PayPay announce utility bill payment services via barcode scanning
M-payments platform PayPay, a joint venture of SoftBank and Yahoo Japan, has started providing ‘PayPay Bill Payment Services’. PayPay utility bill payment
The service allows customers to pay more than 1,000 preset billers, including phone, credit card and utility companies. Customers can pay bills using their PayPal balances or their bank accounts.
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.
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 from 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).
The company continues to strive to provide safe and secure services to our users and provide the convenience of smartphone payments for all retailers, service providers, and users, aiming to realize a society in which anyone can enjoy shopping without cash anywhere in Japan. PayPay utility bill payment
The company continues to strive to provide safe and secure services to our users and provide the convenience of smartphone payments for all retailers, service providers, and users, aiming to realize a society in which anyone can enjoy shopping without cash anywhere in Japan. PayPay utility bill payment
*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 accept 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.
■ 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.
