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Japan FinTech Observer #129
Welcome to the one hundred twenty-ninth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer. The Bank of Japan will hold its Monetary Policy Meeting on September 18 & 19, following the FOMC in the US. The consensus expectation is for the Bank to keep its policy rate on hold this time; beyond
CBDC Insights: Digital Euro and Japan’s Approach
The Deutsche Bundesbank Representative Office, jointly with Japan's Ministry of Finance and the Bank of Japan, held an event titled "CBDC Insights: Digital Euro and Japan's Approach" on Thursday, September 11, 2025, on the occasion of Burkhard Balz's visit, the board member
TOPPAN Edge Confirmed as First Japanese Qualified vLEI Issuer
TOPPAN Edge, a TOPPAN Group company and wholly owned subsidiary of TOPPAN Holdings, was certified by the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) as the first Japanese Qualified vLEI Issuer (QVI) in the verifiable Legal Entity Identifier (vLEI) ecosystem. In November this year, TOPPAN Edge will launch vLEI-Gateway™, a vLEI
SBIDM, Samara Alpha and Bracket Form Tokenized Securities Partnership
SBI Digital Markets (SBIDM), Samara Alpha Asset Management (Samara Alpha), and Bracket Labs Group (Bracket) have forged a strategic alliance with the objective of reshaping the tokenized securities market. Through the collaboration, Samara Alpha will leverage Bracket’s technology platform to assist in actively unlocking access to yield strategies while