Providing Online Identity Verification Service 'LIQUID eKYC' to 'Gaxi', Japan's Largest Scholarship Platform
Liquid is introducing its eKYC service to Gaxi, Japan's largest scholarship platform. Utilizing IC chip reading and facial recognition, it strictly verifies identities for scholarship applications, preventing fraud and streamlining operations.
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Liquid, Inc. (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director: Hiroki Hasegawa, hereinafter "Liquid"), an ELEMENTS Group company, will provide its online identity verification service "LIQUID eKYC" to "Gaxi Agent," a scholarship operation and management system provided by Gaxi, Inc. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director: Ryosuke Matsubara, hereinafter "Gaxi"), which operates one of Japan's largest scholarship platforms. This enables identity verification during scholarship applications using facial authentication that combines "reading the IC chip of an identity verification document" and "facial photography," thereby achieving both the prevention of fraudulent use and a reduction in operational workloads simultaneously.
Summary
- Gaxi was considering the realization of strict identity verification using My Number cards and the improvement of operational efficiency.
- Liquid provided its online identity verification service "LIQUID eKYC" to Japan's largest scholarship platform "Gaxi".
- With this, identity verification during scholarship applications is now possible through facial authentication that combines "IC chip reading of ID documents" and "facial photography", simultaneously preventing fraud and reducing operational man-hours.
- The decision to adopt the service was made due to its excellent cost performance, overwhelmingly short lead time to implementation, and abundant track record of implementation in the eKYC market.
Background
Previously, Gaxi utilized identity verification through the uploading of images of driver's licenses or health insurance cards when users applied for scholarships.
In scholarship systems, particularly loan-based scholarships, strict verification of the applicant themselves is required. For this reason, Gaxi was exploring the implementation of strict identity verification utilizing the My Number card and aiming for operational efficiency.
Liquid will now provide the "He Method*1" of its online identity verification service "LIQUID eKYC" to "Gaxi," one of Japan's largest scholarship platforms. This makes it possible to perform identity verification at the time of a scholarship application via facial authentication combining "IC chip reading of identity verification documents" and "facial photography," achieving both fraud prevention and operational workload reduction at the same time.
In selecting "LIQUID eKYC" this time, it was highly evaluated and adopted for its excellent cost performance, overwhelmingly short lead time for implementation, and extensive track record in the eKYC market.
*1 A method compliant with Article 6, Paragraph 1, Item 1 (he) of the Enforcement Regulations of the Act on Prevention of Transfer of Criminal Proceeds.
About Gaxi, Inc.
Gaxi conducts business to create a new flow of money that expands the potential of youth, aiming to "realize a society where no one has to give up." It aims for a society where individuals do not have to abandon their dreams for financial reasons, and further, where challengers can transform and lead the world.
Specifically, for students and parents who use scholarships, it operates one of Japan's largest scholarship information sites, "Gaxi," and for scholarship operating organizations such as schools, local governments, and foundations, it provides the cloud-based scholarship operation management system "Gaxi Agent" and BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) services. Furthermore, it offers "Shin-Scholarship," a service allowing individuals and organizations wishing to provide funds to easily establish scholarships starting from small amounts, "Scholarship Consulting," and a "Student Recruitment & Attraction Support Service" utilizing scholarships for companies. Through these initiatives, it is driving the transformation of the entire scholarship industry.
Location: 3F Business Airport Shibuya Nampeidai, SHIBUYA SOLASTA, 1-21-1 Dogenzaka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Representative: Ryosuke Matsubara, Representative Director
Established: March 1, 2019
Business Details: Information provision for users, original scholarship establishment support, DX promotion business related to scholarships
Website: https://gaxi.co.jp
About "LIQUID eKYC," No. 1 in eKYC Market Share for 6 Consecutive Years *2
This is a service that completes identity verification online, which is required when making contracts, registering accounts, or opening bank accounts on the internet. It provides methods that involve taking photos of identity verification documents such as driver's licenses and My Number cards, or reading their IC chips, and matching them with a selfie facial photograph, as well as methods utilizing public personal authentication (JPKI / Smartphone JPKI). It can also handle age verification for student discounts, etc. Using proprietary AI technology, biometric authentication technology, and OCR technology, it achieves a low drop-off rate from the start of photography to completion. The ELEMENTS Group has recorded a cumulative total of approximately 150 million identity verification cases and cumulative contracts with approximately 600 companies.
About LIQUID eKYC: https://liquidinc.asia/liquid-ek
Summary
- Gaxi was considering the realization of strict identity verification using My Number cards and the improvement of operational efficiency.
- Liquid provided its online identity verification service "LIQUID eKYC" to Japan's largest scholarship platform "Gaxi".
- With this, identity verification during scholarship applications is now possible through facial authentication that combines "IC chip reading of ID documents" and "facial photography", simultaneously preventing fraud and reducing operational man-hours.
- The decision to adopt the service was made due to its excellent cost performance, overwhelmingly short lead time to implementation, and abundant track record of implementation in the eKYC market.
Background
Previously, Gaxi utilized identity verification through the uploading of images of driver's licenses or health insurance cards when users applied for scholarships.
In scholarship systems, particularly loan-based scholarships, strict verification of the applicant themselves is required. For this reason, Gaxi was exploring the implementation of strict identity verification utilizing the My Number card and aiming for operational efficiency.
Liquid will now provide the "He Method*1" of its online identity verification service "LIQUID eKYC" to "Gaxi," one of Japan's largest scholarship platforms. This makes it possible to perform identity verification at the time of a scholarship application via facial authentication combining "IC chip reading of identity verification documents" and "facial photography," achieving both fraud prevention and operational workload reduction at the same time.
In selecting "LIQUID eKYC" this time, it was highly evaluated and adopted for its excellent cost performance, overwhelmingly short lead time for implementation, and extensive track record in the eKYC market.
*1 A method compliant with Article 6, Paragraph 1, Item 1 (he) of the Enforcement Regulations of the Act on Prevention of Transfer of Criminal Proceeds.
About Gaxi, Inc.
Gaxi conducts business to create a new flow of money that expands the potential of youth, aiming to "realize a society where no one has to give up." It aims for a society where individuals do not have to abandon their dreams for financial reasons, and further, where challengers can transform and lead the world.
Specifically, for students and parents who use scholarships, it operates one of Japan's largest scholarship information sites, "Gaxi," and for scholarship operating organizations such as schools, local governments, and foundations, it provides the cloud-based scholarship operation management system "Gaxi Agent" and BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) services. Furthermore, it offers "Shin-Scholarship," a service allowing individuals and organizations wishing to provide funds to easily establish scholarships starting from small amounts, "Scholarship Consulting," and a "Student Recruitment & Attraction Support Service" utilizing scholarships for companies. Through these initiatives, it is driving the transformation of the entire scholarship industry.
Location: 3F Business Airport Shibuya Nampeidai, SHIBUYA SOLASTA, 1-21-1 Dogenzaka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Representative: Ryosuke Matsubara, Representative Director
Established: March 1, 2019
Business Details: Information provision for users, original scholarship establishment support, DX promotion business related to scholarships
Website: https://gaxi.co.jp
About "LIQUID eKYC," No. 1 in eKYC Market Share for 6 Consecutive Years *2
This is a service that completes identity verification online, which is required when making contracts, registering accounts, or opening bank accounts on the internet. It provides methods that involve taking photos of identity verification documents such as driver's licenses and My Number cards, or reading their IC chips, and matching them with a selfie facial photograph, as well as methods utilizing public personal authentication (JPKI / Smartphone JPKI). It can also handle age verification for student discounts, etc. Using proprietary AI technology, biometric authentication technology, and OCR technology, it achieves a low drop-off rate from the start of photography to completion. The ELEMENTS Group has recorded a cumulative total of approximately 150 million identity verification cases and cumulative contracts with approximately 600 companies.
About LIQUID eKYC: https://liquidinc.asia/liquid-ek