DOCOMO and Mercari Partner with Smartphone Payment from May 18:51 on February 4

NTT DoCoMo and Mercari, a major flea market app, have formed a partnership in the field of smartphone payments, where competition among companies is increasing.

According to the announcement, NTT DoCoMo and Mercari have partnered in the field of smartphone payment, and will also link the user IDs of both companies in May.

This means that you can accumulate docomo points for buying and selling the Flea Market app and use the accumulated points for Mercari smartphone payments.

It also states that the services of both companies will be able to use each other for smartphone payment balances.

NTT DoCoMo has a membership base of more than 73 million, and Mercari has approximately 15 million monthly users, so the two companies will increase convenience and attract new users. I want to.

While the use of smartphone payments is growing rapidly, the number of operators is turbulent, and KDDI and Lawson of au have unified their point services, and the alliance has become active.

Shintaro Yamada, CEO of Mercari, said, "I would like to work on businesses that create new services by utilizing their data in the future."