Helping local stores to reduce sales Utilization of points returned from smartphone payments 17:53 on July 1

Smartphone payment PayPay, in cooperation with local governments all over the country, will use its own point-reward mechanism to promote efforts to support local stores where sales have decreased due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection. ..

According to the announcement, PayPay and local governments all over the country will collaborate to support local stores and will start efforts using smartphone payments.

It means that the local government bears the financial resources and returns about 10% to 30% of the paid amount in points to those who paid at local restaurants.

The timing of the initiatives and the rate of return vary depending on the local government, but it means that 12 cities and towns nationwide have decided to participate, including Hanamaki city in Iwate prefecture, Hamamatsu city in Shizuoka prefecture, and Karatsu city in Saga prefecture. ..

We also want to increase the number of local governments participating.

As many smartphones have already been installed, smartphone payments can be used for quicker support than other measures such as printing and distributing gift certificates that can be used locally.

Toichi Ueda, Mayor of Hanamaki City, who participated in a press conference held online on the 1st, said, "We want to support the continuation of the business by limiting the stores that can receive points to local stores."