foreign exchange
In a bid to accelerate the shift from savings to assets among Japanese households, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMBC Group) has announced the immediate launch of a new service allowing individual customers to accumulate foreign currency deposits via credit card payments. This initiative—a collaboration between Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
central bank
In December 2025, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) submitted its semi-annual "Report on Currency and Monetary Control" to the Diet, covering the developments in the first half of fiscal year 2025 (April through September). The report offers a comprehensive detailed account of the Japanese economy’s performance, financial
credit card
Aplus, a member of the SBI Shinsei Bank Group, and SBI VC Trade, a consolidated subsidiary of SBI Holdings engaged in the cryptocurrency exchange business, have collaborated to add Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and XRP handled by SBI VC Trade as exchange rewards for the point service (Aplus Points) of
banking
After the market close on April 30, 2025, MUFG announced that it has revised its earnings target for profits attributable to owners of parent and its year-end dividend forecast for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025, both previously announced on November 14, 2024, to take into account recent business