The first meeting of the Financial System Council’s “Working Group on Fund Settlement Systems”
The first meeting of the Financial System Council’s “Working Group on Fund Settlement Systems” will be held on Wednesday, September 25…
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Japan FinTech Observer #78
Welcome to the seventy-eighth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer.
GIAJ: Guidelines for strategic shareholdings
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NLI Research — Weekly Economist Letter: Rapid Yen Appreciation
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double jump.tokyo launches “SG Verse” L2 blockchain for SEGA’s IP
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Bank of Japan holds policy rate steady
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LocationMind completes second close of Series B, raising a total of JPY 3.17bn
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