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On December 24, 2024, the 7th meeting of the Financial System Council's Working Group on Payment Services was held, reviewing a draft of the working group's report to be published in 2025. As background, the "Grand Design and Action Plan for New Capitalism" (Cabinet
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Welcome to the ninety-first edition of the Japan FinTech Observer. The Federal Reserve and Bank of Japan meetings dominated this week. With the former a little more hawkish, and the latter a little more dovish than expected, the Japanese Yen has found itself close to the 160 JPY/USD territory
CBDC
The second CBDC liaison meeting between the Bank of Japan and related ministries was held on December 2, 2024. The discussion focused on Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) data handling, privacy, and utilization.
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Binance Japan hosted a press briefing today, with CEO Takeshi Chino reviewing the overall market in 2024, as well as Binance Japan accomplishments, and providing an outlook into the next year. Key Market Shift in 2024: Institutional Adoption The most significant development in 2024, according to Chino, has been the
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Digital Garage has launched "CurePort," an online payment service optimized for the medical industry, in joint operation with Resona. This initiative is based on the capital and business alliance between Digital Garage and Resona HD. Resona Group banks including Resona Bank, Saitama Resona Bank, and Kansai Mirai Bank
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Welcome to the ninetieth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer. Nippon Life owned this week, like hardly any other Japanese company has owned the headlines in recent memory. The deal to acquire 20% of Corebridge, the AIG spinout, announced seven months ago, closed this week (< USD 4bn). Nippon Life
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JR East will progressively upgrade Suica's functionality over the next 10 years, transforming it into a digital platform as part of its mid-to-long-term business growth strategy, "Beyond the Border." Suica will evolve from a simple "travel device" to a "lifestyle device", seamlessly