SMBC Group to introduce new Wevox plan for 100,000 employees
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group has decided to introduce the Standard Plan of the organizational capability improvement platform “Wevox”…
Norbert Gehrke
Infcurion upgrades invoice payment platform Winvoice with new functions
Infcurion has added new functions for Payers (Buyers) to the invoice payment platform “Winvoice“. Newly added functions allow users to pay…
Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance invests in drone operator Aeronext
Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance, a member of the MS&AD Insurance Group, has concluded a capital and business alliance agreement with Aeronext…
Sparx Group establishes “Space Frontier Fund №2”
Sparx Asset Management, a subsidiary of Sparx Group, has established the “Space Frontier Fund №2” and Toyota Motor Corporation, MUFG Bank…
LayerX and MUFG Bank conclude business alliance agreement
LayerX and MUFG Bank have concluded a basic agreement regarding a business alliance. Through the collaboration between the two companies in…
Bank of Japan at FIN/SUM 2024: Future Vision of Wholesale Payments
On March 6, 2024, the Bank of Japan held a planning session titled “Future Vision of Wholesale Payments powered by the Bank of Japan” at…
Interim Report from the Working Group on Promoting Startup Investment
The “Digital Asset Co-creation Consortium” (abbreviated as DCC, with 266 member organizations) hosted by Progmat has released the “Interim…
Japan Post Bank deploys GMO Payment Gateway APIs
Japan Post Bank has started an account-linked payment service via API with the “PG Multi-Payment Service” provided by GMO Payment Gateway…
JIC makes JPY 3bn LP investment in Spiral Capital Japan Fund III
Japan Investment Corporation (JIC) has decided to make an LP investment of JPY3 billion in Spiral Capital Japan Fund III (SCJ3), which is…
Tokyo Metropolitan Government subsidizes security token issuance
Digital securities issued utilizing blockchain technology have features such as enabling issuance in small lots compared to conventional…
Ripple Joins Forces with HashKey DX to Introduce XRP Ledger-Powered Enterprise Solutions in Japan
Ripple has entered into a strategic partnership with HashKey DX, the Tokyo-based specialized consulting company of the HashKey Group, to…
Japan FinTech Observer #57
Welcome to the fifty-seventh edition of the Japan FinTech Observer.