(headquartered in Osaka City), an H2O Retailing Group company, held a joint press conference on July 16 to commemorate its first recognition outside of China as a “WeChat PaySmart Flagship Department Store”.

IntaSect Communications, Inc. (headquartered in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Tan Yufeng, President; hereinafter referred to as “IntaSect”) has developed and introduced various services to the Hanshin Hankyu Department Store in collaboration with Tencent Holdings, Inc. (Tencent Holdings, headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China), which operates WeChat Pay, the No. 1 SNS application in China.

IntaSect launched the WeChat Pay WeChat Pay service in 2016 with more than 800 million current monthly active users.
After the service was launched, in 2018, we have developed WeChat Mini Program, a cross-border e-commerce service that allows users to purchase products from mass retailers within WeChat
even after returning to their home country and a ticket sales service that allows users to purchase theme park tickets within WeChat before coming to Japan “Travel Mae”. We began providing WeChat Pay to Hankyu Hanshin Department Stores in 2017, and furthermore, in 2018, “Restaurant QR Code Order” that allows customers to place orders within WeChat without a waiter, and in 2019, “In-store guidance” using AI artificial intelligence, “Electronic Membership” for overseas VIP customer club members WeChat mini-programs such as “electronic membership” for cards have been developed and offered.

On the same day, Hankyu Umeda Cosmetics launched a new “cosmetics pre-order pick-up service” at its cosmetics department store, allowing customers to pre-order products via We Chat and pick them up immediately at the store.
The press conference drew the attention of many participants as a valuable case study of WeChat announced by Tencent and H2O Group.

IntaSect will continue to work on the WeChat mini-program, analysis using payment, and CRM, centered on the payment service, to improve convenience for foreign visitors to Japan.

Cosmetics pre-order pickup service]
Service overview: By pre-ordering cosmetics via Wechat, customers can pick up their pre-ordered items immediately at the Hankyu Umeda storefront. This allows customers to smoothly shop for multiple brands of products as they can pick them up at a single location.
Start Date ： July 16, 2019 (Tuesday)
Product Pickup Location ： Cosmetics Express Counter on the 2nd floor of Hankyu Umeda
Number of brands covered : Approximately 15 brands (to be expanded gradually)

■ IntaSect Communications, Inc.
Company name: IntaSect Communications, Inc.
Representative: Tan Yufeng, President
Location: B-M Bldg. 4F, 3-1 Kanda Ogawamachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0052, Japan
Established: November 2000
Business description: Overseas and inbound advertising business, China mobile payment services, affiliate management Inbound support business for China, including agency services, from supporting the introduction of smartphone payment services “WeChat Pay” and “Alipay” to supporting customer attraction beyond that, work style reform such as electronic contracts and business process improvement, healthcare IoT-related research and development, offshore development, affiliate management We are developing a wide range of businesses in Japan and overseas using cutting-edge technologies, such as “Social Patrol,” which monitors social networking sites in Japan and overseas.
Capital : 98.56 million yen
URL : https://www.intasect.com
[For inquiries regarding this matter, please contact
IntaSect Communications, Inc.
Sales Management Consulting Division Yoko Ogura
Phone: 03-3233-3524 (business hours: 9:00-18:00 weekdays)
Email: intapay@intasect.co.jp
Web: https://www.intasect.com/service/intapay.html
Web inquiry form:https://www.intasect.com/contact.html