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Digital Garage Product Updates

Norbert Gehrke

20 Jul 2025 — 4 min read

Digital Garage group companies have made several new product announcements during the first half of July:

DG Financial Technology (DGFT), a subsidiary of Digital Garage, has announced the launch of initiatives integration of online and offline payments between compact automatic payment machines manufactured by AKATSUKI ELECTRIC, and DGFT's O2O terminal-free payment service “Cloud Pay REGI."
DG Financial Technology (DGFT), a subsidiary of Digital Garage, has announced that its unified QR code payment solution “Cloud Pay” has been adopted for use in the “VPOS” series, a payment terminal for automated service machines developed by Nayax, a provider with an overwhelming global presence, having deployed more than 1.3 million cashless payment and IoT solutions worldwide.
DG Business Technology (DGBT), a Digital Garage Group company that provides comprehensive support for digital businesses, has launched the “DGBT Security Assessment Service” for e-commerce business operators.

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Japan FinTech Observer #122

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