Exceed System Co., Ltd. (Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture, Representative Director Eiichi Maruyama, hereinafter "Exceed System") and SB Payment Service Corp. (Minato-ku, Tokyo, President and CEO Jun Shinba), a subsidiary of SoftBank Corp. "SBPS") will be linked with SBPS's Online Payment Service "Salon Answer", a beauty salon POS provided by Exceed System, and will be available on "LINE Mini App" of "Salon Answer" from April 29, 2022. We have started to provide the payment function. As a result, customers who use the "LINE Mini App" of "Salon Answer" can use the beauty salon visit reservation and membership card function on the "LINE Mini App", and also use Credit Card Payment payment when paying at the store. You can now do it ^{* 1}.

In addition, MASHU Co., Ltd. (Tennoji-ku, Osaka, CEO Susumu Masusei, hereinafter "MASHU"), which develops beauty salons mainly in the Kansai region, is a "Salon Answer" at suntieMn OSAKA and suntieMn TOKYO of MASHU's new brand "suntieMn". For the first time, we have adopted the payment function of the "LINE mini app".

Background of linking "Salon Answer" and SBPS's Online Payment Service

We received a request from the salon that introduced "Salon Answer" to "make the accounting flow smoother." With the rapid expansion of the use of the "LINE mini app", we believe that adding a cashless payment function to the "LINE mini app" will make it easier for customers to understand and reduce the time and effort required for accounting on the salon side. We have reached a point of cooperation.

Image of using payment function in "LINE mini app" of "Salon Answer"

payment methods available in "Salon Answer"

About "Salon Answer"

"Salon Answer" is a cloud POS service exclusively for beauty salons. It is equipped with various functions such as reservation management, customer management, sales management, and various analysis functions necessary for salon operations, and can be used with just one iPad.

Please check the official website for details on "Salon Answer".
"Salon Answer" official site
https://ex.salonanswer.com/

"LINE Mini App" option
https://ex.salonanswer.com/line/

AppStore (iPad only)
https://apps.apple.com/jp/app/salonanswer/id1358166521

About "LINE Mini App"

"LINE Mini App" is a web application provided by LINE Corporation, and you can provide your own services on the "LINE" app. With features such as "no need to download additional apps or complicated membership registration", it is possible to provide customers with a "comfortable service experience", and companies can acquire user data linked to their LINE account ^{* 2} to improve their services. It can be used for marketing measures such as "LINE official account" and "LINE advertisement".

Please check the official website for details on the "LINE Mini App".
https://www.linebiz.com/jp/service/line-mini-app/

About SBPS's Online Payment Service

As a PSP, SBPS provides businesses with more than 35 brands of payment methods available in their online shops. In addition, we have licenses for international credit card brands such as Visa, Mastercard, and UnionPay, and we are not limited to PSP, but as an acquirer, we are one-stop from the position of vetting, management work, and payment service provision. It is possible to do it with. Businesses that have introduced SBPS's Online Payment Service can use the AI-based fraud detection service "AI fraud detection" for free, so they can detect fraudulent transactions at an early stage and use the payment service with peace of mind. receive.

Exceed System and SBPS will continue to increase the number of beauty salons that use the payment function of the "LINE Mini App" of "Salon Answer" and contribute to improving the convenience of both customers and salons.


* 1 A contract with Exceed System is required to use "Salon Answer". In addition, a separate contract with SBPS is required to use the payment function of the "LINE Mini App" of "Salon Answer".
* 2 User permission is required to acquire user data linked to a LINE account.

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