NTT Digital collaborates with Amazon and StraitsX to showcase tokenized accounts payable use case
NTT Digital, with Amazon and StraitsX, has showcased a pioneering use case for tokenizing accounts payable, utilizing “scramberry WALLET…
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Bank of Yokohama creates loan review documents using Generative AI
The Bank of Yokohama, a member of the Concordia Financial Group, in collaboration with IBM Japan, has conducted a proof of concept…
Lifetime Ventures leads Artio’s seed round
Climate insurtech startup Artio has raised GBP 550k to pioneer insurance solutions for early-stage carbon removal projects through its…
InComm Payments acquires digital gift card provider Mafin from J ESCOM
J ESCOM HOLDINGS, a TSE-listed enterprise, announced that Mafin Holdings, a consolidated subsidiary of J ESCOM, resolved to transfer the…
Digital Garage reports second quarter results
Digital Garage presented its second quarter earnings for the fiscal year ending March 2025 on November 7, 2024. Here are the key…
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group and enechain establish joint venture
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group and enechain have established a new joint venture company, named “eXstend”, with JPY 1bn in capital and a…
FSA & METI — Venture Capital: Recommendations and Expectations
The Financial Services Agency (FSA) and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) jointly held the “Expert Panel on Venture…
Alipay+ and PayPay extend partnership to over 3m merchants
At the Singapore FinTech Festival 2024, PayPay, Japan’s top QR payment operator, announced an expanded partnership with Alipay+, Ant…
SMBC Asia Rising Fund closes investments in MODIFI, Easy Home Finance, and M2P Fintech
SMBC Asia Rising Fund, the corporate venture capital fund of SMBC Group, has announced its next three investments in startups operating…
Ginco and Multipeak partner on biodiversity credits and blue carbon
Ginco and Multipeak have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on a groundbreaking blue carbon credit generation and…
SBI Digital Markets builds framework for cross-border distribution of tokenised securities
SBI Digital Markets (SBIDM) has renewed its participation in the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s Project Guardian pilots, taking part in…
OSL Group acquires stake in Japanese crypto asset exchange CoinBest
OSL Group, a Hong Kong publicly listed company fully dedicated to digital assets, announced the signing of a share purchase agreement by…