enechain raises a total of JPY 6bn in Series B plus venture debt financing
enechain, which operates Japan’s largest wholesale energy trading marketplace, has raised a total of 6 billion yen through a third-party…
Norbert Gehrke
Rakuten Debt: Kicking the can down the road (II)
As we described in the first installment of this series, at the end of January, Rakuten conducted tender offers to purchase for a combined…
Aggregated results of cybersecurity self-assessment at regional financial institutions
In Japan’s financial institutions, it is important to develop and ensure the effectiveness of cybersecurity management systems in light of…
Hyundai Capital continues global expansion with new entities in Asia Pacific
Hyundai Capital Services acquired the Australian Credit License last month to set up Hyundai Capital Australia and finalized the…
Korea FinTech Observer #3
Welcome to the second edition of the Korea FinTech Observer, covering selected highlights from the two weeks leading up to April 21, 2024…
Swedish Katalysen Ventures enters Japan, co-founds SKB.vc
Katalysen Ventures, known as a leading global venture developer, announced its role as co-founder in the establishment of SKB.vc, a…
SBI Securities migrates domestic online trading system to AWS
SBI Securities has migrated its online trading system for domestic equities to the AWS Cloud. SBI Securities has over 12 million total…
T-Points & V-Points merge, rank among Top Five point ecosystems
The customer loyalty program market in Japan is becoming increasingly competitive. In a bid to strengthen their position, two major players…
Takeda, Astellas, and SMBC to establish drug discovery joint venture
Takeda Pharmaceutical, Astellas Pharma, and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation have concluded a basic agreement to establish a joint…
Bank of Japan publishes progress report on CBDC “pilot experiment”
The Bank of Japan today published a progress report on the “pilot experiment” on a central bank digital currency (CBDC) as of April 2024…
Tatsuya Sato, Chief Researcher from Hitachi, appointed as Hyperledger Fabric Core Maintainer
Tatsuya Sato of Hitachi has been appointed as a core maintainer, leading the development project for “Hyperledger Fabric”, an open source…
Japan Open Chain and Japan Post Launch ‘Future Post Office’ Initiative with Exclusive NFT Art Sale
Japan Blockchain Foundation, the consortium management company behind Japan Open Chain, together with JAPAN POST and Yamanobe Town, is…