payment
Digital Garage has made a significant update to "App Pay," its third-party payment platform for mobile applications. The new user interface features a "Link-Out" capability designed to align directly with Japan's "Act on Promotion of Competition for Certain Smartphone Software" (Smartphone Act)
banking
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Sumitomo Mitsui Card and Money Forward Home have decided to integrate the asset management functions of the money visualization service "Money Forward ME" into the "Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation App" provided by SMBC and the "Sumitomo Mitsui Card Vpass App"
cashless
GMO Research & AI, a GMO Internet Group company operating in the internet research business, has announced the ranking results for the "Cashless Payment Apps" category in the 2025 "GMO Customer Satisfaction Ranking." In the overall ranking for this category, PayPay claimed first place. The service
blockchain
Startale Group has announced the Startale App, an all-in-one gateway to the Startale and Soneium ecosystem, designed to make the open digital economy simple, secure, and connected. Built as part of a continued partnership with Sony Block Solutions Labs, the app marks the beginning of a new chapter in Startale’
consumer finance
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, along with its subsidiaries Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and Sumitomo Mitsui Card, announce the addition of "Money Assist" provided by Sumitomo Mitsui Card to the product lineup of the comprehensive financial service "Olive" offered to individual customers. "Money Assist" is
asset management
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, SMBC Nikko Securities, and Sumitomo Mitsui Card Company, together with SBI Holdings and SBI Securities, have concluded a "Business Partnership Agreement for Individual Asset Management Services" for the purpose of jointly creating new asset management services for Olive. Furthermore, based
banking
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and Sumitomo Mitsui Card Company announced that the number of accounts opened for "Olive," a comprehensive financial service for individual customers, has surpassed 5 million. Olive is a completely new service that seamlessly combines bank accounts, card payments, financing, online securities, online insurance, and