Mizuho Pochette joint venture established to support financial literacy
SEGA XD, a company developing gamification businesses, and Mizuho Innovation Frontier , the corporate venture capital of Mizuho, have…
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SMBC Consumer Finance to become a subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui Card
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group has decided to reorganize SMBC Consumer Finance as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui Card…
Infcurion raises JPY 1.9bn and partners with Hokkoku FHD & JR West
Infcurion has raised a total of 1.9 billion yen through a third-party allotment of shares to QR Investment, JR West Innovations, Shizuoka…
Current Status of the Carbon Credit Market in Japan
The following is a partial translation of the Japanese language newsletter by Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, dated March 2024. The firm has…
Multi-payment SaaS ELESTYLE raises JPY 1bn Series B from Sumitomo Mitsui Card and SIG
ELESTYLE has completed a third-party allotment capital increase, including additional investments from Sumitomo Mitsui Card and its…
Boostry launches “E-Wallet SaaS” service for security token sales
BOOSTRY has started providing the “E-Wallet SaaS” web service, which is equipped with functions necessary for managing security tokens…
Japan’s first deposit-type stablecoin “Tochika” has been launched
As announced in April 2023, Hokkoku Bank, together with the City of Suzu, Kono Shinkin Bank and Digital Platformer, has launched a…
Japan FinTech Observer #53
Welcome to the fifty-third edition of the Japan FinTech Observer, and a happy new fiscal year! There was a raft of announcements last week…
Nomura, MUFG and SMFG announce employee stock (option) plans
Three financial heavyweights announced new employee stock schemes for the new fiscal year starting April 1.
MS&AD Insurance Group issues catastrophe bonds
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company and Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance, both members of MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, have jointly issued the…
Nomura launched transactions in unlisted stock
Nomura Securities has completed its first solicitation and sale of unlisted company stocks using its stock system for specified investors…
SMFG enhances its initiatives for sustainability
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group plans to enhance its initiatives for sustainability across three key areas: