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Appendix: Growth of Features/Services Since Merpay’s Launch
Feb–Mar
2019
iD Payments/QR Code
Payments
Available at iD and Merpay merchants
nationwide, including convenience
stores, restaurants, drug stores, and fast
food
Jul
2020
Merpay Smart Payments
Allows users to defer payment for
items based on past usage of
Mercari and Merpay
Online payments
Enables use of Merpay for not only
offline purchases, but online as well
Sep
2020
Sending/receiving money
Enables users to send their
Merpay balance/points to family
and friends
No-contact service
Apr–May
2019
Mar
2021
Shared d Payment/
Merpay QR code
Enables use of single QR code for
both d Payment and Merpay
Merpay Smart Payments
(fixed-amount)
Allows for fixed-amount payments,
whereby users pay in installments from
the following month onwards
Mercari Donation
Enables donation of Merpay
balance, charged from Mercari
sales balance or bank account, etc.,
to local governments and other
organizations of the user’s choice
Merpay Smart Money
Aug
2021
A small-sum loan service that
Mercari users can apply for within
the Mercari app and that utilizes
Mercari usage history to determine a
user’s interest rate and borrowing
limit
Nov
2022
Mercard
A comprehensive, flexible credit card that
allows users to receive instant
notifications, check their usage history,
and pay their bill right from the Mercari
app
Also offers up to 4% points back from
selling, buying, or making purchases at
stores
Virtual card
Enables users to easily issue a card number
which can be used to pay using Merpay
balance at many online stores
Identity verification using
Japan’s Individual Number
Card (JPKI)
Support for identity verification using
Japan’s public Individual Number Card
identification service (JPKI)
Sep
2024
Merpay Smart Payments
(installment payment)
Started providing installment payments
allowing users to pay for items
purchased on Mercari using a specified
number of installments
Two-installment payments without fees
also made available