Corporate History

GMO Pepabo, Inc.’s listing moved to the second section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

• GMO Pepabo, Inc.

GMO Financial Gate, Inc. has launched “OFFICE PAY® byGMO” which enables paying office facilities such as vending machines and coffeemakers with only employee ID cards.

GMO Internet Group opens “GMO Digital HACHIKO,” as a meeting spot offering free Wi-Fi available and enabling us to charge our smartphone batteries for free without depending on the weather.

Communication space “Synergy Café GMO Yours・FUKURAS” opened in the 2nd Group Head Office SHIBUYA FUKURAS.

GMO Internet, Inc. (currently, GMO Internet Group, Inc.) and AMZ Group Sole Co., Ltd. in Laos founded a joint venture named GMO-Z.com Lao Co., Ltd.

GMO Internet Group has begun discouraging the use of plastic at the synergy café GMO Yours, a communication space, abolishing plastic cups and straws.

TownWifi (currently, GMO TownWiFi, Inc.), a company offering a free Wi-Fi auto-connect app, has joined GMO Internet Group through GMO Internet (currently, GMO Internet Group, Inc.) 's acquisition of their share.

• GMO TownWiFi, Inc.

stera is a next-generation payment platform that is jointly developed by Sumitomo Mitsui Card along with GMO Payment Gateway.

GMO ATHLETES (currently,GMO Internet Group), a men's long-distance running team, announced participation in the New Year Ekiden.

GMO Dream Wave Inc. has been certified “Identification for Employment of the Class-Second Handicapped” which provides the appropriate employment environment for handicapped employees.

Tokyu Corporation, CyberAgent, DeNA, GMO Internet (currently, GMO Internet Group, Inc.), mixi and Shibuya City Board of Education of Shibuya have signed the “Agreement on Programming Education in Shibuya City”.

GMO Payment Gateway and IT-One Co., Ltd co-established “Data Innovation Lab” in order to utilize big data for companies and organizations in Japan and abroad.

GMO GlobalSign Certification Service Private Limited, an Indian local subsidiary of GMO Cloud K.K. (currently, GMO GlobalSign Holdings K.K.), has launched “e-Contract Service Agree by GlobalSign (currently, e-contract service GMO Sign),” a new cloud-based digital contract service in India.

GMO Internet Group announces that the number of customers using domain and hosting & cloud, and other types of Internet Infrastructure services has exceeded 10 million.

GMO Payment Gateway, the Bank of Yokohama, the Japan Post Bank, and the Tokyu Corporation, have launched a cash-out service via ticket vending machines at train stations along Tokyu lines.

GMO Internet (currently, GMO Internet Group, Inc.) has launched “AkashiQ.R Wallet byGMO” which enables creating a wallet to manage and remit for cryptocurrencies.

GMO MAKESHOP’s “MakeShop byGMO” has the No. 1 transaction volume in ASP online store industry for the 7th consecutive year and achieved JPY159.4 billion in 2018, which reached MakeShop’s transaction volume to a record high.

Basic agreement in next-generation payment platform business between Sumitomo Mitsui Card and GMO Payment Gateway

GMO Creators Network has joined GMO Pepabo.

GMO Pepabo opens “GMO Pepabo Kagoshima Office,” an engineering center in Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture, that will take part in the development, management, and the maintenance of services.

GMO Performance Inc. specializing in affiliate advertising is jointly established by NOMARK Co., Ltd. and GMO NIKKO Inc.

GMO Click Securities’ FX trading services have the No. 1 transaction volume worldwide in 2018 for the 7th consecutive year.

GMO Media's "Coeteco," a programming educational portal for elementary school students became the most published class of all programming and robot classes.

GMO Medical Reservations Technology launches "Omatome Shinsatsuken byGMO": reservation, inquiry, reception, and payment at multiple doctors' offices through smartphone applications.

GMO Dream Wave, a company that promotes the hiring of disabled people, acquired certification for a specified subsidiary company.

GMO Epsilon has launched lending services for nursing care businesses using care nursing management data by forming an alliance with SMS Financial Service.

GMO Kumapon launches "kireipass byGMO," a trial ticket service specializing in beauty clinics.

GMO Creators Network has launched "FREENANCE byGMO," a storage agent service specializing in freelance with its same-day payment for the first time in Japan.

GMO GlobalSign launches the world's fastest mining software "Cryptknocker byGMO."

GMO System Consulting has launched GMO SigNeD, a multi-signature-based service that transfers and saves cryptocurrencies

CyberAgent, DeNA, mixi, and GMO Internet (currently, GMO Internet Group, Inc.) will launch "SHIBUYA BIT VALLEY", a project aiming to make Shibuya the world technology base in the IT industry, and will hold a technology conference "BIT VALLEY 2018".

GMO Internet and Gentosha Literary Publication take part in a project “Children learn and experience investment“ founded by a prominent investor, Mr. Yoshiaki Murakami.

Medical Reservations Technology Co., Ltd. has joined GMO Internet Group and changed its company name to “GMO Medical Reservations Technology Co., Ltd.”

Professional soccer player Shinji Kagawa was appointed as brand ambassador for GMO Internet Group.

GMO Internet (currently, GMO Internet Group, Inc.)’s “CryptoChips byGMO,” which enables the distribution of Bitcoin as remuneration, will be mounted on “Whimsical War”.

GMO Aozora Net Bank, Ltd., in which GMO Internet Group and Aozora Bank Group jointly invest, launched the Internet banking business.

GMO Payment Gateway, Tokyu, Bank of Yokohama and Japan Post Bank to develop Japan’s first cash withdrawal service from ticket vending machines.

GMO Internet is launching the new mining machine “GMO miner B3,” the maximum performance of which is 33 TH/s.

GMO Coin, Inc. was appointed as an official sponsor of Chiba Lotte Marines, a professional baseball team.

GMO Coin has been appointed as a sponsor for “FC Ryukyu”, a professional soccer team in J3 LEAGUE.

GMO Internet offers GMO miner B2, a mining machine equipped with its own ASIC mining chips using a cutting-edge 7 nm process technology, through its Swiss office GMO-Z.com Switzerland AG

GMO Internet (currently, GMO Internet Group, Inc.) launches “CryptoChips byGMO” that enables the distribution of Bitcoin as remuneration within the game application.

GMO VenturePartners establishes the GMO Global FinTech Fund focused on investing in the global FinTech space

GMO MAKESHOP takes over retro Inc.’s commissioned ecommerce businesses and has launched Fulloutsourcing for Fashion byGMO, a solution tailored for ecommerce businesses specializing in fashion

GMO Pepabo takes over Basic Inc.’s Canvath, a service for making original goods on demand

GMO Internet (currently, GMO Internet Group, Inc.) opens GMO kitaQ, an engineering center in Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, that will take part in the monitoring, management, and maintenance of services

GMO Internet (currently, GMO Internet Group, Inc.) begins offering official versions of Z.com Cloud Blockchain that supports blockchain businesses

GMO Internet Group has announced that their employees (partners) can receive part of their salaries in Bitcoin.

GMO Internet, Inc. (currently, GMO Internet Group, Inc.) launches cryptocurrency (Bitcoin) mining business.

The total annual transaction volume of GMO Pepabo's minne, a handmade market, exceeded JPY 10 billion in 2017.

GMO Internet, Inc. (currently, GMO Internet Group, Inc.) merged three subsidiaries - GMO Gamepot, GMO Game Center, and Syncloud - that develop and offer Mobile Entertainment business into the parent company, GMO Internet.

GMO Internet launched a new overseas subsidiary "GMO-Z.com Securities (Thailand) Limited" in Thailand.

GMO Dream Wave, a company launched by GMO AD Partners, Inc. with an aim to promote the hiring of disabled people, was recognized as a company attracting employees to Miyazaki Prefecture and Miyazaki City.

GMO Payment Gateway launches GMO-PG Processing Platform that targets financial institutions and financial services, providing collectively the payment solutions, such as debit cards, credit cards, prepaid cards, and house cards (credit cards issued by a particular store or business).

GMO Internet (currently, GMO Internet Group, Inc.) has announced entry into cryptocurrency (Bitcoin) mining business.

GMO Coin was officially recognized by the Japan Financial Services Agency as a registered cryptocurrency exchange business.

GMO Coin, Inc. executed a capital increase through private placement and GMO CLICK Holdings (currently, GMO Financial Holdings) acquired GMO Coin, Inc. GMO CLICK Holdings' aim is to increase corporate value for the Internet Finance segment of GMO Internet Group by increasing cryptocurrency trading volume.

GMO-Z.com Coin, Inc. changes its company name to GMO Coin, Inc. and its service name to GMO Coin.

Shift-One, Inc. has been merged into GMO Internet Group through GMO AD Partners, Inc.'s acquiring a 100% stake in Shift-One, Inc. having the strength of motion comic and other types of video solution businesses.

GMO Payment Gateway allocated third-party shares in Global Card System (currently, GMO Card System, Inc.) through GMO Financial Gate, making Global Card System a GMO Internet Group company.

GMO Payment Gateway, Inc. acquires shares in "MACROKIOSK Berhad," a leading mobile payment, authentication, and notification service provider in Malaysia, making them a member of the GMO Internet Group.

Professional football player Shinji Kagawa appointed as brand ambassador for the global brand "Z.com."

Shares were acquired from Thai domain and hosting company NetDesign Group (currently, Z.com NetDesign), making it a GMO Internet Group company.

Memorandum of Understanding executed in relation to the joint operation of the net bank with Aozora Bank and Aozora Trust Bank.

GMO ATHLETES (currently,GMO Internet Group) was established to support athletes who are passionate to become No.1, beginning with a men's long-distance running team.

Through the GMO Internet Group global brand "Z.com," we become the Vietnam national football team's top star partner. We also sign a sponsorship contract with one of the players Cong Phuong Nguyen.

GMO Domain Registry acquires the rights to its new domain ".shop," bidding the highest domain auction price in history at USD 41.5 million.

In order to promote accelerated growth in the ad technology field, GMO Internet Group's online marketing and media-focused companies GMO AD Marketing, GMO Mobile, and AdCloud combine under the name "GMO AD Marketing."

Establishment of the SMBC GMO PAYMENT, a joint venture between Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and GMO Payment Gateway.

Discussions begin between Daiwa Securities Group, Daiwa Securities, GMO CLICK Holdings, and GMO CLICK Securities to combine their strengths and create an advanced and attractive joint financial service. As part of the deal, Daiwa Securities Group acquires a stake in GMO Click Holdings (currently, GMO Financial Holdings, Inc.).

GMO Media is listed on the TSE Mothers Index. The company's domain name changed from "gmo-media.jp" to "gmo.media."

• GMO Media, Inc.

GMO Internet Group song "Internet for Everyone" by Tetsuya Komuro is released.

GMO Internet (currently, GMO Internet Group, Inc.) acquires 80% of shares from enterprise domain registration services company Brights Consulting (currently, GMO BRAND SECURITY Inc.), making Brights part of the GMO Internet Group.

Discussions with Aozora Bank about joint operations of an online bank begin. A contract concerning capital and the business tie-up is signed by GMO Internet (currently, GMO Internet Group, Inc.), GMO Payment Gateway, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation.

GMO CLICK Holdings (currently, GMO Financial Holdings, Inc.) is listed on the JASDAQ securities market.

• GMO Financial Holdings, Inc.

English presence of GMO CLICK Holdings (currently, GMO Financial Holdings, Inc.) "GMO-Z.com Trade UK Limited" launches FX, CFD trading service.