JAFCO invests in retail media & digital coupon provider MDP
JAFCO Group has invested in MDP as a strategic partner through funds it manages (JAFCO BO7 Investment Limited Partnership and JAFCO SV7-S…
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SMBC bolsters private credit business with €450m European fund
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, a subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group has established a private credit fund in Europe…
Sustainable Lab partners with Gunma Bank to launch new services for SMEs
Sustainable Lab, developer and provider of Japan’s largest non-financial data platform “TERRAST”, has entered into a business partnership…
Money Forward’s HIRAC FUND invests in ReturnHelper
HIRAC FUND, operated by Money Forward Venture Partners, a group company of Money Forward, has invested in Return Helper, a provider of…
Toshiba’s invests in quantum investment fund Quantonation II
Toshiba will make a corporate venture capital investment in Quantonation II, a fund operated by Quantonation Ventures, a leading quantum…
Alpaca extends partnership with Citadel to unlock Japanese investor demand for US markets
Alpaca, an API-focused brokerage that operates a modern infrastructure for stocks, ETFs, and options trading and serves hundreds of…
SBI Holdings forms asset management company with Franklin Templeton
SBI Holdings and Franklin Templeton have signed a definitive agreement to form a joint venture asset management company in Japan.
MUFG Investor Day 2024
MUFG has held its Investor Day, with a detailed review of the new Medium-Term Business Plan (MTBP) by business line. The following is a…
Japan’s municipalities “at risk of extinction”
In April, Japan’s Population Strategy Council released its “2024 Report on the Sustainability of Local Governments,” which analyzed the…
Japan’s not-so-neo digital banks
Japan’s Banking Act does not have a requirement to maintain physical branches, so pure-bred digital banks have a long history in this…
SMBC trials avatars in call center operations
Following recent news that Mizuho Bank and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank have participated in an investment round totaling ¥3.7 billion by…
Digital Asset Markets signs an MOU with Ava Labs to facilitate the issuance and distribution of RWA…
Digital Asset Markets has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Ava Labs, developer of the Avalanche blockchain.