SBI Holdings forms asset management company with Franklin Templeton
SBI Holdings and Franklin Templeton have signed a definitive agreement to form a joint venture asset management company in Japan.
Norbert Gehrke
MUFG Investor Day 2024
MUFG has held its Investor Day, with a detailed review of the new Medium-Term Business Plan (MTBP) by business line. The following is a…
Japan’s municipalities “at risk of extinction”
In April, Japan’s Population Strategy Council released its “2024 Report on the Sustainability of Local Governments,” which analyzed the…
Japan’s not-so-neo digital banks
Japan’s Banking Act does not have a requirement to maintain physical branches, so pure-bred digital banks have a long history in this…
SMBC trials avatars in call center operations
Following recent news that Mizuho Bank and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank have participated in an investment round totaling ¥3.7 billion by…
Digital Asset Markets signs an MOU with Ava Labs to facilitate the issuance and distribution of RWA…
Digital Asset Markets has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Ava Labs, developer of the Avalanche blockchain.
Digital Garage launches “cars Smart Card Payment”
Digital Garage (DG) has launched the “cars Smart Card Payment powered by DGFT Invoice Card Payment,” a B2B payment service to support the…
Robo-advisor WealthNavi has reached JPY 1.3trn in AUM
WealthNavi, the provider of “WealthNavi,” the top Japanese robo-advisor in terms of assets under management and number of users, has…
Unwinding of cross-shareholdings: SMBC Group to tender Toyota shares
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and SMBC Nikko Securities have decided to tender a part of the common…
Japan FinTech Observer #69
Welcome to the sixty-ninth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer.
Immutable and DM2C Studio partner in the global web3 gaming market
Immutable, the leading blockchain technology company focused on building next- generation Web3 games, and DM2C Studio, a Web3-focused…
“BankVision on Azure” goes live at Norinchukin Bank
The Norinchukin Bank has adopted “BankVision on Azure,” a full banking system utilizing public cloud provided by BIPROGY, and began…