PayPay Launches “PayPay Automated Investment”
PayPay and PayPay Securities have launched “PayPay Automated Investment,” a service that allows users to select suitable products from two…
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TSE revises procedures for company disclosures on “Cost of Capital and Stock Price”
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BOJ Meeting on the Third Market Functioning Survey concerning Climate Change
Yesterday, the Bank of Japan held a meeting on the results of the third Market Functioning Survey concerning Climate Change. As is…
Launch of Loan Digital Platform® Service for Kyoto Bank
SMBC Consumer Finance (SMBCCF), together with NTT DATA, has begun providing the Loan Digital Platform® service to The Bank of Kyoto. This…
Mizuho and Golub Capital announce strategic partnership
Mizuho Financial Group and Golub Capital have announced a strategic partnership. As part of the agreement, Mizuho has purchased a passive…
Establishment of JPY 20bn Japan Private Equity Opportunity 2024 for secondary investment in private…
WM Partners and A.I. Capital (AIC) have jointly established the “Japan Private Equity Opportunity 2024 Investment Limited Partnership”…
Mizuho to invest in Rakuten Card, Rakuten to cancel FinTech reorganization
Rakuten Group announced that its consolidated subsidiary Rakuten Card and Mizuho Financial Group have agreed to consider a new strategic…
Japan FinTech Observer #79
Welcome to the seventy-ninth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer.
Snowflake at Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Group: A Journey of Data-Driven Transformation
The Snowflake World Tour made a stop in Tokyo during September, and approximately 5,000 participants filled the halls of the ANA…
FSA Achievements & Work Plan for Fiscal Year 2024
A couple of weeks ago, the Financial Services Agency (FSA) published its Administrative Policy (i.e., Strategic Priorities) for the Fiscal…
Real estate crowd-funding platform SYLA reports first half results
Nasdaq-listed SYLA Technologies, operator of the largest membership real estate crowd-funding platform in Japan, Rimawari-kun, reported its…
Podcast Highlights: Driving financial markets modernization in Japan
Welcome to the 143rd edition of the eXponential Finance Podcast. Whether you listen to us for the first time, or are a regular, we…