PayPay launches merchant financing service
PayPay has started providing the “PayPay Funding” service for PayPay merchants today, allowing them to receive up to 1 million yen in…
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Helicap and Crowd Credit partner to facilitate USD 50m access to SE Asia for Japanese investors
Crowd Credit, a licensed Japanese financial services company headquartered in Tokyo, and Singapore’s leading Fintech firm Helicap have…
GMO and Soft Space forge capital alliance to transform Japan’s cashless payment sector
GMO Financial Gate has entered into a capital alliance with Soft Space, the world’s leading fintech-as-a-service (FaaS) company. This…
Nomura follows MUIP with an investment in Teamshares
Nomura has invested in Teamshares, a U.S. based startup company that offers an employee ownership succession model, about a month after…
Japan FinTech Observer #52
Welcome to the fifty-second edition of the Japan FinTech Observer. 52! Happy first anniversary! To celebrate the occasion, the Bank of…
Tokyo Star Bank launches remote account opening service for non-residents
Tokyo Star Bank has launched a new service today for non-residents to open a deposit account in Japan without having to come physically to…
Lifenet to launch dementia insurance
Lifenet Insurance will launch the dementia insurance “be” that supports payment related to early detection and treatment of dementia and…
JCB and MUFG Bank invest JPY 700m into metaverse company LOGSYS
Leading the charge in fostering the Japan Metaverse Economic Zone (JMEZ), JCB and MUFG Bank have recently undertaken a third-party…
SMBC’s popular “Olive” app enters next growth phase with new features
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMBC Group), Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), and Sumitomo Mitsui Card announced the addition…
Sony Bank offers USD-denominated Green Finance Security Token
Sony Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank (SMTB), and Securitize Japan launched their partnership with a public offering and issuance of…
NTT Digital and now.gg to introduce Wallet-as-a-Service within 2024
NTT Digital and now.gg have reached a basic agreement for the introduction of NTT Digital’s digital wallet “scramberry WALLET for Business”…
justInCaseTechnologies partners to promote SaaS-based insurance system “joinsure”
justInCaseTechnologies introduced a new development and operation system by partnering with major solution providers to enhance the value…