President’s Message

I would like to express my sincere appreciation for your continued support.

With the prolonged impacts of the spread of COVID-19, the environment surrounding us is changing at an unprecedented speed, such as changes in social life and values, intensifying severe natural disasters and an uncertain economic outlook. Under such circumstances, the significance of a company's existence is being questioned anew. In order to respond to the accelerated changes in society and the business environment, I believe it is important to transform ourselves into a company that can respond promptly and flexibly to changes free from our established values and experiences.

In the medium-term management plan, which covers the period from FY2021 to FY2023, we have set financial targets that are sales of JPY21bn, operating income of JPY3.2bn and both ROE and ROIC of over 13% to be achieved under 3 basic guidelines, namely reinforcing management base, enhancing profitability and advancing ESG management. In FY2021, the first year of the plan, we will place the highest priority on strengthening our management base to achieve our targets, while at the same time aiming to maximize synergies among business units by strengthening cross-selling.

Our clients are mainly regional banks, regional governments and regional department stores, and we have grown through our B-to-B businesses that have strong ties to "regional areas". Going forward, we will strive to provide systems and services that support regional communities and people's lives by combining our various solutions to broaden into B-to-B-to-C businesses. Specifically, we will build a social infrastructure that enables everyone to access the same services from anywhere, including a "CASHLESS PLATFORM" utilizing our cashless services, a "DIGITAL PLATFORM" offering services such as trust services utilizing blockchain technology and a "SECUTIRY PLATFORM" focusing on cyber attack countermeasure services utilizing AI. Ultimately, we hope to contribute to the digitalization of regional areas and the revitalization of regional economies.

At the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held in June this year, the appointment of our first female outside director was approved, and a new management team has been launched. We are determined to further enhance the transparency and effectiveness of our management, accelerate the implementation of our medium-term management plan, and do our utmost to achieve sustainable growth and enhance corporate value to meet the expectations of our stakeholders. I hope that you will continue to support us in our endeavors.

July 2021
Tsunenori Sato, President and Representative Director