Announcement of companies to be supported by “TSE Asia Startup Hub”
The Tokyo Stock Exchange announced the launch of the TSE Asia Startup Hub on March 25, 2024.
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SMBC invests JPY 10bn in Infcurion, combining to create leading digital payments platform
Sumitomo Mitsui Card, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, and Infcurion have concluded a capital and business alliance agreement for…
SBI Holdings invests in open finance platform UBX Philippines
SBI Holdings has invested in UBX Philippines, a company driving digital transformation in the Philippines, through the SBI group company.
DMM Bitcoin receives business improvement order
The Kanto Local Finance Bureau has today issued an administrative disposition to DMM Bitcoin based on the provisions of Article 63–16 of…
21X Announces Strategic Partnership with SBI Digital Markets
21X — a distributed ledger technology (DLT)-based market infrastructure for tokenized securities, which has applied for a license to…
DGFT’s QR code payment solution “Cloud Pay” implemented on Square
DG Financial Technology (DGFT) announced that its shared QR code payment solution “Cloud Pay” has been adopted by Square (operated by…
The first meeting of the Financial System Council’s “Working Group on Fund Settlement Systems”
The first meeting of the Financial System Council’s “Working Group on Fund Settlement Systems” will be held on Wednesday, September 25…
Saison Capital participates in Meridian’s USD 4m seed round
Meridian, a decentralized liquidity marketplace and liquid staking protocol built on Movement, has raised USD 4m in seed funding. The…
Kaiko: Alameda Research-linked wallet consolidates holdings
As crypto data & analytics provider Kaiko reports, a crypto wallet, allegedly linked to FTX’s sister company Alameda Research, has been…
Toward the Realization of a Creator Economy! NTT Digital and Visual Voice “LIFE LOG BOX”
Visual Voice Inc, the operator of the Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia (SSFF & ASIA), one of the largest international short film…
Tokyo moves down one spot to #20 among Global Financial Centers
The 36th edition of Z/Yen’s Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI) has been published, and Tokyo gave up the rank it had gained six months…
Japan FinTech Observer #78
Welcome to the seventy-eighth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer.