Japan FinTech Observer

Bite-sized Finance and FinTech news from Japan. Today: Wise has become the first non-bank operating in Japan to be granted approval to join Zengin, Japan’s domestic payment network 👉 Subscribe to our weekly LinkedIn newsletter, the "Japan FinTech Observer", here:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lnkd.in/gNjUuSxG

Bite-sized Finance and FinTech news from Japan. Today: The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) and the Japan Securities Clearing Corporation (JSCC) collaborated to revolutionize collateral management through digital assets. 👉 Subscribe to our weekly LinkedIn newsletter, the "Japan FinTech Observer", here:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lnkd.in/gNjUuSxG

Bite-sized Finance and FinTech news from Japan. Today: Hakuhodo partners with Tools for Humanity, promoter of Worldcoin 👉 Subscribe to our weekly LinkedIn newsletter, the "Japan FinTech Observer", here:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lnkd.in/gNjUuSxG

Bite-sized Finance and FinTech news from Japan. Today: Aptos Labs acquires HashPalette, enters into strategic partnership with HashPort 👉 Subscribe to our weekly LinkedIn newsletter, the "Japan FinTech Observer", here:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lnkd.in/gNjUuSxG

Bite-sized Finance and FinTech news from Japan. Today: PayPay allows users to select suitable products from two carefully chosen mutual funds and set up regular investments. 👉 Subscribe to our weekly LinkedIn newsletter, the "Japan FinTech Observer", here:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lnkd.in/gNjUuSxG

Bite-sized Finance and FinTech news from Japan. Today: The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) is revising its list of companies that have disclosed information regarding “Action to Implement Management That Is Conscious of Cost of Capital and Stock Price”. 👉 Subscribe to our weekly LinkedIn newsletter, the "Japan FinTech Observer", here:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lnkd.in/gNjUuSxG

Bite-sized Finance and FinTech news from Japan. Today: Mizuho to invest in Rakuten Card, Rakuten to cancel FinTech reorganization 👉 Subscribe to our weekly LinkedIn newsletter, the "Japan FinTech Observer", here:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lnkd.in/gNjUuSxG

Bite-sized Finance and FinTech news from Japan. Today: The Japan Investment Corporation (JIC) has published its "Venture Capital Market Update" for the first half of 2024. We cover the overall trends they have identified in the Japanese market. 👉 Subscribe to our weekly LinkedIn newsletter, the "Japan FinTech Observer", here:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lnkd.in/gNjUuSxG

Bite-sized Finance and FinTech news from Japan. Today: SMCC, SMBC Bank, and Infcurion have concluded a capital and business alliance agreement to accelerate corporate DX support by combining Sumitomo Mitsui Card's payment solutions with Infcurion's cutting-edge payment platform. Read the full story here: https://medium.com/p/1c85016ff5f7 👉 Subscribe to our weekly LinkedIn newsletter, the...

Bite-sized Finance and FinTech news from Japan. Today: The 36th edition of Z/Yen’s Global Financial Centres Index has been published, and Tokyo gave up the rank it had gained six months ago, settling back just inside the Top 20. 👉 Subscribe to our weekly LinkedIn newsletter, the "Japan FinTech Observer", here:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lnkd.in/gNjUuSxG

Bite-sized Finance and FinTech news from Japan. Today: The BOJ stands pat, and Governor Ueda's press conference 👉 Subscribe to our weekly LinkedIn newsletter, the "Japan FinTech Observer", here:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lnkd.in/gNjUuSxG

Bite-sized Finance and FinTech news from Japan. Today: FinTech Laws & Regulations in Japan 👉 Subscribe to our weekly LinkedIn newsletter, the "Japan FinTech Observer", here:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lnkd.in/gNjUuSxG

This is an edited version of the LinkedIn Live session covering the Japan FinTech Observer #77 for the week ending September 15, 2024. Please locate this weekly edition of the Japan FinTech Observer here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/japan-fintech-observer-77-norbert-gehrke-klulc/ 👉 Subscribe to our weekly LinkedIn newsletter, the "Japan FinTech Observer", here:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lnkd.in/...

Bite-sized Finance and FinTech news from Japan. Today: The Japan Virtual and Crypto Assets Exchange Association (JVCEA) has completed its review of the IEO sale of Japan Open Chain's native "JOC Token" on domestic cryptocurrency exchanges. 👉 Subscribe to our weekly LinkedIn newsletter, the "Japan FinTech Observer", here:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lnkd.in/gNjUuSxG

Bite-sized Finance and FinTech news from Japan. Today: The Financial Services Agency of Japan has outlined its administrative policy for the fiscal year 2024, starting in August 2024. 👉 Subscribe to our weekly LinkedIn newsletter, the "Japan FinTech Observer", here:  ⁠⁠⁠https://lnkd.in/gNjUuSxG

Bite-sized Finance and FinTech news from Japan. Today: A Tokyo Electric Power subsidiary is tapping into bitcoin mining, banking that it can prevent renewable energy from being wasted and prompting its widespread use.  👉 Subscribe to our weekly LinkedIn newsletter, the "Japan FinTech Observer", here:  ⁠⁠https://lnkd.in/gNjUuSxG

Bite-sized Finance and FinTech news from Japan. Today: In Japan, only banks, fund transfer service providers, and trust companies are entitled to issue digital-money type stablecoins. Read more about the "Suzu Tochika": https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/japans-first-deposit-type-stablecoin-tochika-has-been-launched-e31388739ad7 Read more about the "DCJPY": https://medium.com/tok...

Bite-sized Finance and FinTech news from Japan. Today: Charles Hoskinson, Co-Founder of Ethereum and Founder of Cardano, talks about incentives at the Tech for Impact Summit in Tokyo today.

Bite-sized Finance and FinTech news from Japan. Today: Japan’s three mega banks are expected to stop issuing paper bills and checks in FY2025, with customers seen shifting to electronic payments and bank remittances. Read the full story: https://medium.com/p/2fc3a4dd4693

Bite-sized Finance and FinTech news from Japan. Today: The Financial Services Agency (FSA) has recently submitted its key requests for tax system reforms for the fiscal year 2025, including an item on crypto taxation. Read the full story: https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/the-fsas-requests-for-tax-reform-in-fy2025-c4f66ed157c5 👉 Subscribe to our weekly LinkedIn newsletter, the "Japan FinTech...

Bite-sized Finance and FinTech news from Japan. Today: Progmat and Datachain have jointly launched project “Project Pax”, aimed at building a cross-border remittance infrastructure for stablecoins. Read the full story: https://medium.com/p/c104602ac7b7 👉 Subscribe to our weekly LinkedIn newsletter, the "Japan FinTech Observer", here:  https://lnkd.in/gNjUuSxG