LIQUID has extended Japan’s JPKI-backed identity infrastructure into two new everyday mobile touchpoints: parcel pickup at Japan Post’s hakopost locker network and payment onboarding in the Machi Pay app. The deployments show how Japan’s My Number card is moving beyond bank account opening and government portals into routine consumer transactions.
The Japan Post integration lets customers collect undelivered parcels and registered mail from hakopost lockers after receiving a missed-delivery notice, completing identity verification through their smartphone rather than visiting a counter. LIQUID said it was selected for the locker project on the strength of earlier work in Japan Post’s e-Tenkyo address-change service, where improvements to My Number card reading and back-office support had already reduced customer inquiries.
The Machi Pay deployment is the more fintech-focused of the two. The app now uses JPKI to clear identity checks for credit-card and bank-account registration immediately, replacing a review process that had previously taken about a week. LIQUID said the workflow combines My Number card IC-chip reading with face authentication, cutting the number of photos users need to submit and reducing manual back-office review time while deterring impersonation fraud.
Both deployments build on Japan’s broader push to bring the My Number card into mobile channels. Japan has already integrated the national credential with Apple Wallet, and private-sector providers have been expanding non-face-to-face authentication across regulated service flows. LIQUID’s two new rollouts extend that stack further: the same JPKI verification that once anchored government services is now unlocking lockers and registering payment instruments in transactions most users would treat as routine digital tasks.
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By the Mobile ID World Editorial Team
