LayerX and MUFG Bank conclude business alliance agreement
LayerX and MUFG Bank have concluded a basic agreement regarding a business alliance. Through the collaboration between the two companies in…
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Bank of Japan at FIN/SUM 2024: Future Vision of Wholesale Payments
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JIC makes JPY 3bn LP investment in Spiral Capital Japan Fund III
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Tokyo Metropolitan Government subsidizes security token issuance
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Ripple Joins Forces with HashKey DX to Introduce XRP Ledger-Powered Enterprise Solutions in Japan
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Japan FinTech Observer #57
Welcome to the fifty-seventh edition of the Japan FinTech Observer.
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…
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…