NTT DATA Payment Services India announced the launch of ADAPTIS, a unified brand designed to consolidate its payment acceptance, merchant solutions, commerce capabilities, and value-added services into a single platform. The initiative targets Indian businesses across all scales—from local micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to large-scale
BOOSTRY and Digital Asset Holdings have announced a strategic collaboration aimed at accelerating the adoption of on-chain finance and digital capital markets both in Japan and internationally. As the initial initiative of this alliance, the two companies are co-developing a multi-chain enterprise wallet service, which BOOSTRY plans
Sompo Holdings has announced that its overseas subsidiary, Sompo Life Re, has secured a reinsurance license from the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) and commenced operations. As its initial transaction, the newly licensed Bermuda entity has underwritten a portion of Sompo Himawari Life Insurance’s in-force medical insurance portfolio via
NETSTARS announced that it will conduct a proof-of-concept trial for its "Stablecoin Pay" service at a Lawson convenience store on Monday, August 17. The trial will take place at the Lawson Osaki Atrium location, following a preliminary trial conducted on August 3. The experiment will test
Welcome to the one hundred seventy-fifth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer. UBS' Chief Economist Paul Donovan has - as so often - put it succinctly: "The yen has strengthened again after the US confirmed it intervened with Japan in support of the currency. Buying yen was not only
The Financial Services Agency (FSA) has issued a stark ultimatum to Japan’s financial sector in its July 2026 monitoring report: adapt to the "world with interest rates" or face systemic irrelevance. As the transition from negative to positive policy rates triggers a violent recalibration of bank balance
A consortium led by Daiwa House Industry and its asset management unit, alongside key financial sector partners including SMBC Nikko Securities, Tokai Tokyo Securities, Juroku TT Securities, SMBC Trust Bank, and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), announced the successful public offering and issuance of a new real estate security token
gumi Inc. is currently executing a fundamental structural transformation, pivoting from a traditional mobile game developer into an integrated entertainment and financial infrastructure entity. This shift represents a calculated response to the maturation of the mobile gaming sector and the systemic volatility of the crypto-asset landscape. By transitioning from
Japanese blockchain firm Soramitsu CBDC has been selected by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) to receive a grant under the FY2025 Supplementary Budget for the "Global South Future-Oriented Co-Creation Grant Program (Small-Scale Proof of Concept / Feasibility Study Project)". The selection will fund
JPX Market Innovation & Research (JPX-R), the index-governance arm of the Japan Exchange Group, has formalized its policy to suspend the inclusion of companies with dominant cryptocurrency holdings in its flagship market benchmarks. This decision, following a consultation period initiated on April 3, 2026, marks a definitive structural
Government-backed Japan Investment Corporation (JIC) has announced major limited partner (LP) fund commitments totaling over $75 million aimed at bridging Japan's domestic startup ecosystem with international VC networks and fueling early-stage innovation. Linking Domestic Startups to Silicon Valley Capital JIC has committed $50 million as an
Blockchain infrastructure provider HashPort has entered into a partnership with Moact, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kansai Electric Power, to allow users of Moact’s social contribution app to exchange earned loyalty points for JPYC, a Japanese yen-denominated stablecoin. Users who complete social action "missions" on the