Mercari, an electronic payment service, has been suspended due to the confirmation of fraudulent withdrawal of deposits and savings. Of the charges from bank accounts, for three banks such as Gunma Bank, both Mercari and financial institutions verify their identities. It resumed from the 24th as it strengthened measures such as.
Since the fraudulent withdrawal of deposits and savings was confirmed in September, Mercari has stopped charging from about 60 bank accounts and linking new accounts.
Of these, Gunma Bank, Tochigi Bank, and Nagano Bank resumed on the 24th, saying that they had strengthened measures such as identity verification for both Melpay and financial institutions.
Specifically, we have strengthened measures such as online identity verification using a driver's license, introduction of authentication using multiple factors, and compensation in the event of damage.
In the future, the company wants to resume operations in sequence after confirming the strengthening of measures with other financial institutions.
Regarding electronic payment services, fraudulent withdrawals were confirmed through the DoCoMo account provided by NTT DoCoMo in September, and after that, fraudulent withdrawals were also confirmed one after another in multiple electronic payment services such as Mercari.
In order to prevent damage to these services, the issue is whether it is possible to stop charging from the bank account, strengthen security, and then resume charging.