PayPay Corporation, a joint venture of SoftBank Group Corp., SoftBank Corp. and Yahoo Japan Corporation, started
providing “PayPay Bill Payment Services.” Users will be able to pay utilities (by payment slips) such as electricity and
gas, on the spot by scanning printed barcodes, as of today.
PayPay will correspond to (*1) bill payments for Tokyo Gas Co., Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings,
Incorporated, Bureau of Waterworks Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Hiroshima Gas Co., Ltd., The Chugoku Electric Power
Co., Inc. and Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc. starting today. On September 30th, the service is scheduled to be
available for utility payments of approximately 300 public entities and business operators(*2) currently supported by
Yahoo! Money. PayPay is scheduled to further expand its support October onward. Users will be able to pay public utility
and other bills 24 hours from home and there would be no need to go out and withdraw cash for payments. This will save
time and money on withdrawal fees. It would also prevent users from missing payments. Furthermore, 0.5% of their
payments will be granted as PayPay Bonus when using the PayPay Bill Payment Services(*3).
We continue to strive to provide safe and secured services to our users and provide convenience of smartphone
payments for all retailers, service providers, and users, aiming to realize a society which anyone can enjoy shopping
without cash anywhere in Japan.
*1 To make payments with PayPay, please update the PayPay app to 1.34.0 or later.
*2 For information on public entities and business operators that accepts payments by Yahoo!
Money, please visit here.(only in Japanese)
*3 PayPay Bonuses are added to PayPay accounts around the 20th day of the month after payments are
made. The bonus day may be delayed due in part to users’ payments or reasons on the system side. To use PayPay Bill
Payment Services, users need to pay their bills by PayPay Balance. Credit cards are not available for PayPay Bill
Payment Services.
■Schedule (as Planned)
| Service Start Date | Names of the public entities and business operators |
|---|---|
| September 2, 2019 | Tokyo Gas Co., Tokyo Electric Power Company, Bureau of Waterworks Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Hiroshima Gas Co., Chugoku Electric Power Company, and Kyushu Electric Power Company |
| September 30, 2019 (scheduled) |
Approximately 300 public entities and business operators that accept payments with Yahoo! Money(*2) |
| October 2019 onward | Hokkaido Gas Co., and more |
■Flow of the PayPay Bill Payments
Easy 3 steps of 1. Tap “Scan” in app home screen, 2. Scan the barcode in the bill payment, 3. Confirm payment amount and tap “Pay.”
■PayPay’s main features
PayPay provides payments by pre-charged e-money(PayPay Balance) and credit cards of users’ choice for payments at PayPay member merchants and online services. PayPay Balance can be recharged from bank accounts through online transactions, and also at the Seven Bank ATMs. PayPay provides users with full access to a wide variety of features i.e., send/receive PayPay Balance (PayPay Money Lite) to/from other users and Warikan (bill-splitting) feature for dining out with a group.
■PayPay App can be installed from (App Store, Google Play™)
* iOS 10.0 or later and Android 5.0 or later
* “QR Code” is a trademark of DENSO WAVE Incorporated
* App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc. TM and © 2018 Apple Inc. All rights reserved.
* Google Play is a trademark or registered mark of Google LLC
* Other company names, product names, service names that are listed in this press release are trademarks or registered marks of each company.
