"QR code settlement" has been spreading rapidly in China and other countries, but IT companies and telecommunication companies in Japan have also begun to serve one after another.

However, there are variations in the style such as putting the QR code on the screen of the smartphone over the dedicated terminal, reading the QR code displayed on the terminal at the shop by the smartphone, etc., It is pointed out that it is becoming.

For this reason, private companies set up a two-day council, and in collaboration with the relevant ministries and agencies, we plan to formulate standardization guidelines during the current fiscal year.

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has set the goal of expanding the ratio of cashless settlement that does not use cash to 80% four times as much as it is now.

At the council, we are considering measures to support the spread of electronic receipts that can be checked by smartphones instead of cashless settlement at vending machines and paper receipts.