Payment Service” (November 10, 2022)
Digital Garage’s B2B Payment Service Begins Accepting Visa and Mastercard®, Following JCB” (December 12, 2022)