Daiwa Securities invests in Kepple Group
Daiwa Securities Group has invested in Kepple Group, a company that provides a platform for startup companies and venture investors, and…
Norbert Gehrke
Japan FinTech Observer #68
Welcome to the sixty-eighth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer.
Sumitomo Mitsui Card and ELYZA launch GenAI for customer support
Sumitomo Mitsui Card and ELYZA, a company promoting the social implementation of Large Language Models (LLMs), have launched the production…
Highball Charlie: Web3 technology is a great tool to solve for engagement and creating special…
Highball Charlie (Atsushi Takeuchi), also known as the “Father of Highball” and the highball mug, spoke at the “Adoption 2024” conference…
Sascha Rowold: Web3 can redefine luxury, but it needs a long-term vision
Sascha Rowold, LVMH’s Interim CMO/CDO, spoke at the “Adoption 2024” conference in Tokyo last week. Here is what we took away from his talk.
SoftBank and NEC form strategic alliance focused on biometrics
SoftBank and NEC have entered into a strategic alliance focused on the field of biometric authentication to accelerate digital…
Japan’s push for a cashless government
While digital payment methods have become deeply ingrained in everyday life, government transactions, such as paying fees for…
How to build an ecosystem: DWC expands into Telco-as-a-Service
We have seen all major telcos in Japan expand into a financial services ecosystem (with the acquisition of Monex by NTT Docomo to fill…
Credit Saison launched “SAISON JP Life Assist” for foreign nationals
Credit Saison has launched “SAISON JP Life Assist,” a portal site to support foreign nationals living in Japan, including foreign students…
Phillip Securities tokenizes investments in Sony’s “Hero’s Island”
Phillip Securities’ Japanese subsidiary will tokenize silent partnership interests in Sony’s upcoming film “Hero’s Island”, which is…
Visa rolls out of BNPL-specific credentials, launches “VIC in a Box” with three partners
Visa has announced that it will roll out the Visa Installment Credential (VIC), a dedicated credential for Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL)…
Oasys signs exclusive partnership with retro game IP holder Edia
Gaming blockchain Oasys has entered into an exclusive partnership with Edia Corporation, a holder of 139 retro game intellectual property…