#  @norbertgehrke Norbert Gehrke Norbert Gehrke posts on X about japan, fintech, investment, $8053t the most. They currently have [-----] followers and [----] posts still getting attention that total [---] engagements in the last [--] hours. ### Engagements: [---] [#](/creator/twitter::276945336/interactions)  - [--] Week [-----] +42% - [--] Month [-----] -0.03% - [--] Months [------] +39% - [--] Year [------] -20% ### Mentions: [--] [#](/creator/twitter::276945336/posts_active)  - [--] Month [--] -76% - [--] Months [---] +22% - [--] Year [---] +46% ### Followers: [-----] [#](/creator/twitter::276945336/followers)  - [--] Week [-----] +0.14% - [--] Month [-----] +0.27% - [--] Months [-----] +6% - [--] Year [-----] +14% ### CreatorRank: [---------] [#](/creator/twitter::276945336/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [finance](/list/finance) [countries](/list/countries) [stocks](/list/stocks) [currencies](/list/currencies) [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands) [cryptocurrencies](/list/cryptocurrencies) [exchanges](/list/exchanges) [vc firms](/list/vc-firms) **Social topic influence** [japan](/topic/japan), [fintech](/topic/fintech) #1025, [investment](/topic/investment), [$8053t](/topic/$8053t) #43, [$8031t](/topic/$8031t) #62, [finance](/topic/finance), [$8309t](/topic/$8309t) #4, [$8316t](/topic/$8316t) #4, [tokyo](/topic/tokyo), [insurance](/topic/insurance) **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@smbcmidosuke](/creator/undefined) [@mufgcrofficial](/creator/undefined) [@sony](/creator/undefined) [@webxasia](/creator/undefined) [@globalbrainsjp](/creator/undefined) [@jpycoin](/creator/undefined) [@nomura](/creator/undefined) [@binance](/creator/undefined) [@coinpost](/creator/undefined) [@astarnetwork](/creator/undefined) [@rakuten](/creator/undefined) [@mufgbkofficial](/creator/undefined) [@soneium](/creator/undefined) [@digifttech](/creator/undefined) [@oasysgames](/creator/undefined) [@softbank](/creator/undefined) [@visa](/creator/undefined) [@goldmansachs](/creator/undefined) [@tokyofintech](/creator/undefined) [@soramitsuco](/creator/undefined) **Top assets mentioned** [Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (MFG)](/topic/mizuho-financial) [Bitcoin (BTC)](/topic/bitcoin) [Ethereum (ETH)](/topic/ethereum) [Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc (SMFG)](/topic/$smfg) [Oasys (OAS)](/topic/oasys) [Morgan Stanley (MS)](/topic/morgan-stanley) [April (APRIL)](/topic/april) [USDC (USDC)](/topic/usdc) [Solana (SOL)](/topic/solana) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours "Niigata Daishi Hokuetsu FG and Gunma Bank reach basic agreement to merge Daishi Hokuetsu Financial Group which owns Niigata Prefecture's Daishi Hokuetsu Bank and Gunma Prefecture's Gunma Bank have decided to reach a basic agreement to merge. They are considering bringing the two banks under a holding company and are expected to announce the deal on the 24th. If the merger goes ahead the combined deposits as of the end of March last year would be approximately [--] trillion yen making it one of the largest regional bank groups in Japan. Read more:" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1914983893079662667) 2025-04-23T10:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "And.#Korea's most valuable financial institution is @kakaocorpglobal's #Kakao #Bank blasting past traditional lenders including KB Financial Group and Shinhan Financial Group on the first day of trading. #fintech #neobank #digitalbank #payments https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Markets/IPO/South-Korea-s-Kakao-Bank-surges-in-debut-on-Seoul-stock-market https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Markets/IPO/South-Korea-s-Kakao-Bank-surges-in-debut-on-Seoul-stock-market" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1423491713406885888) 2021-08-06T03:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "As part of its strategic review #Japan megabank @mufgbk_official #MUFG exits #HongKong-based Dah Sing Financial Holdings https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/mufg-exits-hong-kong-based-dah-sing-financial-holdings-9c0f1c633e18 https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/mufg-exits-hong-kong-based-dah-sing-financial-holdings-9c0f1c633e18" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1545219596491243520) 2022-07-08T01:33Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Bank #Indonesia continues to research #CBDC and plans to issue a white paper at the end of this year concerning the development of #digitalrupiah. https://www.bi.go.id/en/publikasi/ruang-media/news-release/Pages/sp_2417722.aspx https://www.bi.go.id/en/publikasi/ruang-media/news-release/Pages/sp_2417722.aspx" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1547434093419249666) 2022-07-14T04:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@ShaulDavidUK @Visa https://www.linkedin.com/posts/norbertgehrke_visa-defi-whitepaper-activity-6958281325434871808-DnZf https://www.linkedin.com/posts/norbertgehrke_visa-defi-whitepaper-activity-6958281325434871808-DnZf" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1552590891579125760) 2022-07-28T09:44Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Bank #Indonesia this week issued a white paper on the #digitalrupiah under the name Project Garuda. #cbdc #centralbank" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1598467119402094594) 2022-12-02T00:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Hitachi Payments launches its #Digital #Payments #Innovation Hub together Plug and Play Tech Center @HitachiGlobal Payments manages over [-----] #ATMs in #India https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/hitachi-payments-launches-its-digital-payments-innovation-hub-d9173a74b0df https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/hitachi-payments-launches-its-digital-payments-innovation-hub-d9173a74b0df" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1664389757835825152) 2023-06-01T21:53Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "#japan's Seven Bank enables ATM cash withdrawals for #korea's @kakaopaycorp #payments #banking https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/seven-bank-enables-atm-cash-withdrawals-for-kakao-pay-13ad8a809169 https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/seven-bank-enables-atm-cash-withdrawals-for-kakao-pay-13ad8a809169" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1676760509180416000) 2023-07-06T01:10Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "#japan #venturecapital #startup Asia Growth Investment participates in Series C for ELSA Corp English teaching AI Asia Growth Investment Fund is a joint venture between Aozora Bank and the Development Bank of Japan Inc. #DBJ founded in July [----]. Read the full story here: https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/asia-growth-investment-participates-in-series-c-for-elsa-english-teaching-ai-56d6bef78d85 https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/asia-growth-investment-participates-in-series-c-for-elsa-english-teaching-ai-56d6bef78d85" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1701810941359473081) 2023-09-13T04:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "#japan #standards #web3 #did #vc #decentralizedid #verifiablecredential Consortium for Decentralized ID & Verifiable Credentials established MUFG Trust and Banking NTT DATA ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporation (CTC) Toppan Group Digital Hakuhodo Inc. Keithley Hitachi Fujitsu and Anderson Mori & Tomotsune have established the #DID / #VC Co-Creation Consortium (Decentralized Identifier/Verifiable Credential Co-Creation) abbreviated as #DVCC. Read the full story here: https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/consortium-for-decentralized-id-verifiable-credentials-established-113854651cfc" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1714543834154377648) 2023-10-18T07:27Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "#japan #venturecapital #cvc @globalbrains_jp takes three bites out of @haydenaitech's Series B participating with its own GB8 fund as well as the KDDI Corporation Open Innovation Fund and the Mitsubishi Electric CVC Fund Hayden AI a leader in artificial intelligence and geospatial analytics is pleased to announce the successful closing of its $53M Series B funding round. The oversubscribed round was led by the Drawdown Fund a growth equity firm dedicated to advancing companies and products that are addressing major drivers of climate change. Read more here:" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1715171532287426627) 2023-10-20T01:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "#japan #banking #ux Fujitsu works with [--] Bank to optimize customer engagement operations @Fujitsu_Global announced the development of a system that allows customers to easily complete transactions in a concise manner at all branches of @77bank using an in-store tablet that utilizes Fujitsus Customer Engagement Solution CHORDSHIP a cloud-based service. Its introduction was completed in September [----] for all of [--] Banks branches in Japan. Read the full story here: https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/fujitsu-works-with-77-bank-to-optimize-customer-engagement-operations-7a3667fbcda6" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1715266080296644680) 2023-10-20T07:17Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "#japan #securitytoken #tokenization #exchange Osaka Digital Exchange #ODX attracts investment from @CBOE Global Markets @VirtuFinancial & @OptiverGlobal Read the full story here: https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/odx-attracts-investment-from-cboe-virtu-financial-optiver-08603d1d6e18 https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/odx-attracts-investment-from-cboe-virtu-financial-optiver-08603d1d6e18" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1721185524927566025) 2023-11-05T15:19Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "#japan #banking #payments #cards #fintech #Vietnams SeABank and AEON Financial Service Co. Ltd. signed an MOU for strategic cooperation Read the full story here: https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/vietnams-seabank-and-aeon-financial-signed-an-mou-for-strategic-cooperation-0a8ba23785ec https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/vietnams-seabank-and-aeon-financial-signed-an-mou-for-strategic-cooperation-0a8ba23785ec" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1737704745710833679) 2023-12-21T05:21Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Zebec Protocol Debuts in #Japan with Innovative #Payroll and #Payments #Fintech @Zebec_HQ @ZebecLabs Read more: https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/zebec-debuts-in-japan-with-innovative-payroll-and-payments-fintech-1990828ac403 https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/zebec-debuts-in-japan-with-innovative-payroll-and-payments-fintech-1990828ac403" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1744547782512496854) 2024-01-09T02:32Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Ambit one of Indias premier providers of financial advice and capital announced that Daiwa Securities will acquire a minority stake in Ambit Finvest the systemically important Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) of the Ambit Group. Read more: https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/daiwa-securities-partners-with-ambit-finvest-through-a-minority-stake-9b2d16c99867 https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/daiwa-securities-partners-with-ambit-finvest-through-a-minority-stake-9b2d16c99867" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1773101790944272669) 2024-03-27T21:36Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "J. Front Retailing (JFR) the Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) and Ignition Point Venture Partners (IGP-VP) have jointly established a business succession fund and decided to name it the Pride Fund. The partners have launched the official fund website today and are commencing full-scale fund operations. ThePride Fundwill invest in domestic companies rooted in Japans regional communities focusing on the food culture sector. By leveraging the respective strengths of the three companies to support business succession the fund aims to pass on content to the future and contribute to regional" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1773554665780863368) 2024-03-29T03:35Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Lifenet Insurance Company delivered a strong financial performance in fiscal [----] marked by significant growth in key indicators: 🔹 Annualized premium of policies-in-force:Increased by 20% year-on-year (YoY) to 28750mn driven by the addition of Group Credit Life Insurance (GCL). 🔹 Insurance service results:Rose by 24% YoY to 8222mn. 🔹 European Embedded Value (EEV):Experienced a substantial 117.9% YoY increase to 146991mn. Read more: https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/lifenet-fiscal-2023-presentation-highlights-e5ba62d30b83" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1792443701316452755) 2024-05-20T06:34Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Mizuho Financial Group (MFG) delivered impressive financial results for FY23 exceeding its interim revised forecast. Key highlights include: 🔹 Consolidated Gross Profits: Strong growth driven by increasing net interest margin (NIM) solution and investment banking (IB)-related income and ALM/Treasury income despite realizing mark-to-market (MTM) losses related to the securities portfolio. 🔹 Consolidated Net Business Profits: Reached JPY [--] trillion driven by the strongest profit from client-related business since applying the line-of-business structure. 🔹 Net Income Attributable to FG:" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1792447950066721103) 2024-05-20T06:51Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "SBI XDC Network APAC a joint venture with TradeFinex Tech andSBI R3 Japanhave successfully completed a proof-of-concept experiment that was previously announced in December [----] as the JVs first initiative. The PoC demonstrated that value via digital assets can be transferred over different distributed ledger technologies (DLT) in this case the XDC Network and the R3 Corda platform as a form of payment to improve efficiency and facilitate inter-business settlement in trade transactions. Read more:" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1796730839583371449) 2024-06-01T02:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Fujitsu Limited announced that it has expanded the investment scope of the Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) fund managed by Fujitsu Ventures to begin impact investing in which Fujitsu will invest in companies that are taking on the challenge of solving social issues. In May [----] for its first impact investment Fujitsu invested into Gojo & Company which provides financial services such as microfinance to low-income households in developing countries. Read more: https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/fujitsu-begins-impact-investing-takes-stake-in-gojo-company-b125b1c391ad" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1804304725850148947) 2024-06-22T00:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "A rising Australian financial services company is planning a potential takeover or alliance in Japan after Singapores state-owned fund Temasek agreed to buy a stake in its business for up to A$300mn ($198mn). Alex Vynokur founder and chief executive of @BetaShares said the funds and pensions manager was looking to expand into Japan either by a partnership a strategic investment or an acquisition. Japan is a market of great interest to us he told the Financial Times. We are assessing a number of options. https://www.ft.com/content/82c1c0c2-487d-4462-a78c-5897035ccb7d" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1804307488357126151) 2024-06-22T00:16Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "SBINFT Corporation enabled the use of the U wallet a cryptocurrency wallet provided by KDDI Corporation on the NFT marketplace "SBINFT Market" and marketing platform "SBINFT Mits." "SBINFT Market" is a marketplace specializing in NFT transactions between game users and is unique in that it allows users to pay for NFT sales by authorized content holders on chains such as Oasys and Polygon as well as the buying and selling of NFTs between users with cryptocurrencies or credit cards. In addition "SBINFT Mits" is a marketing platform that allows companies to visualize their loyal customers and" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1804379512177868993) 2024-06-22T05:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Saison International the international arm of Credit Saison has made its first foray into Mongolia with a USD [--] million investment through Golomt Bank and M Bank. This investment will be managed by Saison Investment Management Private Limited (SIMPL) the impact investing arm of Saison International. Golomt Bank Mongolias leading commercial bank and M Bank wholly owned by MCS Group are the recipients of this investment. The funds will support the expansion of lending portfolios specifically targeting micro small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) individual retail borrowers and women-owned" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1813040299511541996) 2024-07-16T02:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "OMRON VENTURES San-ai Oil SoftBank Fuyo General Lease Mizuho Bank and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank have subscribed to a third-party allocation of shares totaling [---] billion by avatarin an ANA Holdings startup in order to collaborate on the creation of industry-specific AI services where people and AI coexist as envisioned by avatarin. With this capital increase avatarin has completed a cumulative total of JPY 7.7bn in funding including investments from ANA Holdings Development Bank of Japan and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. avatarin allows a person to take over another being such as an AI" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1813781265092665455) 2024-07-18T03:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Japans financial institutions are discovering the underbanked foreign residents as a potential area for growth. AfterCredit Saison has just launched its SAISON JP Life Assist portal Rakuten Card released Rakuten Card Lite the first English language app from the credit card company focused on the international community in Japan. This has come alongside players like Digital Wallet Corporation (Smile Remittances) Sony Bank and GIG-A (had to abandon its first implementation with Kiraboshis UI Bank but is working on an alternative) who have targeted this segment explicitly. Read more:" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1813795926416523328) 2024-07-18T04:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Following recent news thatMizuho Bank and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank have participated in an investment roundtotaling [---] billion by avatarin an ANA Holdings startup in order to collaborate on the creation of industry-specific AI services where people and AI coexist we also note that Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group has begun a proof-of-concept experiment using avatar customer service for a portion of its corporate call center operations. Read more: https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/smbc-trials-avatars-in-call-center-operations-02e35d87970f" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1815952950830981281) 2024-07-24T03:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "AEON Bank a subsidiary of AEON Financial Service has launched a new supply chain finance service at the beginning of August to meet the financing needs of its customers. This service utilizes a system built on the iQuattro platform provided by NTT DATA Corporation which promotes information sharing between companies. The system enables AEON Bank to collect and aggregate the vast amount of daily order data held by AEON Group companies on a customer-by-customer payment due date basis and utilize it for financing transactions. Read more:" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1822549083422429289) 2024-08-11T08:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "SmartRound has formed a capital alliance with Mizuho Financial Group (Mizuho Trust & Banking) MUFJ Morgan Stanley Securities and Nomura with the aim of jointly building a platform to optimize secondary trading of stocks issued by unlisted startups. Read more: https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/mizuho-mufj-morgan-stanley-securities-and-nomura-invested-in-smart-round-d0291a5c10f3 https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/mizuho-mufj-morgan-stanley-securities-and-nomura-invested-in-smart-round-d0291a5c10f3" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1832664692168519708) 2024-09-08T06:18Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Credit Saison has launched a new card application form optimizing customer information required on application forms with the aim of improving the customer credit card application experience. The new form reduces the information customers are required to provide when applying for a credit card by up to 30%. In addition after applying for a card in an industry first card applications can be screened instantly through an AI model developed by DataRobot. This function is patent pending. Read more:" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1834160915027235287) 2024-09-12T09:23Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Today Sakana AI has received new investment from some of Japans leading companies as part of their Series A funding round. The investors include leading Japanese banking groupsMitsubishi UFJ Financial GroupSumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and MizuhoFinancial Group as well as leading companies from various industries such asNECSBI GroupDai-ichi LifeInsuranceItochu GroupKDDIFujitsu andNomura Holdings. Sakana AI continues to receive investment from Japanese VCs led byGlobal BrainJAFCO andMiyako Capital. This brings the total amount of Series A funding to approximately [--] billion yen. Read" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1835927281669414996) 2024-09-17T06:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Rakuten Group announced that its consolidated subsidiary Rakuten Card and Mizuho Financial Group have agreed to consider a new strategic capital and business alliance between the two companies. In addition Rakuten and Rakuten Bank had been in discussion on a reorganization of the FinTech business to take place as of January [----] aiming to contribute to a sustainable growth and an enhancement of corporate value for both Rakuten and Rakuten Bank. However the companies have concluded that proceeding with this reorganization is not necessarily the best option for further expansion of the FinTech" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1840914445113180305) 2024-10-01T00:39Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Mizuho Financial Group and Golub Capital have announced a strategic partnership. As part of the agreement Mizuho has purchased a passive non-voting minority stake in Golub Capitals management companies and Mizuho will serve as a strategic distribution partner for Golub Capital in Japan including being the exclusive distributor of Golub Capitals investment products to retail and high net worth investors in the country. Mizuhos stake represents an economic interest in Golub Capitals management companies of less than 5%. Additional terms of the investment were not disclosed. As of July [--] 2024" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1840925619389153486) 2024-10-01T01:24Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Sota Watanabe presents @soneium at @chainlink's SmartCon Soneium is an Ethereum Layer-2 scaling solution developed by Sony Blockchain Solutions Labs a joint venture between Sony Group and Startale. The core objective of Soneium and Startale as a whole is to onboard billions of people onto the blockchain democratizing access to Web3 technology and unlocking its potential for humanity. Read more: https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/sota-watanabe-presents-soneium-at-chainlinks-smartcon-44445266ab62 https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/sota-watanabe-presents-soneium-at-chainlinks-smartcon-44445266ab62" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1853286680842875223) 2024-11-04T04:02Z [----] followers, 11.4K engagements "Credit Saison reported on the companys performance for the first half of the fiscal year ending March [--] [----] (FY2024). The key highlights of the results briefing included an update on the progress of the new medium-term management plan the strong start to the plan with steadily improving earnings power and upward revisions to earnings forecasts and a detailed discussion of the financial results digest for the second quarter of FY2024. Read more: https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/credit-saison-q2-highlights-b546dff8b9b0 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1862756128272298285" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1862756128272298285) 2024-11-30T07:10Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "ITOCHU Corporation has agreed to a capital and business alliance with boost technologies which supports corporate sustainability management and the improvement of corporate value through visualization of non-financial information (ESG data) such as corporate CO2 emissions and human capital data. Read more: https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/itochu-and-boost-technologies-enter-into-capital-and-business-alliance-9404a4c9cb03 https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/itochu-and-boost-technologies-enter-into-capital-and-business-alliance-9404a4c9cb03" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1864930283537183143) 2024-12-06T07:10Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "JPYC: Japanese Yen stablecoin Earlier this week @jpy_coin a Japanese stablecoin company hosted awebinar covering JPYCs mission company overview the stablecoin landscape in Japan JPYCs features and use cases its development kit future plans and a Q&A session. Read more: https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/jpyc-japanese-yen-stablecoin-ee7d8e98b941 https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/jpyc-japanese-yen-stablecoin-ee7d8e98b941" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1867107024305263095) 2024-12-12T07:19Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "In October [----] Southeast Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SeABank) officially signed an agreement to transfer SeABanks full capital contribution at Post and Telecommunication Finance Company Limited (PTF) which is 100% of PTFs charter capital to AEON Financial Service the financial arm of the AEON Group Japans largest retail group for the purchase price of VND 4.3trn (approximately USD 175m at the time). This deal has now received approval by the State Bank of Vietnam. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/aeon-financials-acquisition-of-vietnams-ptf-receives-regulatory-approval/" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1879389196571603152) 2025-01-15T04:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "The Iwami Ginzan Future Consortium Japan Post Holdings Japan Post and Ota City will conduct a demonstration experiment in the Iwami Ginzan area to enhance tourism experiences attract visitors and establish mechanisms for continued regional engagement using NFTs. Iwami Ginzan () is a historic silver mine in the mountains of Oda CityShimane Prefecture. The most prominent silver mine in Japan's history it was built in the early16th centuryand remained in business for nearly [---] years. The preservation and revitalization of Iwami Ginzan's historic sites began over [--] years ago as a local" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1881241886347911452) 2025-01-20T07:26Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "BeZero Carbon raises USD 32m Series C Japan Airlines & Hitachi Hitachi Ventures participate Global carbon ratings agencyBeZero Carbon has completed a USD [--] million Series C investment round to enable carbon markets through ratings. The round is led by Temasek-founded GenZero a decarbonisation-focused global investment firm headquartered in Singapore with additional investment fromJapan Airlinesand the Translink Innovation Fund. Existing investors EDF Pulse VenturesHitachi Ventures Illuminate Financial Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) Molten Ventures Qima and Quantum Innovation Fund also" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1881900203235856829) 2025-01-22T03:02Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "SMFG's Q3/FY2025 Earnings Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG) is demonstrating strong financial performance in the first three quarters of FY3/2025 with consolidated net business profit reaching 90% of its target and bottom-line profit at 98% significantly driven by domestic business growth and gains on stock holdings. The Medium-Term Management Plan initiatives are progressing well in a favorable business environment. The company is proactively considering measures including forward-looking provisions for potential future risks along with losses from low-profit asset sales in 4Q. The" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1886529852544840090) 2025-02-03T21:39Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "DG Financial Technology (DGFT) a subsidiary of Digital Garage has implemented its shared QR code payment solution "Cloud Pay" in the "GT-4200" anewly released cashless parking payment machine by Amano Corporation a major parking system company that accounts for approximately 60% of the domestic market share of gate-type parking equipment. As a result the new payment machine "GT-4200" now allows QR code payments for multiple brands. This is DGFT's first solution for parking automatic payment machines and the first step in supporting cashless payments in the parking market. Read more:" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1888071932488372337) 2025-02-08T03:46Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "pafin the provider of @cryptact @CryptactGlobal a leading cryptocurrency calculation service for tax filing today announced its official launch inCanada. Founded by former @GoldmanSachs executives with extensive experience in finance and investment cryptact leverages institutional-level expertise to deliver accurate and efficient crypto tax solutions. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/japans-leading-crypto-tax-service-cryptact-now-available-in-canada-2/ https://www.fintechobserver.com/japans-leading-crypto-tax-service-cryptact-now-available-in-canada-2/" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1889839894610190639) 2025-02-13T00:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "SLASH VISION Orient Corporation and AIKITASU will partner to issue "Slash Card" Japan's first BNPL (Buy Now Pay Later) service secured by USDC (USD Coin). The three companies are currently preparing to issue the "Slash Card" in the first half of [----] (by the end of June). They are working hard to meet the requests of customers who are looking forward to early issuance but some adjustments may be necessary depending on the situation. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/slash-card-provides-usdc-compatible-international-brand-card/" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1889852213817929917) 2025-02-13T01:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Coincheck reports first earnings as a public company Coincheck Group a Dutch holding company for the leading Japanese crypto exchange Coincheck reported its fiscal [----] third-quarter results (for the period ending December [--] 2024). The report and subsequent earnings call highlighted significant growth strategic milestones and ambitious future plans. The key takeaway is that Coincheck experienced substantial quarter-over-quarter growth successfully completed its listing on the Nasdaq and is positioning itself for further expansion both within Japan and globally. Read more:" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1890567695554547825) 2025-02-15T01:03Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Brazil's CashU secures USD 17.5m credit facility from Itau BBA and Credit Saison Brazilian FinTechCashUsecured a $17.5MCredit Rights Investment Fund (FIDC)backed byIta BBAandCredit Saisonto finance its lending operations.The provision of credit is essential for small and medium-sized businesses to be able to scale at an adequate pace. With the launch of the fund the FinTech hopes to expand its portfolio of credit clients for SMEs. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/brazils-cashu-secures-usd-17-5m-credit-facility-from-itau-bba-and-credit-saison/" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1890583540485746765) 2025-02-15T02:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "ORIX showcased robust financial performance in the first three quarters of fiscal year [----] (Q1-Q3 FY25.3) with net income reaching [-----] billion JPY. This represents a substantial 24% increase year-over-year (YoY) demonstrating the company's resilience and adaptability in a dynamic economic landscape. This result also places ORIX at 70% progress towards its full-year net income target of [---] billion JPY. The annualized Return on Equity (ROE) stood at a healthy 9.0%. The third quarter itself (Q3) contributed [----] billion JPY to the net income. The company is focused on achieving record annual" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1890675937941016581) 2025-02-15T08:14Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Stablecoins @UDPN_Official @FlareNetworks @IDAfi24" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1891348227204735343) 2025-02-17T04:45Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "The Japan FinTech Observer for the week ending February [--] [----] - Cutting through the noise in Japanese Finance & FinTech Read it here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/japan-fintech-observer-99-norbert-gehrke-ipmwc/ https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/japan-fintech-observer-99-norbert-gehrke-ipmwc/" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1891668291417985195) 2025-02-18T01:57Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Will you join us at the TEAMZ Web3/AI Summit [----] Get your special Tokyo FinTech discount code via our Luma page: https://lu.ma/y4z7734n We are delighted to announce our partnership with @TokyoFinTech as media partner. We proudly host the #TEAMZ Web3/AI Summit [----] in Tokyo Japan 📢Web3/AI Summit [----] will take place on April 16-17 [----] at Toranomon Hills Tokyo gathering over [-----] Web3 and AI experts https://t.co/QPEb0JY7M1 https://lu.ma/y4z7734n We are delighted to announce our partnership with @TokyoFinTech as media partner. We proudly host the #TEAMZ Web3/AI Summit [----] in Tokyo Japan" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1892764079850475776) 2025-02-21T02:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Laser Digital launches NEAR adoption fund Laser Digital Nomuras digital assets subsidiary has launched the Laser Digital NEAR Adoption Fund. The Funds strategy seeks to provide a long-term exposure to theNEARtoken enhanced with staking which allows institutional investors residing in eligible jurisdictions to participate in the blockchain consensus mechanism and take advantage of the economic opportunities of the NEAR blockchain. Consequently the Fund aims to harvest gains from a long-term trend combined with carry component in the Digital Assets asset class. The Fund utilisesTruFins" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1893063440492830859) 2025-02-21T22:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Fracton Ventures @wecandaoit @wecandaoit_jp held the Demo Day for their third incubation cohort on February [--] [----]. @byteStreame is an AI-driven portfolio management solution designed for DeFi users. It provides personalized trading advice powered by AI. @ZempoJun @vvinyll @9dai_5 Watch the pitch here: https://youtu.be/dPnNMSrXOkA https://youtu.be/dPnNMSrXOkA" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1893790543282618771) 2025-02-23T22:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "This week SMBC announced a new joint venture in cybersecurity as well as enhanced philanthropy advisory services. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/smbc-ventures-in-cybersecurity-and-philanthropy/ https://www.fintechobserver.com/smbc-ventures-in-cybersecurity-and-philanthropy/" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1893796046083350788) 2025-02-23T22:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "We now have a final & full cast of speakers for our meetup next Monday at the start of Japan Fintech Week [----] 🔹 Japan Smart Chain / AltX Research 🔹 JPYC 🔹 Credit Saison 🔹 Alpaca Register here: https://lu.ma/gwfwmug2 https://lu.ma/gwfwmug2" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1893868906458030458) 2025-02-24T03:41Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Japan Post Holdings to cut stake in Japan Post Bank Japan Post Holdings announced in Japan Post Groups medium-term management plan entitled JP Vision 2025+ in May [----] that it aims to lower the holding ratio of its equity interest in each of the two financial companies to 50% or less by the fiscal year ending March [--] [----]. It is expected that the percentage of voting rights in Japan Post Bank held by Japan Post Holdings will decrease to about 49.90% (before the offering: 61.5%). Post Holdings will with its ratio of voting rights in Japan Post Bank having fallen below 50% no longer be a" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1896095954559959348) 2025-03-02T07:11Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "SBI Shinsei Bank reaches agreement on public funds repayment scheme Based on this agreement SBI Shinsei Bank will convert all common shares held by the Deposit Insurance Corporation of Japan and the Resolution and Collection Corporation into preferred shares. Subsequently SBI Shinsei Bank will repay [---] billion yen as a special dividend on the preferred shares as of March [--] [----]. To secure funds for this repayment SBI Shinsei Bank will dispose of treasury shares to SBI Holdings as the subscriber raising [--] billion yen. Furthermore in order to fully repay the public funds as early as possible" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1898635920418738407) 2025-03-09T07:24Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "SBI-backed crypto market-maker B2C2 partners with Hashkey Exchange B2C2 a global leader in institutional liquidity for digital assets has entered into a partnership with HashKey ExchangeHong Kong'slargest licensed virtual asset platform. This collaboration will integrate multi-currency fiat trading networks driving market efficiency and further strengthenHong Kong'sstatus as a premier hub for regulated virtual asset trading. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/sbi-backed-crypto-market-maker-b2c2-partners-with-hashkey-exchange/" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1900019548109320204) 2025-03-13T03:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Triple Play: Misconduct at Japan Post Insurance Japan Post Holdings Japan Post Japan Post Bank and Japan Post Insurance confirmed cases in which non-public financial information on customers' savings was used at post offices to invite customers to visit the post office for the purpose of soliciting Japan Post Insurance products without prior consent from the customers. The investigation revealed that the number of customers who were estimated to have been listed for such insurance solicitation was approximately [----] million people. Read more:" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1903348541898342713) 2025-03-22T07:30Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings has reached an agreement to sell all of its shares in Challenger Limited an Australian financial services company with annuities and fund management businesses listed on the Australian Securities Exchange amounting to 15.1% of the issued shares to a group subsidiary of Dai-ichi Life Holdings. The saale consideration is [--] billion yen. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals by the relevant authorities and expected to complete during the fiscal year [----]. Read more:" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1909534201726341427) 2025-04-08T09:10Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "MUFG Bank Partners with Oracle for its Mitsubishi UFJ Direct Next-Generation Platform Mitsubishi UFJ Bankhas taken a hybrid cloud approach enabled by Oracle technology to modernize the system infrastructure for its online banking serviceMitsubishi UFJ Direct. The bank selectedOracle Exadata Database Machine the highest performing system for Oracle Database to upgrade the Mitsubishi UFJ Direct platform. Mitsubishi UFJ Direct has over [--] million users and is a core element of Mitsubishi UFJ Banks growth strategy. To meet this goal and ensure resource scalability to handle future transaction" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1914890398876753988) 2025-04-23T03:53Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Nomura Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year Financial Results 🔹 Group pretax income of JPY 472bn up 72% YoY underpinned by strong three segment performance on gains across all divisions; International pretax income at record high of JPY 137bn 🔹 Best Wealth Management performance in [--] years as progress in asset management business initiatives drove 30% growth in recurring revenue YoY 🔹 Highest Investment Management pretax income since division established in April [----] driven by best business revenue in four years 🔹 Wholesale pretax income at 15-year high reflecting higher revenues in all" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1916768265264857156) 2025-04-28T08:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "JPYC announced that their previously issued prepaid payment instrument "JPYC Prepaid" will be treated as an electronic payment instrument starting June [--] [----] following the required transition period after the amended Payment Services Act took effect on June [--] [----]. @jpy_coin has not yet completed the registration required for issuing electronic payment instruments and therefore must discontinue new issuance of "JPYC Prepaid" based on the Cabinet Office Ordinance provisions of the amended Payment Services Act. However already issued "JPYC Prepaid" can continue to be used by users themselves" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1926499431819407615) 2025-05-25T04:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "SoftBank Payment Service invests USD 40m for 13.8% of Ireland-based Nomupay SB Payment Service (SBPS) a wholly owned subsidiary of SoftBank and the core of the company's finance business has signed a capital and business alliance agreement with Nomupay a company that provides local payment methods and global-standard payment products in the EU and Asia. Pursuant to this agreement SBPS will invest approximately US$40 million (approximately JPY [---] billion) in Nomupay subject to obtaining approvals from the relevant authorities and plans to acquire 13.8% of the company's shares. Read more:" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1930187052848689426) 2025-06-04T08:57Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "EVONET has launched a cross-border mobile wallet interoperability service in partnership with KDDI Corporation and Tenpay Payment Technology. In the first phase of this initiativemore than [---] billion WeChat users fromChinacan make payments by WeChat Pay (Weixin Pay) at au PAY-affiliated stores acrossJapanby simply scanning the QR codes installed at the stores (MPM method: Merchant-Presented Mode). This enables inbound travelers fromChinato enjoy a seamless payment experience acrossJapanusing their familiar WeChat app without worrying about language or currency barriers. This marks the first" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1932572826911060022) 2025-06-10T22:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Orix to Acquire 71.4% of Hilco Global for USD 776m ORIX Corporation announced in the May [--] [----] press release ORIX Signs Letter of Intent to Acquire Majority Interest (Consolidation) in Hilco Global that its group company in the U.S. ORIX Corporation USA (OCU) has decided to enter into a nonbinding Letter of Intent with Hilco Trading a U.S. based global financial services firm to acquire a majority stake in Hilco Global. OCU has now decided and entered into a Purchase Agreement with Hilco Global to acquire an approximately 71.4% ownership of Hilco Global. ORIX plans to complete the" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1941011317093195881) 2025-07-04T05:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Goldman Sachs: Activity in the Asia Pacific region has shown remarkable resilience in the first half of the year with M&A deal volumes up 98% YoY and equity & equity-linked issuance increasing by 25% YoY" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1946050099278414222) 2025-07-18T03:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Cboe Global Markets Plans to Cease Japanese Equities Operations Cboe Global Markets announced its decision to wind down its Japanese equities business including the operations of its Cboe Japan proprietary trading system and Cboe BIDS Japan block trading platform. Cboe expects to suspend operations for these businesses onAugust [--] 2025and formally close the businesses subject to consultation with regulators. The decision to close this business reflects Cboe's disciplined strategy to steward resources towards opportunities that deliver the best potential returns for shareholders and was taken" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1948150435682173222) 2025-07-23T22:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "AltX Research announced that KDDI Corporation has joined as a Vision Partner for its keystone project Japan Smart Chain (JSC) a Japan-sovereign layer [--] blockchain. JSC is the foundational Japan-sovereign blockchain platform featuring full compatibility with Ethereum and validated entirely by domestic industry leaders. It is engineered as a compliance-first Layer [--] embedding blacklist enforcement and transaction prioritization - making it a trusted infrastructure for regulated digital-asset services with regulatory integrity but without sacrificing usability. Also the launch of the Japan Smart" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1948189492273447020) 2025-07-24T01:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "AEON Financial Revises Prior Fiscal Year Files Delayed First Quarter Results AEON Financial Services has submitted an amended securities report and other documents for the fiscal year ending February [----] to the Director-General of the Kanto Regional Financial Bureau on July [--] [----] and has also corrected its financial results summary. AEON Financial's first quarter results were generally slightly below the quarterly run rate required to meet the fiscal year [----] targets. AEON Financial has reached [-----] million registered users across AEON Card AEON Pay AEON Bank etc. That is an addition of" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1954785251500433781) 2025-08-11T06:01Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "SMBC Accelerates AI Utilization Through Development of "AI-CEO" Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation announce the development and deployment of an "AI-CEO" at Sumitomo Mitsui Bank as part of their efforts to establish their brand as an "AI-leading Financial Institution." Through the experience of "casual consultation with an AI-CEO modeled after Group CEO Tatsuru Nakajima" the initiative aims to help employees naturally recognize the usefulness of AI in business applications. Read more:" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1955096569122013494) 2025-08-12T02:38Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "AND Global secures USD 21.4m Series B led by IFC and AEON Financial Service Leading global fintechAND Global today announced it has raised $21.4 million USD in a Series B funding round led by theInternational Finance Corporation (IFC) a member of The World Bank Group andAEON Financial Service a leading Japanese financial group active in [--] Asian markets. Other investors in this Series B round include: Marubeni Corporation a major Japanese trading conglomerate with a growing footprint in digital finance SBI Holdings a leading internet-based financial conglomerate headquartered in Tokyo Premium" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1958422504198094961) 2025-08-21T06:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Vlightup developer and operator of the cryptocurrency security service "TRUSTAUTHY" raises seed round funding from Gazelle Capital Vlightup's mission is to redefine the meaning of "trust" in the Web3 society and provide a transparent and fair economic infrastructure using blockchain technology. The service "TRUSTAUTHY" is the world's first cryptocurrency security platform born in Japan that combines geographic authentication (GeoAuth) using global positioning satellites (GNSS) with multi-party distributed signatures (GeoMPC). This technology physically prevents unauthorized access and data" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1962433960321134870) 2025-09-01T08:34Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "SBI Holdings SBI Securities Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and SMBC Nikko Securitiesannounced on June [--] [----] the establishment of a preparatory company to plan and provide new joint services subject to approval by relevant authorities. They have now established Olive Consulting as the next step in implementing that strategy. Olive Consulting will provide a new asset management service called "Flexible Consulting" starting next spring. This service features human consulting by advisors from SMBC Nikko Securities and Sumitomo Mitsui Bank who belong to Olive" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1964496945252356535) 2025-09-07T01:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Three Banks Invest in Commonwealth Fusion Systems as Part of "Japanese Consortium" Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) alongside the Development Bank of Japan Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank as well as nine other Japanese companies has invested in Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) a US-based start-up company in fusion space. This is the inaugural investment for SMBC in a fusion-related start-up company. The fusion industry is drawing attention as a disruptive new technology that could supplant existing solutions given its contributions to decarbonization the abundance of fuel resources" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1964855328404856900) 2025-09-08T00:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "MS&AD Insurance Group's subsidiariesMitsui Sumitomo Insurance (MSI) and Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance (ANDI)have submitted their quarterly progress report on executing the business improvement plans mandated by Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA). The plans address root causes of past misconduct including price-fixing (insurance premium adjustment) and information leakage. The overarching theme of the September report is the execution of a fundamental"business model transformation"to restore trust. The report emphasizes moving away from a culture focused excessively on top-line revenue and" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1967107213715272117) 2025-09-14T06:04Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMBC Group) and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) have announced that with regards to the agreement to acquire a 20% equity stake in YES BANK from State Bank of India and other financial institutions all conditions precedent including regulatory approvals have been satisfied and this initial acquisition has been completed. In addition SMBC has signed a definitive agreement with CA Basque Investments a company affiliated with The Carlyle Group a global investment firm to acquire an additional 4.2% equity stake in YES BANK. Separately to rebalance its" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1968584564839956907) 2025-09-18T07:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMBC Group) its wholly owned subsidiary Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) and SMBC Nikko Securities and Jefferies Financial Group have signed a memorandum of understanding to expand their global strategic alliance by establishing a joint venture in Japan to conduct their wholesale Japanese equities business. This joint venture will be the cornerstone of the wholesale Japanese equities business encompassing equity capital markets (ECM) within investment banking equity sales and trading and equity research across global markets. With a view to further" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1969236885844476124) 2025-09-20T03:07Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "In a move signaling a significant strategic push into the Japanese financial services landscape U.S. investment giant KKR & Co. has completed the acquisition of Hoken Minaoshi Hompo Group (HMH) a major domestic insurance distributor. The transaction sees KKR acquiring the company from investment funds serviced by Advantage Partners a prominent Japanese private equity sponsor. While the official financial terms of the deal were not publicly disclosed sources familiar with the matter have indicated a purchase price slightly exceeding JPY [--] billion (approximately USD $204 million). Read more:" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1969954374886760748) 2025-09-22T02:38Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "The Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) and Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) marked a milestone in regional financial integration with the debut of their first cross-border exchange-traded funds (ETFs) reinforcingboth countries'ambition to become an Asian Asset Management Center. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/taiwan-japan-cross-listing-feeder-etfs-listed-on-taiwan-and-tokyo-stock-exchanges/ https://www.fintechobserver.com/taiwan-japan-cross-listing-feeder-etfs-listed-on-taiwan-and-tokyo-stock-exchanges/" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1969958168370508229) 2025-09-22T02:53Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "The Tokyo Stock Exchange has approved the initial listing of Infcurion's shares on the Growth Market with the listing date scheduled for Friday October [--] [----]. Infcurion's listing application provides a detailed look into the company that positions itself not as a direct financial service provider but as a critical"Payments Enabler"providing the foundational technology for a wide range of businesses to launch and manage their own payment and financial services. The filing reveals a company at an inflection point: after years of strategic investment and losses Infcurion has achieved" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1970019482258256136) 2025-09-22T06:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Tokio Marine Holdings (TMHD) has initiated a strategic collaboration with OpenAI aiming to leverage generative AI technologies for the evolution of its business. TMHD aims to further integrate generative AI into various operational areas of Tokio Marine group including contracts inquiries and document processing. This will help to enhance productivity and advance business operations with the future goal of integrating of AI agents into its operational foundation to help to enhance the customers experience. Read more:" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1972850951364198609) 2025-09-30T02:28Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "SBI Securities Shinsei Trust & Banking Tokio Marine Asset Management and BOOSTRY have jointly developed Japan's first public offering scheme for security tokens of specified beneficial interest-issuing trusts that realize PE investment and will collaborate on its public offering. The offering acquisition and transfer of security tokens in this Scheme will be managed on the consortium-type blockchain platform "ibet for Fin" developed under BOOSTRY's leadership. This is Japan's first offering of specified beneficial interest-issuing trusts investing in domestic PE Funds utilizing security" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1972876644483223931) 2025-09-30T04:10Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "21st Financial Technology (21st FinTech) has reached an agreement for a capital and business alliance with Payment for a leading Japanese payment software service provider. This partnership will strengthen the service integration between both companies and accelerate the deployment of 21st FinTech services in the Asian market while also providing robust support for the business expansion of Payment for's merchants. SMBC Nikko was the financial advisor to 21st FinTech. TMI Associates and Anderson Mori & Tomotsune were the legal advisors to 21st FinTech. CTBC Bank Mizuho Bank and MUFG Bank" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1973515823064162618) 2025-10-01T22:30Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Sumitomo Mitsui Card Takes Controlling Stake in V Point Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Sumitomo Mitsui Card Company Culture Convenience Club and CCCMK Holdings have reached an agreement regarding the capital restructuring of CCCMKHD which operates "V Point." Sumitomo Mitsui Card will acquire additional shares of CCCMKHD making CCCMKHD a subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui Card. Also through CCCMKHD's acquisition of some of its treasury shares from CCC the capital structure of CCCMKHD will change from the current "Sumitomo Mitsui Card 20%: Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group 20%: CCC 60%" to "Sumitomo" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1973972842946707879) 2025-10-03T04:46Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Tokyo Moves Up Seven Spots in the 38th Global Financial Centres Index TheGlobal Financial Centres Index (GFCI) published semi-annually by Z/Yen Group and the China Development Institute stands as a premier benchmark for assessing the competitiveness of the world's major financial hubs. The 38th edition dated September [----] offers a timely and data-rich perspective on the shifting dynamics of global finance. By combining quantitative instrumental factors with thousands of assessments from financial professionals worldwide the GFCI provides a nuanced ranking that influences policy investment" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1974703051618341304) 2025-10-05T05:07Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Athene the leading retirement services company and subsidiary of Apollo Global Management has announced that it intends to enter a block reinsurance transaction with Sony Life Insurance a top-rated Japanese insurer. As part of this transaction Athene will reinsure an in-force block of U.S. dollar denominated whole life insurance policies and will enter into an agreement with leading reinsurer Swiss Re to retrocede all mortality risk associated with the block. The transaction was announced on the day that the spun-out Sony Financial of which Sony Life constitutes the largest business started" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1974713594697945349) 2025-10-05T05:49Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Building Institutional Grade Digital Asset Rails Panelists: Qin En Looi Saison Capital Partner Betty Sun-Lucas Stellar Development Foundation Regional Director APAC Matt Harrop Figment Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder Moderator: Norbert Gehrke Tokyo FinTech Association Representative Director https://youtu.be/y1RG_K10BTo https://youtu.be/y1RG_K10BTo" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1976085806566850581) 2025-10-09T00:42Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "PayPay Takes a 40% Stake in Binance Japan Binance Japan has entered into a capital and business alliance agreement with PayPay a cashless payment service provider. Through this partnership PayPay has acquired a 40% stake in Binance Japan. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/paypay-takes-a-40-stake-in-binance-japan/ https://www.fintechobserver.com/paypay-takes-a-40-stake-in-binance-japan/" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1976155425189003323) 2025-10-09T05:19Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Soramitsu Begins Stablecoin Issuance Consulting Business for the Domestic Market @soramitsu_co and Soramitsu CBDC have launched consulting and development support services for domestic Japanese business operators. These services support the design construction and operation of stablecoin issuance systems in compliance with the Payment Services Act and other regulations. This service extends the national-scale infrastructure development expertise in central bank digital currencies (CBDC) and stablecoins that the Soramitsu Group has cultivated globally to the Japanese domestic market. Read" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1977264817720177102) 2025-10-12T06:47Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Infcurion which willgo public on the Growth Segment of the Tokyo Stock Exchangeon October [--] [----] has started offering the latest version of its next-generation card platform "Xard (Exard)". This latest version adds integrated implementation of "member management" "funding source management" and "credit management"functions that previously required significant development effortto the platform's standard features. This enables companies adopting Xard to launch their own branded credit cards prepaid cards debit cards and other financial products with minimal development resources. Read more:" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1977551191333908596) 2025-10-13T01:45Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Apollo Global Management - According to a recent Morningstar survey the proportion of investors who view ESG as part of their fiduciary duty has increased in most surveyed countries with notable declines in the US and Australia see chart below. With the "Sustainable Finance Forum" taking place in Tokyo today it is once again a good time to think about why Japan is falling behind" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1978222172800970959) 2025-10-14T22:11Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "NTT Data has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with NPCI International Payments Limited a subsidiary of the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). The MoU establishes the foundation to enable acceptance of Unified Payments Interface (UPI) India's leading real-time payment system for Indian tourists in Japan. This initiative will facilitate merchant transactions across the country powered by NTT DATA. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/ntt-data-signs-mou-for-upi-payment-acceptance-across-merchants-in-japan/" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1978614355672670594) 2025-10-16T00:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Sony Bank Makes a Major Move: Applying for a U.S. National Trust Bank Charter In a significant signal that global financial giants are eager to establish regulated footing in the U.S. digital asset market @sonybank_jp has formally applied to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to establish a national trust bank. The most compelling aspect of the application is the explicit intention to engage in"Cryptocurrency Activities". Sony Bank states that Connectia Trust will immediately pursue digital asset activities that the OCC has previously found permissible under existing national" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1979348817997893947) 2025-10-18T00:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "In a major move signaling rising credit costs in the Japanese market Rakuten Group successfully priced a JPY [--] billion perpetual subordinated bond. Announced on October [--] [----] the issuance carried the highest coupon for a local bond deal this year immediately drawing significant attention from domestic and international investors. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/rakuten-secures-record-high-yield-bond/ https://www.fintechobserver.com/rakuten-secures-record-high-yield-bond/" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1979816889489780947) 2025-10-19T07:48Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "First Round Selections for the Tokyo Financial Award "Financial Innovation Category" The Tokyo Metropolitan Government through EY as the contractor will provide a support program to the [--] selected businesses listed below in Japan and from overseas in order to help them brush up their work for the purpose of commercialization. After the program a final selection will take place and the top three businesses will be announced at the award ceremony. [--] million yen [--] million yen [--] million yen will be awarded as prize money respectively to first place second place and third place applicants. Read" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1979831282235531710) 2025-10-19T08:45Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Japan's three megabanks are planning to jointly issue corporate-use stablecoins using a system developed by Tokyo-based fintech firm Progmat. MUFG Bank Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. and Mizuho Bank intend to issue the stablecoins under a unified standard for use in corporate fund settlements as reported by the Nikkei. Major general trading house Mitsubishi is being considered as the first user of the planned stablecoins for its settlements. All too often Japanese institutions are considered as moving too slowly. Arguably GO-NET marks an initiative where MUFG was ahead of its time with an" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1980074627767681266) 2025-10-20T00:52Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "The Japan FinTech Observer for the week ending October [--] - Cutting through the noise in Japanese Finance & FinTech Read it here: https://www.fintechobserver.com/japan-fintech-observer-134/ https://www.fintechobserver.com/japan-fintech-observer-134/" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1980465050382135455) 2025-10-21T02:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Stablecoin Ecosystem: TradFiWeb3 Integration & Possibilities Panelists: Yusuke Takezawa @progmat_en Henry Zhang @DigiFTTech Mitsuru Kayahana @swiftcommunity Jack McDonald @Ripple Moderator: Levi Hinson Coinpost Watch it here: https://youtu.be/qA4bzaiFU1U https://youtu.be/qA4bzaiFU1U" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1981262590652403797) 2025-10-23T07:33Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Probably one of the worst IPOs in recent memory Closing 14% below its reference price" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1981614587486327014) 2025-10-24T06:51Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Japanese Yen Stablecoin "JPYC" and Issuance Platform "JPYC EX" to Lauch on October [--] JPYC Inc. was registered as a "Fund Transfer Service Provider" (Registration Number: Kanto Local Finance Bureau Director No. 00099) under Article [--] of the Payment Services Act on August [--] [----]. Following a preparation period JPYC will officially begin issuing Japan's first Japanese yen-denominated stablecoin "JPYC" on October [--] [----]. In conjunction with this issuance JPYC will launch "JPYC EX" a dedicated platform for handling issuance and redemption requests. JPYC will initially support Avalanche" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1981645451498778863) 2025-10-24T08:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Popular recording from WebX 2025: @Bakkt Watch it here: https://youtu.be/sBhs9C6i2m8 https://youtu.be/sBhs9C6i2m8" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1981891082251378902) 2025-10-25T01:10Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Quantum Solutions acquired an additional [------] ETH (approximately $1.925 million USD) through its Hong Kong subsidiary GPT Pals Studio Limited. This brings the group's total ETH holdings to [-------] ETH (total acquisition cost approximately $17.78 million USD) establishing Quantum Solutions as the largest Ethereum Digital Asset Treasury (DAT) company outside of the US. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/tse-listed-quantum-solutions-becomes-largest-eth-dat-outside-the-us/ https://www.fintechobserver.com/tse-listed-quantum-solutions-becomes-largest-eth-dat-outside-the-us/" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1981932624580083947) 2025-10-25T03:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Z Venture Capital Co-Leads Habit Factory's KRW [--] billion Series D Round Habit Factory a Seoul South Korea-based AI-driven fintech company has raised KRW [--] billion in Series D funding.Habit Factory is completely digitalizing the insurance sales process through data and AI. The round was led by Z Venture Capital (ZVC) and Smilegate Investment with participation from Industrial Bank of Korea IBK Venture Investment Kolon Investment KB Investment and Shinhan Venture Investment. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/z-venture-capital-co-leads-habit-factorys-krw-35-billion-series-d-round/" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1981947128730747296) 2025-10-25T04:53Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "The Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) has been increasing its exposure to alternative investments (infrastructure private equity and real estate). To regularly and efficiently obtain detailed data on the investment performance of funds in the market GPIF begins building a database on alternative assets. BNYs press release suggests that its Data & Analytics platform was selected to provide GPIF high-quality granular data of alternative assets empowering informed investment decisions based on a clear view of the performance and risk of the asset class. The platform accesses the" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1981983550942728633) 2025-10-25T07:17Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "NHK World featuring @jpy_coin Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=VTJKQjV3Aac https://www.youtube.com/watchv=VTJKQjV3Aac" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1982300376566202871) 2025-10-26T04:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "S&P Global Ratings recently hosted a webinar "Corporate Japans Cross-Border Funding Enhance Financial Flexibility" focusing on the drivers credit implications and the relationship between corporates and domestic banks. The presentation highlights that Japanese corporations are increasingly turning to overseas markets for funding a trend driven by strategic global expansion unfavorable domestic funding dynamics and the inherent limits of the Japanese bond market. This diversification is seen as a positive factor supporting the financial flexibility and credit profiles of Japanese issuers. Read" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1982400072030814478) 2025-10-26T10:53Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Infcurion debuted on the Tokyo Stock Exchanges Growth Segment on Friday October [--] [----]. After bookbuilding resulted in a [----] reference price above the indicated range up to [----] the stocks first quote was [----] and the closing price [----] altogether an underwhelming debut. At the closing price Infcurion is valued at approximately [--] billion largely in line with the [--] billion investment SMBC Group made in September [----] for what now turns out to be a 29% stake. Dressed for success for the IPO with operating expenses down [--] percentage points year-on-year first-time consolidated profitability" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1982586933412081993) 2025-10-26T23:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "ASUENE has completed the acquisition of 100% of the shares and integration of Iconic Air a U.S. company providing GHG visualization and methane leak management SaaS. Following NZero this second M&A further accelerates the expansion of ASUENE's U.S. operations and strengthens our technological foundation. Additionally ASUENE has completed the final close of its Series C2 round through a third-party allocation of shares to new investors including JGC Mirai Investment (a CVC fund managed by Global Brain with LPs: JGC Holdings and JGC Corporation) and SFVGB No. [--] Investment Limited Partnership" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1982942873709629705) 2025-10-27T22:49Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "TIS and Ava Labs Launch "Multi-Token Platform" TIS part of the TIS INTEC Group and Ava Labs have launched the "Multi-Token Platform" which supports the issuance and management of next-generation digital financial services including stablecoins and security tokens. The "Multi-Token Platform" is a service that provides platform functionality necessary for tokenizing various financial assets by combining Ava Labs' managed blockchain infrastructure "AvaCloud" with multi-asset capabilities through EVM smart contracts and a proprietary key management infrastructure equipped with security and" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1983360685842260423) 2025-10-29T02:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Secured Finance AG a Japanese-founded Swiss-incorporated developer of fixed-rate DeFi lending protocols has announced a new suite of products built around the Japanese yen stablecoinJPYC. The initiative aims to bring theYen yield curve on-chain enabling global investors to access the Japanese interest-rate market through transparent decentralized infrastructure. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/secured-finance-announces-new-jpyc-based-product-suite/ https://www.fintechobserver.com/secured-finance-announces-new-jpyc-based-product-suite/" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1983718731261112777) 2025-10-30T02:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Fhenix the leading infrastructure protocol powering Private DeFi via homomorphic encryption has received strategic investments from BIPROGY and the Translink Sustainability & Innovation Fund.BIPROGY renamed from Nihon Unisys in [----] isone of Japans largest IT service providers with a strong footprint in the financial sector. This move underscores the growing necessity of privacy solutions for institutional adoption of Web3 and demonstrates strong institutional confidence in Fhenixs technology. The investment lays critical groundwork for Fhenixs deeper expansion into the Japanese Web3" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1983747006926614613) 2025-10-30T04:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Breaking news" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1984154338173055244) 2025-10-31T07:03Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "NEXI Provides Loan Insurance for Hella Infra Market Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI) has provided loan insurance for back financing related to a loan extended by a venture debt fund to Hella Infra Market Singapore a Singapore-based subsidiary of an Indian start-up company. This marks the first individual transaction under the framework agreement entered into by NEXI Mars Growth Capital and MUFG Bank in October [----] to provide loan insurance comprehensively for financings to overseas start-up companies. Read more:" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1984402454386262224) 2025-10-31T23:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Tokio Marine-owned Philadelphia Insurance Companies(PHLY) has acquired the Collector Vehicle Division fromIgnyte Insurance a Carlyle-backed portfolio company. The transaction valued at $615 million brings four of the most respected names in collector vehicle insurance into the PHLY family:American Collectors InsuranceJ.C. Taylor InsuranceCondon SkellyandHeacock Classic. The business is headquartered in Mt. Laurel New Jersey. With deep roots and decades of leadership in the collector vehicle market these brands insure a broad range of specialty vehicles from antiques and hot rods to exotics" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1984439564510118194) 2025-11-01T01:57Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Adam Back: The Bitcoin Operating System Watch it here: https://youtu.be/sedfnE8PNik https://youtu.be/sedfnE8PNik" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1985170778338558384) 2025-11-03T02:22Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Japan Exchange Group (JPX) reported solid financial results for the first half of fiscal year [----] (FY2025 Q2 cumulative) driven primarily by increased activity in cash equities and a significant contribution from interest rate-related collateral management within clearing services. Operating Revenue rose 9.2% year-over-year (YoY) to JPY [-----] million and Operating Income grew 7.5% YoY to JPY [-----] million. Net Income attributable to owners of the parent company increased 6.9% to JPY [-----] million. Following the strong results JPX revised its full-year earnings forecast upward. Read more:" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1985500376486064424) 2025-11-04T00:12Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Nomura Holdings reported solid financial results for the second quarter (Q2) of the fiscal year ending March [--] [----] (FY2025/26) demonstrating strengthened profitability across its key segments particularly Wholesale and its stable revenue businesses. While Group Net Income Attributable to Shareholders of Nomura Holdings declined quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) to [----] billion the results were robust when normalizing for one-off real estate gains recorded in the preceding quarter (Q1). The firm achieved an annualized Return on Equity (ROE) of 10.6% in Q2 and 11.3% for the first half (1H) marking the" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1985505701297639455) 2025-11-04T00:33Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "At the end of October the Bank of Korea (BOK) published a report regarding the opportunities risks and necessary policy responses surrounding the potential introduction of a Won-pegged stablecoin (SC) in Korea. Titled "Currency in the Digital Era: Harmony of Innovation and Trust" the report adopts a cautious stance emphasizing that financial innovation must be securely integrated into the existing monetary and financial system. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/bank-of-korea-won-stablecoins/ https://www.fintechobserver.com/bank-of-korea-won-stablecoins/" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1985533019172876765) 2025-11-04T02:22Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Progmat-Led Consortium Unveils Framework to Unlock Security Token Data Utility Progmat the core developer behind Japan's leading security token (ST) platform has released the findings of a critical industry study culminating in a standardized legal and operational framework designed to streamline the utilization of rights holder data in the ST ecosystem. The comprehensive "ST Data Linkage Streamlining Working Group (WG)" report conducted under the auspices of the Digital Asset Co-Creation Consortium (DCC)an organization boasting [---] member entitiesis poised to dismantle significant regulatory" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1985539500148396438) 2025-11-04T02:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "SMBC Completes Proof-of-Concept Experiment Using Quantum Computing Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation SMBC Digital Marketing Corporation and Quanmatic jointly conducted a proof-of-concept experiment on "app advertisement analysis using quantum computing" aimed at advancing advertisement distribution in smartphone applications. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/smbc-completes-proof-of-concept-experiment-using-quantum-computing/ https://www.fintechobserver.com/smbc-completes-proof-of-concept-experiment-using-quantum-computing/" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1985543087498936725) 2025-11-04T03:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "SMBC Asia Rising Fund Leads Series B a Singapore-based AI company pioneering the enterprise application of large language models (LLMs) in Southeast Asia has announced the successful closing of its Series B funding round raising tens of millions of USD. The round was led by SMBC Asia Rising Fund the corporate venture capital arm of Japans Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC). It saw participation from new strategic investors including Beacon Venture Capital (the venture arm of Thailands Kasikorn Bank) and SMIC SG Holdings. Existing investors including Singtel Innov8 (the venture arm of" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1986322905152836052) 2025-11-06T06:40Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Fivot a startup company aiming to become a challenger bank pioneering the future through "AI Finance" has completed a funding round consisting of a [--] billion yen third-party allotment of shares in a Series B equity round and [--] billion yen in debt financing (loans) totaling [--] billion yen. Angel Bridge and Nissay Capital served as co-lead investors with a total of [--] companies participating as investors. This brings the cumulative equity funding since founding to [---] billion yen. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/fivot-i-completes-series-b-funding-round-totaling-2-billion-yen/" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1986352693422792789) 2025-11-06T08:39Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Funds has completed a Series E funding round raising a total of [----] billion yen. The round was led by "SMBC-GB Growth No. [--] Investment Limited Partnership" jointly operated by Global Brain Corporation and SMBC Edge Corporation. Other investors include Asset Management One one of Japan's largest asset management companies; PKSHA Technology a leading AI development company; ALPHA an independent emerging VC; and Quester Capital a boutique investment bank based in Hong Kong among others. The Series E round has been completed up to the 2nd close and activities are continuing toward the final" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1986572246589243763) 2025-11-06T23:11Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "MUFG Bank Mizuho Bank Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation and Progmat have announced that their joint stablecoin (SC) issuance and advanced cross-border settlement for a Mitsubishi Corporation proof-of-concept have both been approved to receive support from the Financial Services Agency of Japans FinTech PoC Hub. This is the first project supported by the Payment Innovation Project (PIP) and the 11th project overall supported by the FinTech Proof-of-Concept Hub. Read more:" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1987122639014613216) 2025-11-08T11:38Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Mercari recorded a favorable start to the fiscal year in all three of Mercari Group's major businesses with the recovery of the Marketplace GMV growth rate the achievement of positive GMV growth in its US business and the growth of FinTech credit services. Consolidated revenue was 49.4B JPY (+10% YoY) and consolidated core operating profit was 9.3B (+128% YoY). Going forward Mercari aims to continue promoting product innovation by leveraging AI and from Q2 onward they aim to achieve their full-year financial forecast while strengthening the investment needed for growth in FY2027.6. The" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1987341664000876908) 2025-11-09T02:09Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "The "Digital Asset Co-creation Consortium" (abbreviated as DCC with [---] member organizations) hosted by Progmat will establish the "Tokenization Law & Stock ST Working Group (WG)" and commence a joint study with the purpose to enable the transfer of rights for all securities including stocks and investment trusts on-chain and to maximize the benefits of Security Token (ST) implementation. Following the announcement of the WG establishment the DCC will accept participation from related organizations as needed with a kickoff in November [----] and a goal to compile and publish a "Report" and" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1987377517339287847) 2025-11-09T04:31Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "SBI Holdings reported record-breaking performance for the first half of FY2025 driven by strong growth across most segments particularly Financial Services and PE Investment. 🔹 Financial Services Business:Grew +13.0% toJPY 118.0bn marking a record high. The Banking Business was the main driver growing +17.1% to JPY 73.6bn. The Securities Business saw a temporary decline (-5.0%) due to extraordinary losses. 🔹 Asset Management Business:Grew +7.8% toJPY 3.5bn marking a record high. 🔹 PE Investment Business:Experienced explosive growth turning a prior year loss into a profit ofJPY 110.5bn(a" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1987428410159993331) 2025-11-09T07:53Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Tokyo Star Bank and Global Trust Networks which specializes in foreign residents and comprehensively provides services supporting life in Japan including housing employment telecommunications and finance have signed a basic agreement and commenced collaboration to realize financial services for foreign residents in Japan. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/tokyo-star-bank-global-trust-networks-to-offer-financial-services-to-foreigners/ https://www.fintechobserver.com/tokyo-star-bank-global-trust-networks-to-offer-financial-services-to-foreigners/" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1987436249767125424) 2025-11-09T08:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "The Itochu Research Institute's Associate Senior Research Fellow Sota Takano put out a new research note last week analyzing the most recent monthly labor survey. In September the growth rate of total cash earnings was +1.9% year-on-year accelerating from the previous month's +1.3%. This was mainly due to special payments (including bonuses) turning positive (from -7.8% to +4.5%). However the situation where wage growth cannot keep pace with inflation continues and real total cash earnings (adjusted for price increases) remained at -1.4% marking the ninth consecutive month of decline. Read" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1987453995229827406) 2025-11-09T09:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Stripe andNEC have begun exploring integration of the Stripe Reader S700 payment terminal compatible with the unified commerce solution Stripe Terminal with NEC's face recognition payment service. By combining Stripe's payment terminals payment services and functions with NEC's face recognition technology which boasts world-leading authentication accuracy the companies aim to provide secure simple and convenient hands-free payments enhancing customer experience value.Stripe and NEC will showcase this face recognition payment experience with the Stripe Reader S700 at the Singapore FinTech" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1987460176006598751) 2025-11-09T10:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "KDDI Turns Ponta Points Into Stablecoins With HashPort Deal HashPort has signed a capital and business alliance agreement with KDDI. Under this alliance HashPort conducted a third-party allotment capital increase to KDDI. As a result KDDI acquired more than 20% of HashPort's issued shares making HashPort an equity-method affiliate of KDDI. As the first initiative of this alliance HashPort Wallet with [--] million cumulative downloads will collaborate with Ponta which has approximately [---] million members and au PAY which has approximately [--] million users to implement the following partnerships:" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1988365042967081434) 2025-11-11T21:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Startale Group has announced the Startale App an all-in-one gateway to the Startale and Soneium ecosystem designed to make the open digital economy simple secure and connected. Built as part of a continued partnership withSony Block Solutions Labs the app marks the beginning of a new chapter in Startales mission to bring the world onchain. The SuperApp will serve as the all-in-one gateway to the Soneium ecosystem uniting wallets assets and blockchain-native applications into one intuitive experience. Read more:" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1988401986455384456) 2025-11-12T00:22Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "💥 QIA Commits USD [--] billion to Japanese Private Equity Platform with ORIX The Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) and ORIX Corporation have entered into an agreement to launch a commitment-based private equity fund. The total fund size will be the yen equivalent of USD [---] billion. The fund will invest in Japanese companies primarily targeting business succession privatization of listed companies and carve-outs (the transfer of business divisions or subsidiaries from large corporations) with an enterprise value investment size of at least [--] billion yen (approx. [---] million USD) per investment." [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1988434419657629703) 2025-11-12T02:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Okasan Securities has begun providing services for corporate customers through "Okasan BANK" a banking service jointly developed with GMO Aozora Net Bank. The corporate services of "Okasan BANK" offer special interest rate time deposits free deposit functions to Okasan Securities accounts corporate Okasan BANK cards with debit functions and access to GMO Aozora Net Bank's corporate services which are highly regarded for their excellent UI/UX particularly among newly established corporate customers. Read more:" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1988438993349079219) 2025-11-12T02:49Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "DeNA Establishes JPY 5bn Delight Ventures Builder Fund III DeNA's Board of Directors has approved the establishment of and investment in the Delight Ventures Builder III Investment Limited Partnership (ILP). DeNA Group is currently strengthening initiatives related to AI under the policy of AI-ALL-IN aiming for medium to long term growth centered on AI. In line with this DeNA has resolved to make an investment in Delight Venture Builder III ILP a fund specializing in investments in AI domain. Read more:" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1988500948616950238) 2025-11-12T06:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) and its consolidated subsidiary MUFG Bank have entered into an investment agreement and signed a memorandum of understanding regarding strategic collaboration with Third Intelligence an AI R&D company. Third Intelligence is a company established in March [----] by Yutaka Matsuo a professor at the University of Tokyo and leading figure in AI research in Japan and Junya Ishibashi CEO of Third Intelligence through a carve-out of new AI development initiatives at the Matsuo Institute. The company is committed to its mission of creating a world where humans and" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1988521390002299202) 2025-11-12T08:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Stablecoin Ecosystem: TradFiWeb3 Integration Possibilities from WebX [----] @progmat_en @DigiFTTech @swiftcommunity @Ripple https://youtu.be/xsl1M8fJIyI https://youtu.be/xsl1M8fJIyI" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1988762322152878493) 2025-11-13T00:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Tokio Marine Holdings' wholly-owned subsidiary Delphi Financial Group has agreed to acquire a majority stake in ACORE CAPITAL one of the leading U.S. commercial real estate investment managers. The transaction further strengthens ACORE CAPITAL's decade-long relationship with one of the largest global insurance groups. This acquisition marks a natural progression in the relationship between TM/Delphi and ACORE CAPITAL which began in [----] when Delphi supported ACORE CAPITALs launch with a $1.6 billion capital commitment. Read more:" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1988867375647916117) 2025-11-13T07:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG) has reached an agreement to acquire a majority stake in kAIgentic a company incorporated by Mr. Mazhari SMBC Groups AI Transformation Advisor in Singapore in August [----]. kAIgentic led by Mr. Mazhari builds the enterprise Intelligence Layer to accelerate AI transformation within the SMBC Group and to develop agentic AI capabilities for broader industry adoption as a long-term goal. This announcement formalizes the closing of the investment agreement and presents kAIgentics name brand identity and mission establishing it as the SMBC Groups transformation" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1988917394782220591) 2025-11-13T10:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "METI & JETRO Publish Expanded Startup Investment Agreement Guidelines Japan's Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry (METI) together with the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) has compiled an expanded version of the Key Points to Consider in Contracts for Sound Venture Investments in Japan based on discussions held at the Study Group on Development of Startup Ecosystems. These guidelines were originally formulated in [----] and revised in [----]. Investors and those involved in startup investment particularly startup companies are encouraged to make use of these guidelines taking into" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1989130935158313234) 2025-11-14T00:39Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "ZIRITZ which operates the asset management platform "StockFormer" and the AI-powered automatic apartment planning service "StockFormer-ZERO" has completed Series A funding totaling [---] million yen. In this round Nissay Capital and Daiwa Corporate Investment served as lead investors with participation from a total of [--] venture capital firms and corporate investors. The raised funds will be allocated to acquiring excellent talent expanding products and enlarging sales areas to achieve further growth. Read more:" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1989207034592682294) 2025-11-14T05:41Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Datachain Launches Tokenized Deposit Initiative Datachain has entered the field of tokenized deposits leveraging blockchain technology. In recent years global financial institutions including J.P. Morgan Citi and HSBC have been accelerating their use of distributed ledger technology (DLT) for deposits and payment servicesan industry shift aligned with the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Finternet vision. Amid this global movement Datachain aims to develop AI-native programmable infrastructure for payments and treasury management through this new initiative. Tokenized deposits" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1989505063350669548) 2025-11-15T01:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Finatext Holdings second quarter of fiscal year [----] (Q2 FY2025) was marked by significant top-line growth and the successful execution of key strategic initiatives reinforcing the company's position as a leading B2B financial technology platform. Strong performance in the core Financial Infrastructure and Big Data Analytics segments coupled with major new enterprise partnerships validates Finatext's strategy and underpins a confident outlook for the full fiscal year. Major Enterprise Partnerships:Finatext secured and launched significant new partnerships with industry leaders" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1989942756836610078) 2025-11-16T06:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Infcurion Reports First Quarterly Financial Results as a Public Company Infcurion exists to accomplish what was previously considered infeasible starting with the foundational layer of the economy: payments. Infcurion is the enabler of change bringing modern FinTech capabilities to every corner of the Japanese economy. By embedding payment and financial functions into services across all industries Infcurion is not just participating in Japans digital transformation; they are actively accelerating it. Infcurion provides the critical infrastructure that allows any business to become a FinTech" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1989957735874506815) 2025-11-16T07:24Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "MUFG Bank a consolidated subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) has entered into a strategic collaboration agreement with OpenAI. Through this agreement MUFG Bank will also begin initiatives to create innovative customer experiences in retail banking. Since the October [----] announcement of an alliance both companies have been conducting trials for bank-wide employee adoption of ChatGPT Enterprise and iterating on product specifications. Based on these results the partners have now concluded a strategic collaboration agreement and are transitioning from the trial phase to" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1989961658794442922) 2025-11-16T07:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Metaplanet's top-line financial metrics for the first nine months of FY2025 provide a clear quantitative summary of the company's extraordinary year-over-year growth. These results reflect the successful and aggressive execution of Metaplanet's strategic pivot towards becoming a premier Bitcoin treasury company marking a fundamental transformation from the prior fiscal year. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/metaplanet-third-quarter-financial-results/ https://www.fintechobserver.com/metaplanet-third-quarter-financial-results/" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1990240522913624449) 2025-11-17T02:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "For the first half of fiscal year [----] (FY25.1H) Sony Financial Group delivered a Group Consolidated Adjusted Net Income of45.9 billion based on IFRS Accounting Standards. This result represents a4.8% decrease (2.3 billion)compared to the same period in the previous fiscal year. The decline is primarily attributable to decreased adjusted net income in the Sony Life insurance business. Despite this year-over-year decrease the Group's overall progress isalmost in line with the plan with a47%progress rate achieved against the revised full-year forecast. Read more:" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1990252356714573914) 2025-11-17T02:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "The Japan FinTech Observer for the week ending November [--] [----] - Cutting through the noise in Japanese Finance & FinTech Read it here: https://www.fintechobserver.com/japan-fintech-observer-138/ https://www.fintechobserver.com/japan-fintech-observer-138/" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1990326433814835394) 2025-11-17T07:49Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance a subsidiary of MS&AD Insurance Group has agreed to acquire an 18% equity interest in Barings an asset management company and wholly owned subsidiary of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance (MassMutual) from MassMutual for a total investment of USD 1.44bn. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/mitsui-sumitomo-insurance-acquires-stake-in-asset-manager-barings/ https://www.fintechobserver.com/mitsui-sumitomo-insurance-acquires-stake-in-asset-manager-barings/" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1990335370324771149) 2025-11-17T08:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Japan's Bitcoin ETF: Feasibility and Challenges to Overcome from WebX [----] @Nomura @SBI_Global_AM @KPMG https://youtu.be/WyizNZnPV_o https://youtu.be/WyizNZnPV_o" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1990546043382215077) 2025-11-17T22:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "During the first half of fiscal year [----] (1HFY2025) Sumitomo Mitsui TRUST delivered an exceptional financial performance culminating in a record-high net income. This robust result was driven by the successful execution of its strategy across three core pillars: strong growth in underlying business profit a significant positive reversal in credit costs and substantial gains realized from the strategic reduction of shareholdings. This outperformance provides a strong foundation for the significant upward revision of SuMi TRUST's full-year consolidated earnings and dividend forecasts. SuMi" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1990920453217812638) 2025-11-18T23:10Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "SmartHR Receives US$96m Strategic Investment From General Atlantic Acquiring Stake From Coral Capital Founded in [----] SmartHR has established itself as Japans leading HR technology platform providing an all-in-one cloud-based solution for HR services to Japanese businesses. SmartHRs products include digitizing the employee system of record as well as supporting workflows across talent and labor management time and attendance payroll and more in addition to facilitating government reporting requirements. SmartHR's suite of products ultimately helps customers reduce operational burden manage" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1991022011586654643) 2025-11-19T05:53Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Web3 Business Opportunities - Stablecoins Wallets and Brokerage Services from WebX [----] (Japanese original English auto-dubbed) @sbivc_official @Konami @mercoinofficial @jpy_coin https://youtu.be/nJZnD86xXK8 https://youtu.be/nJZnD86xXK8" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1991055930067464579) 2025-11-19T08:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Massive reform package coming out of the MAS' Equities Market Review Group" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1991295859800281211) 2025-11-20T00:01Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "On its 5th anniversary since business launch UPSIDER's cumulative number of client companies has exceeded [------] and the cumulative transaction volume of its corporate card "UPSIDER" and invoice card payment service has surpassed [--] trillion. Since launching the corporate card "UPSIDER" in [----] adoption has grown as a payment infrastructure supporting the cash flow of growth companies. UPSIDER has subsequently expanded its business domains with (which extends invoice payment terms) "UPSIDER AI Accounting" (which replaces accounting operations through AI-human collaboration) "PRESIDENT CARD" (a" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1991348116105384067) 2025-11-20T03:29Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Binance Japan and PayPay have launched a PayPay Money integration service for Binance Japan's spot cryptocurrency trading (Simple Buy mobile and web versions). This service allows users to purchase cryptocurrencies through PayPay Money deposits and charge PayPay balance with PayPay Money from cryptocurrency sales proceeds. This integration service enables users to fund cryptocurrency purchases not only with PayPay Money but also with PayPay Points. Additionally by setting the point usage to "Use for payments" in the PayPay app in advance users can combine PayPay Money and PayPay Points. Read" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1991792422670803017) 2025-11-21T08:54Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Pivotal Trend Service (PTS)has announced the official launch of its flagship digital asset productPMN (Pivotal Mining Note) onRepublic marking a significant milestone for the global digital securities industry. PMN becomesthe first Japan-originated Security TokenOffering (STO) to be compliantly offered in the United States and the first STO launched following Republic's recent acquisition of INX. Designed as a compliant Bitcoin-linked financial product PMN aims to transform institutional-grade Bitcoin mining exposure into an accessible transparent and user-centric investment opportunity." [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1992005159770349662) 2025-11-21T23:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "As Japan's largest megabank Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) occupies a central position in both the domestic and global financial landscape. The company's recent disclosure of strong half-year financial results for the fiscal year ending March [----] provides a clear window into its current operational momentum and strategic progress. This analysis examines these results in detail evaluates the company's upwardly revised full-year guidance and shareholder return policy and assesses the key strategic initiatives intended to drive long-term value. Based on a comprehensive review of MUFG's" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1992724720131961039) 2025-11-23T22:39Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Digital Platformer and JPYC have commenced a joint study aimed at mutual cooperation between Japan's first Japanese Yen-pegged stablecoin "JPYC" and the deposit-backed token "Tochika" launched by Hokkoku Bank in April [----] as well as the construction of a business alliance model with regional financial institutions. This initiative aims to promote the efficiency and digitalization of regional economies by fusing the highly reliable deposit and remittance infrastructure possessed by regional financial institutions with new financial infrastructure based on blockchain technology. Read more:" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1992733459362787793) 2025-11-23T23:14Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Nudge has partnered with HashPort provider of the Web3 wallet "HashPort Wallet" chosen by [--] million people to begin offering the "HashPort Card" through the next-generation credit card "Nudge". With this card JPYC (Japanese Yen stablecoin) is provided as cashback by HashPort according to usage amounts through everyday shopping and customers can also enjoy an original design card. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/nudge-begins-offering-official-credit-card-for-hashport-wallet/ https://www.fintechobserver.com/nudge-begins-offering-official-credit-card-for-hashport-wallet/" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1992888188667613268) 2025-11-24T09:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Fiscal year 3/2026 began in a highly uncertain global environment creating significant headwinds for financial forecasts across the banking sector. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG) like its peers entered this period with caution. Market turmoil triggered by a U.S. tariffs announcement in May [----] prompted the firm to factor a substantial negative impact into its initial financial projections. However as the first half of the fiscal year progressed markets began to calm. Progress in U.S.Japan negotiations eased tariff-related concerns and the anticipated negative impacts largely failed" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1992923495693705394) 2025-11-24T11:49Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Strategizing Bitcoin Adoption in Japan: Challenges and Opportunities from WebX [----] (Japanese original English auto-dubbed please check your settings) Panelists: Christian Moss ZBD Rintaro Kawai ANAP Kenji Tateiwa Moderator: Koji Higashi Diamond Hands https://youtu.be/4r_ijE3sCn4 https://youtu.be/4r_ijE3sCn4" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1993176985858982071) 2025-11-25T04:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Alpaca a global leader in brokerage infrastructure APIs providing access to options stocks ETFs fixed income and crypto recently announced the launch of US stock execution service forSBI Securities Japans largest online brokerage firm. SBI Securities has actively worked towards expanding investment access for Japanese retail investors and reducing barriers to US stock trading. The company has helped eliminate brokerage commissions on US stocks and ETFs under the new Nippon Individual Savings Account (NISA) system and waived real-time FX conversion fees for USD/JPY. Alpaca currently powers" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1993448838586417657) 2025-11-25T22:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Japan's Bitcoin Gamble: Examining Corporate Digital Asset Strategies from WebX [----] (Japanese original English auto-dubbed please check your settings) Panelists: Kishin Kato Takashi Tashiro European European Midori Kanemitsu bitFlyer Moderator: Koji Higashi Diamond Hands https://youtu.be/ApFiWroX4SA https://youtu.be/ApFiWroX4SA" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1993578762286596411) 2025-11-26T07:13Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "estie which provides multiple services centered on "estie Market Research" Japan's largest commercial real estate data analysis platform has concluded financing agreements totaling [---] billion yen with four financial institutions: Shoko Chukin Bank MUFG Bank Resona Bank and Japan Finance Corporation. This includes long-term loans and long-term commitment lines. Through this debt financing combined with equity raised in the Series B round the company has secured over [--] billion yen in total standby capital. By utilizing this standby capital to promote M&A and through continued growth" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1993612744294342848) 2025-11-26T09:28Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Current Landscape of Bitcoin L2 Ecosystem & Differentiation Strategies from WebX [----] Panelists: Gabe Hiroto Parker Citrea Kyle Ellicott Stacks Asia Foundation Justin Wang Zeus Network Moderator: Joe Miyamoto https://youtu.be/xBsrEgzdFhM https://youtu.be/xBsrEgzdFhM" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1993843724435247244) 2025-11-27T00:46Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Korea's Financial Services Commission will create a fund of [--] trillion won over the next five years to boost investment in fintech and venture companies. At the opening ceremony of "Korea Fintech Week 2025" Financial Services Commission Chairman Lee Eok-won said on the 26th "I believe that the transformation of artificial intelligence (AI) in the financial sector will be the spearhead of new growth engines in Korea." https://www.mk.co.kr/en/it/11477885 https://www.mk.co.kr/en/it/11477885" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1993878968752329045) 2025-11-27T03:06Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "South Koreas leading internet platform Naver and cryptocurrency exchange operator Dunamu are moving toward a landmark merger that would create a [--] trillion won ($13.6 billion) fintech powerhouse combining payments digital assets and artificial intelligence-driven financial services under one roof. https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10624296 https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10624296" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1993879167881105566) 2025-11-27T03:06Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Raksul Bank a 100% subsidiary of Raksul has officially launched its financial platform service for small and medium-sized enterprises through its partnership with GMO Aozora Net Bank. By utilizing BaaS (Banking as a Service) Raksul Bank provides a next-generation banking service that combines same-day account opening industry-leading low transfer fees to other banks point rewards and secure security systems. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/raksul-group-launches-financial-platform-raksul-bank/ https://www.fintechobserver.com/raksul-group-launches-financial-platform-raksul-bank/" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1993962192257859681) 2025-11-27T08:36Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Resona Bank and Fivot have jointly established the venture debt fund "RFC Venture Debt Fund [--] Limited Investment Partnership" with the aim of expanding financing for domestic startup companies from seed to middle stage. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/resona-bank-and-fivot-establish-rfc-venture-debt-fund-1/ https://www.fintechobserver.com/resona-bank-and-fivot-establish-rfc-venture-debt-fund-1/" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1993969063006286234) 2025-11-27T09:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "THXLAB which provides the Web3 as a Service (Web3aaS) platform "THXNET." has built a dedicated Layer1 chain called "AVATECT Chain" using THXNET. as the foundational technology for implementing blockchain functionality in "AVATECT" the digital identity management platform promoted by TOPPAN Digital a group company of TOPPAN Holdings. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/thxlab-and-toppan-digital-provide-dedicated-layer1-blockchain-for-avatect/ https://www.fintechobserver.com/thxlab-and-toppan-digital-provide-dedicated-layer1-blockchain-for-avatect/" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1994212199913676831) 2025-11-28T01:10Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "The Next Frontier: Which Asset Class Will Define Japan's Digital Future (Japanese original English auto-dubbed please check your settings) Panelists: Tatsuya Saito Progmat Eiji Kobayashi Securitize Japan Moderator: Yuki Kamimoto CoinDesk JAPAN https://youtu.be/yfSy8T1N_PA https://youtu.be/yfSy8T1N_PA" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1994214330494341284) 2025-11-28T01:18Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Credit Saison's financial results for the first half of fiscal year [----] (H1 FY25) present a dual narrative that is crucial for investors to understand. On one hand the company's core domestic operations demonstrated remarkable strength driving business profit well beyond internal targets. On the other hand a series of special non-recurring losses weighed on the bottom line resulting in a slight year-on-year decline in net profit attributable to shareholders. This divergence underscores the resilience of the underlying business while highlighting the impact of discrete strategic decisions and" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1994509934680314090) 2025-11-28T20:53Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "PitchBook has released itsGlobal VC Ecosystem Rankings (Q4 [----] to Q3 2025) providing a data-driven look at where the worlds venture capital is flowing. While the United States continues to dominate the top charts the data reveals a compelling story forJapan highlighting a period of significant momentum and specific vertical strengths that set it apart from its Asian peers. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/japans-vc-ecosystem-high-growth-saas-leadership/ https://www.fintechobserver.com/japans-vc-ecosystem-high-growth-saas-leadership/" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1994521282038435864) 2025-11-28T21:38Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Heading to Tallinn for a week to assist our Estonian friends build FinTech bridges Go Europe" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1994932177814147267) 2025-11-30T00:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "During its investor briefing on December [--] [----] Sony Financial Group disclosed that it aims for Sony Bank to become the first Japanese company to issue and distribute a dollar-denominated stablecoin in the United States under the U.S. Genius Act. For this effort Sony Bank will partner with Bastion Platforms which is also a portfolio company of the venture capital arm of Sony Group Corporation while Sony Bank is also considering investing" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1995682817888715171) 2025-12-02T02:33Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "The Japan FinTech Observer for the week ending November [--] [----] - Cutting through the noise in Japanese Finance & FinTech Read it here: https://www.fintechobserver.com/japan-fintech-observer-140/ https://www.fintechobserver.com/japan-fintech-observer-140/" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1995702571462525219) 2025-12-02T03:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "NETSTARS Supports QNB Group in Becoming the First Bank in GCC to Accept WeChat Pay e-Commerce TSE-listed NETSTARS has supported QNB Group the largest financial institution in the Middle East and Africa in successfully becoming the first bank in GCC to enable Weixin Pay e-Commerce acceptance working closely with Darwish Holding to make this achievement possible. This ground-breaking initiative enables QNBs e-commerce merchants to offer Weixin Pay (Weixin known internationally as WeChat) as a payment option catering to the growing number of Chinese tourists and residents. The service is now" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1997101541686497306) 2025-12-06T00:31Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "AI fintech startup HabitFactory begins IPO process AI-driven fintech company Habitfactory has started preparations for an initial public offering appointing Samsung Securities and KB Securities as joint lead underwriters. The company said that it aims to list on the Korean stock market by [----] and will begin its IPO preparations this month. It previously sent out requests for proposals to major securities firms in August and plans to use the IPO to strengthen its capital base expand overseas operations and explore new business opportunities. https://pulse.mk.co.kr/news/all/11482887" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1997126816360759419) 2025-12-06T02:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "MUFG to Launch Tokenized Money Market Fund Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities and Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking together with Progmat will commence collaboration on infrastructure development for a "Tokenized Money Management Fund" as the first step toward developing Japan's first tokenized investment trust. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/mufg-to-launch-tokenized-money-market-fund/ https://www.fintechobserver.com/mufg-to-launch-tokenized-money-market-fund/" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1997146885291909349) 2025-12-06T03:31Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "We were delighted to participate in the "ICT & FinTech Mission to Tallinn" this past week courtesy of EIS Enterprise Estonia. Our first stop was the e-Estonia Briefing Centre where we were hosted by Marek Roostar Director of Asia Region Markets and Petra Holm Digital Transformation Advisor. Their comprehensive briefing provided our Japanese delegation with a deep dive into the mechanisms history and future trajectory of the Estonian digital society. Hosted at the heart of Tallinns innovation district the session illustrated how a small resource-poor nation transformed itself into a global" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1997191517535150377) 2025-12-06T06:28Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "ABCash Technologies is beginning a collaboration with the investment trust service "mattoco+ (Mattoco Plus)" jointly operated by Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management and SmartPlus. Through this collaboration mattoco+'s investment seminar content will be posted on ABCash's "Money Training" platform for students to view aiming to build a new support system that allows those with no investment experience or beginners to debut as investors with confidence. This initiative was realized through an introduction from Mitsubishi UFJ Innovation Partners with both parties recognizing the compatibility" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1997317156162482525) 2025-12-06T14:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Get to know your regulator The Financial Services Agency Japan (JFSA ) has published its annual report for the administrative year from July [--] [----] to June [--] [----] providing a comprehensive (400+ pages) and transparent overview of its activities. It is intended to inform its stakeholdersincluding financial institutions market participants and the publicabout the agency's organization key policy initiatives administrative operations and international engagement. The FSA is committed to fostering a stable and vibrant financial system that contributes to Japan's sustainable economic growth. The" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1997449578044620951) 2025-12-06T23:34Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Nomura Securities has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with World Vision Japan (WVJ) a specified non-profit organization to support the development of new projects using Japans Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM). Nomura has been actively engaged in research framework design and market development in the JCM space. In June [----] Nomura became the first financial institution to be selected by Japans Forestry Agency to do a field survey in Cambodia for a JCM afforestation project developed jointly with SDG Impact Japan. The project was commissioned under the Forestry Agencys FY2025 Forest" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1997498539254194570) 2025-12-07T02:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Mizuho Releases Generative AI-powered platform "Wiz Base" for Sales Support Wiz Base is a platform built by Mizuho on Amazon Web Services (AWS) to operate AI agents. It adopts a multi-LLM configuration that can safely integrate multiple models including Claude (by Anthropic) using Amazon Bedrock and is designed based on Mizuho's defined "AI Oriented Architecture (AIOA)." This realizes a multi-agent system where multiple agents collaborate to perform tasks while ensuring the reliability auditability and authority control required of financial institutions. Read more:" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1997929346477195680) 2025-12-08T07:20Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "The Japan FinTech Observer for the week ending December [--] [----] - Cutting through the noise in Japanese Finance & FinTech Read it here: https://www.fintechobserver.com/japan-fintech-observer-141/ https://www.fintechobserver.com/japan-fintech-observer-141/" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1997989044962435562) 2025-12-08T11:18Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Japan's First Yen Stablecoin: Game-Changing Details & What's Next from WebX [----] (Bi-lingual: Japanese original English auto-dubbed please check your settings) Panelists: Noritaka Okabe @jpyc_official Moderator: Yuki Kamimoto N.Avenue (CoinDesk JAPAN https://youtu.be/vEisYgao6M4 https://youtu.be/vEisYgao6M4" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1998368999462391809) 2025-12-09T12:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "FUNDINNO went public on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Segment on December [--] [----] at the top of the indicated range from JPY [---] to [---]. After reaching a high of JPY [---] during the first day of trading the stock has since settled in around the JPY [---] mark giving FUNDINNO a market cap of approximately USD 120m. @cloudcapital1 has built a comprehensive ecosystem designed to solve the core challenges of friction opacity and illiquidity that have historically plagued Japan's unlisted market. The platform is far more than a simple crowdfunding service; it is a full-stack support system for" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1998648761078493602) 2025-12-10T06:59Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "The fifth stop of our "ICT & FinTech Mission to Tallinn" last week courtesy of Enterprise Estonia led us to Codeborne where we were hosted by software entrepreneurToomas Talts. The meeting provided a deep dive into Codebornes operational philosophy technical methodologies and its unique long-standing relationship with the Japanese market. Codeborne distinguishes itself as a pure software development partner avoiding off-the-shelf software resale in favor of custom-built high-complexity systems. The company operates on a flat hierarchy with no project managers utilizing Extreme Programming" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1998660785099387085) 2025-12-10T07:47Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "The sixth and penultimate corporate stop of our "ICT & FinTech Mission to Tallinn" last week courtesy of Enterprise Estonia led us to Cybernetica where we were hosted by Sales & Business Development RepresentativeMaarja Suistefrom the Data Exchange Department who talked us through Cyberneticas role as a foundational architect of the e-Estonia ecosystem and its expansion as a global technology provider. Suiste covered the companys historical roots in academia its transformation into a private R&D powerhouse and its two primary export technologies:Data Exchange(interoperability via UXP)" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1998700954737414335) 2025-12-10T10:26Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Animoca Brands Japan has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for strategic cooperation in the Digital Asset Treasury (DAT) domain with Solv Protocol the Bitcoin decentralized finance (BTCFi: Bitcoin DeFi) protocol. Under this agreement Animoca Brands Japan and Solv Protocol will support Japanese listed companies in holding and managing Bitcoin. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/animoca-brands-japan-signs-mou-with-solv-protocol-for-strategic-cooperation-in-dat-domain/" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1999360267621400670) 2025-12-12T06:06Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "The "ROBOPRO Fund" established on December [--] [----] by SBI Okasan Asset Management surpassed [---] billion yen in net assets on December [--] [----]. This milestone was reached approximately [---] months after surpassing [---] billion yen in net assets on August [--] of this year. The Fund receives investment advice based on the "ROBOPRO" investment strategy from FOLIO a subsidiary of FOLIO Holdings and is managed by SBI Okasan Asset Management. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/folios-robopro-fund-net-assets-exceed-200-billion-yen/" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/1999984132508770742) 2025-12-13T23:25Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "MS&AD Ventures Participates in Interchange's Seed Round Interchange a financial infrastructure company has completed two significant operational milestones: a $17 million seed funding round and the receipt of comprehensive regulatory approvals for its wholly-owned subsidiary Interchange Clearing LLC. The $17 million seed round includes a mix of institutional venture capital and strategic operator-angels. Participation comes from MS&AD Ventures BoxGroup Plug and Play Ventures and Liquid2. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/ms-ad-ventures-participates-in-interchanges-seed-round/" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/2000005426042335502) 2025-12-14T00:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Japan's Year in Politics [----] by Nikkei Asia The Japanese political scenehashad a tumultuous year from massive election losses for the ruling Liberal Democratic Partyto the resignation of a prime minister and the birth of a new government. U.S. President Donald Trump also visited Japan for the first time in six years touting a "new golden age"of the alliance which is now being tested byheightened tensions between Japan and China. In this video Nikkei Asia's Shotaro Tani sits down with Rintaro Nishimura senior associate at the strategic advisory firm The Asia Group to unpack all that has" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/2000379494130147780) 2025-12-15T01:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "In response to recent cases of accounting fraud involving companies going public the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) and Japan Exchange Regulation (JPX-R) are introducing a new set of measures. The primary goal of these new rules is to enhance the quality of the listing examination process and prevent similar fraudulent activities from happening again. This is a collaborative effort involving not just the exchange but also other key stakeholders in the Initial Public Offering (IPO) process. These measures are designed to address specific vulnerabilities that can allow financial misconduct to go" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/2000428386058178728) 2025-12-15T04:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Nomura arranges USD 500m financing for Mexico's Plata Plata the Mexican financial technology company has secured a newfinancingof up to US$500 millionarranged by Nomura Securities International the largestfundingto date for a Mexican digital financial services company. The transaction also sets an important precedent: it marks the first time aJapanese top-tier investment bankparticipates in a financing of this scale within Mexico's digital financial sector reflecting the growing international interest in Plata and in Mexico's financial system. Read more:" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/2000754385081811032) 2025-12-16T02:26Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Payments Without Friction: Building the Seamless Economy of Tomorrow from WebX [----] Panelists: Eowyn Chen Trust Wallet Russell Cummer Japan Smart Chain Joerg Weisshaar UPCX-Platforms Moderator: Takashi Okita Nudge https://youtu.be/VKaqvh5vpAE https://youtu.be/VKaqvh5vpAE" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/2001447801998475651) 2025-12-18T00:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "SBI Holdings' Fund Invests in Vietnamese InsurTech Saladin Consulting and Technology SBI Holdings has taken the role of lead investor in the Series A funding round for Saladin Consulting and Technology a technology startup based in Vietnam. This investment was executed through the SBI-NTU-Kyobo Digital Innovation Fund a Singapore-based fund managed by the SBI Group. The funding round also attracted participation from several other existing and new investors including Monks Hill Ventures Peak XV Partners and ICMG Ventures highlighting growing interest in the company's potential. Read more:" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/2001523089566548373) 2025-12-18T05:21Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "The Progress of Tokenization in the Financial Sector: From Concept to Reality in Digital Finance from WebX [----] Panelists: Katherine Dowling @BitwiseInvest Asset Management Nischint Sanghavi @Visa Henry Zhang @DigiFTTech Moderator: Makoto Shibata @finolab_pr https://youtu.be/F54ojxmDI50 https://youtu.be/F54ojxmDI50" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/2001820573811507633) 2025-12-19T01:03Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "MUFG Invests in Shriram Finance a Leading Non-Banking Financial Company in India MUFG Bank a consolidated subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has entered into an investment agreement with Shriram Finance a leading non-banking financial company (NBFC) in India and its major shareholders Shriram Ownership Trust and Shriram Capital to subscribe to a preferential allotment of 20% in equity shares in Shriram Finance. The total investment amount is expected to be approximately INR [-----] billion (JPY [-----] billion) and the completion of this investment is subject to approvals from relevant" [X Link](https://x.com/norbertgehrke/status/2001915587556167768) 2025-12-19T07:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements Limited data mode. Full metrics available with subscription: lunarcrush.com/pricing
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Social category influence finance countries stocks currencies technology brands travel destinations automotive brands cryptocurrencies exchanges vc firms
Social topic influence japan, fintech #1025, investment, $8053t #43, $8031t #62, finance, $8309t #4, $8316t #4, tokyo, insurance
Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @smbcmidosuke @mufgcrofficial @sony @webxasia @globalbrainsjp @jpycoin @nomura @binance @coinpost @astarnetwork @rakuten @mufgbkofficial @soneium @digifttech @oasysgames @softbank @visa @goldmansachs @tokyofintech @soramitsuco
Top assets mentioned Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (MFG) Bitcoin (BTC) Ethereum (ETH) Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc (SMFG) Oasys (OAS) Morgan Stanley (MS) April (APRIL) USDC (USDC) Solana (SOL)
Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours
"Niigata Daishi Hokuetsu FG and Gunma Bank reach basic agreement to merge Daishi Hokuetsu Financial Group which owns Niigata Prefecture's Daishi Hokuetsu Bank and Gunma Prefecture's Gunma Bank have decided to reach a basic agreement to merge. They are considering bringing the two banks under a holding company and are expected to announce the deal on the 24th. If the merger goes ahead the combined deposits as of the end of March last year would be approximately [--] trillion yen making it one of the largest regional bank groups in Japan. Read more:"
X Link 2025-04-23T10:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"And.#Korea's most valuable financial institution is @kakaocorpglobal's #Kakao #Bank blasting past traditional lenders including KB Financial Group and Shinhan Financial Group on the first day of trading. #fintech #neobank #digitalbank #payments https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Markets/IPO/South-Korea-s-Kakao-Bank-surges-in-debut-on-Seoul-stock-market https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Markets/IPO/South-Korea-s-Kakao-Bank-surges-in-debut-on-Seoul-stock-market"
X Link 2021-08-06T03:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"As part of its strategic review #Japan megabank @mufgbk_official #MUFG exits #HongKong-based Dah Sing Financial Holdings https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/mufg-exits-hong-kong-based-dah-sing-financial-holdings-9c0f1c633e18 https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/mufg-exits-hong-kong-based-dah-sing-financial-holdings-9c0f1c633e18"
X Link 2022-07-08T01:33Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Bank #Indonesia continues to research #CBDC and plans to issue a white paper at the end of this year concerning the development of #digitalrupiah. https://www.bi.go.id/en/publikasi/ruang-media/news-release/Pages/sp_2417722.aspx https://www.bi.go.id/en/publikasi/ruang-media/news-release/Pages/sp_2417722.aspx"
X Link 2022-07-14T04:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@ShaulDavidUK @Visa https://www.linkedin.com/posts/norbertgehrke_visa-defi-whitepaper-activity-6958281325434871808-DnZf https://www.linkedin.com/posts/norbertgehrke_visa-defi-whitepaper-activity-6958281325434871808-DnZf"
X Link 2022-07-28T09:44Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Bank #Indonesia this week issued a white paper on the #digitalrupiah under the name Project Garuda. #cbdc #centralbank"
X Link 2022-12-02T00:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Hitachi Payments launches its #Digital #Payments #Innovation Hub together Plug and Play Tech Center @HitachiGlobal Payments manages over [-----] #ATMs in #India https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/hitachi-payments-launches-its-digital-payments-innovation-hub-d9173a74b0df https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/hitachi-payments-launches-its-digital-payments-innovation-hub-d9173a74b0df"
X Link 2023-06-01T21:53Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"#japan's Seven Bank enables ATM cash withdrawals for #korea's @kakaopaycorp #payments #banking https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/seven-bank-enables-atm-cash-withdrawals-for-kakao-pay-13ad8a809169 https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/seven-bank-enables-atm-cash-withdrawals-for-kakao-pay-13ad8a809169"
X Link 2023-07-06T01:10Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"#japan #venturecapital #startup Asia Growth Investment participates in Series C for ELSA Corp English teaching AI Asia Growth Investment Fund is a joint venture between Aozora Bank and the Development Bank of Japan Inc. #DBJ founded in July [----]. Read the full story here: https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/asia-growth-investment-participates-in-series-c-for-elsa-english-teaching-ai-56d6bef78d85 https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/asia-growth-investment-participates-in-series-c-for-elsa-english-teaching-ai-56d6bef78d85"
X Link 2023-09-13T04:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"#japan #standards #web3 #did #vc #decentralizedid #verifiablecredential Consortium for Decentralized ID & Verifiable Credentials established MUFG Trust and Banking NTT DATA ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporation (CTC) Toppan Group Digital Hakuhodo Inc. Keithley Hitachi Fujitsu and Anderson Mori & Tomotsune have established the #DID / #VC Co-Creation Consortium (Decentralized Identifier/Verifiable Credential Co-Creation) abbreviated as #DVCC. Read the full story here: https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/consortium-for-decentralized-id-verifiable-credentials-established-113854651cfc"
X Link 2023-10-18T07:27Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"#japan #venturecapital #cvc @globalbrains_jp takes three bites out of @haydenaitech's Series B participating with its own GB8 fund as well as the KDDI Corporation Open Innovation Fund and the Mitsubishi Electric CVC Fund Hayden AI a leader in artificial intelligence and geospatial analytics is pleased to announce the successful closing of its $53M Series B funding round. The oversubscribed round was led by the Drawdown Fund a growth equity firm dedicated to advancing companies and products that are addressing major drivers of climate change. Read more here:"
X Link 2023-10-20T01:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"#japan #banking #ux Fujitsu works with [--] Bank to optimize customer engagement operations @Fujitsu_Global announced the development of a system that allows customers to easily complete transactions in a concise manner at all branches of @77bank using an in-store tablet that utilizes Fujitsus Customer Engagement Solution CHORDSHIP a cloud-based service. Its introduction was completed in September [----] for all of [--] Banks branches in Japan. Read the full story here: https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/fujitsu-works-with-77-bank-to-optimize-customer-engagement-operations-7a3667fbcda6"
X Link 2023-10-20T07:17Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"#japan #securitytoken #tokenization #exchange Osaka Digital Exchange #ODX attracts investment from @CBOE Global Markets @VirtuFinancial & @OptiverGlobal Read the full story here: https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/odx-attracts-investment-from-cboe-virtu-financial-optiver-08603d1d6e18 https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/odx-attracts-investment-from-cboe-virtu-financial-optiver-08603d1d6e18"
X Link 2023-11-05T15:19Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"#japan #banking #payments #cards #fintech #Vietnams SeABank and AEON Financial Service Co. Ltd. signed an MOU for strategic cooperation Read the full story here: https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/vietnams-seabank-and-aeon-financial-signed-an-mou-for-strategic-cooperation-0a8ba23785ec https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/vietnams-seabank-and-aeon-financial-signed-an-mou-for-strategic-cooperation-0a8ba23785ec"
X Link 2023-12-21T05:21Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Zebec Protocol Debuts in #Japan with Innovative #Payroll and #Payments #Fintech @Zebec_HQ @ZebecLabs Read more: https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/zebec-debuts-in-japan-with-innovative-payroll-and-payments-fintech-1990828ac403 https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/zebec-debuts-in-japan-with-innovative-payroll-and-payments-fintech-1990828ac403"
X Link 2024-01-09T02:32Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Ambit one of Indias premier providers of financial advice and capital announced that Daiwa Securities will acquire a minority stake in Ambit Finvest the systemically important Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) of the Ambit Group. Read more: https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/daiwa-securities-partners-with-ambit-finvest-through-a-minority-stake-9b2d16c99867 https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/daiwa-securities-partners-with-ambit-finvest-through-a-minority-stake-9b2d16c99867"
X Link 2024-03-27T21:36Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"J. Front Retailing (JFR) the Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) and Ignition Point Venture Partners (IGP-VP) have jointly established a business succession fund and decided to name it the Pride Fund. The partners have launched the official fund website today and are commencing full-scale fund operations. ThePride Fundwill invest in domestic companies rooted in Japans regional communities focusing on the food culture sector. By leveraging the respective strengths of the three companies to support business succession the fund aims to pass on content to the future and contribute to regional"
X Link 2024-03-29T03:35Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Lifenet Insurance Company delivered a strong financial performance in fiscal [----] marked by significant growth in key indicators: 🔹 Annualized premium of policies-in-force:Increased by 20% year-on-year (YoY) to 28750mn driven by the addition of Group Credit Life Insurance (GCL). 🔹 Insurance service results:Rose by 24% YoY to 8222mn. 🔹 European Embedded Value (EEV):Experienced a substantial 117.9% YoY increase to 146991mn. Read more: https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/lifenet-fiscal-2023-presentation-highlights-e5ba62d30b83"
X Link 2024-05-20T06:34Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Mizuho Financial Group (MFG) delivered impressive financial results for FY23 exceeding its interim revised forecast. Key highlights include: 🔹 Consolidated Gross Profits: Strong growth driven by increasing net interest margin (NIM) solution and investment banking (IB)-related income and ALM/Treasury income despite realizing mark-to-market (MTM) losses related to the securities portfolio. 🔹 Consolidated Net Business Profits: Reached JPY [--] trillion driven by the strongest profit from client-related business since applying the line-of-business structure. 🔹 Net Income Attributable to FG:"
X Link 2024-05-20T06:51Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"SBI XDC Network APAC a joint venture with TradeFinex Tech andSBI R3 Japanhave successfully completed a proof-of-concept experiment that was previously announced in December [----] as the JVs first initiative. The PoC demonstrated that value via digital assets can be transferred over different distributed ledger technologies (DLT) in this case the XDC Network and the R3 Corda platform as a form of payment to improve efficiency and facilitate inter-business settlement in trade transactions. Read more:"
X Link 2024-06-01T02:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Fujitsu Limited announced that it has expanded the investment scope of the Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) fund managed by Fujitsu Ventures to begin impact investing in which Fujitsu will invest in companies that are taking on the challenge of solving social issues. In May [----] for its first impact investment Fujitsu invested into Gojo & Company which provides financial services such as microfinance to low-income households in developing countries. Read more: https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/fujitsu-begins-impact-investing-takes-stake-in-gojo-company-b125b1c391ad"
X Link 2024-06-22T00:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"A rising Australian financial services company is planning a potential takeover or alliance in Japan after Singapores state-owned fund Temasek agreed to buy a stake in its business for up to A$300mn ($198mn). Alex Vynokur founder and chief executive of @BetaShares said the funds and pensions manager was looking to expand into Japan either by a partnership a strategic investment or an acquisition. Japan is a market of great interest to us he told the Financial Times. We are assessing a number of options. https://www.ft.com/content/82c1c0c2-487d-4462-a78c-5897035ccb7d"
X Link 2024-06-22T00:16Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"SBINFT Corporation enabled the use of the U wallet a cryptocurrency wallet provided by KDDI Corporation on the NFT marketplace "SBINFT Market" and marketing platform "SBINFT Mits." "SBINFT Market" is a marketplace specializing in NFT transactions between game users and is unique in that it allows users to pay for NFT sales by authorized content holders on chains such as Oasys and Polygon as well as the buying and selling of NFTs between users with cryptocurrencies or credit cards. In addition "SBINFT Mits" is a marketing platform that allows companies to visualize their loyal customers and"
X Link 2024-06-22T05:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Saison International the international arm of Credit Saison has made its first foray into Mongolia with a USD [--] million investment through Golomt Bank and M Bank. This investment will be managed by Saison Investment Management Private Limited (SIMPL) the impact investing arm of Saison International. Golomt Bank Mongolias leading commercial bank and M Bank wholly owned by MCS Group are the recipients of this investment. The funds will support the expansion of lending portfolios specifically targeting micro small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) individual retail borrowers and women-owned"
X Link 2024-07-16T02:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"OMRON VENTURES San-ai Oil SoftBank Fuyo General Lease Mizuho Bank and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank have subscribed to a third-party allocation of shares totaling [---] billion by avatarin an ANA Holdings startup in order to collaborate on the creation of industry-specific AI services where people and AI coexist as envisioned by avatarin. With this capital increase avatarin has completed a cumulative total of JPY 7.7bn in funding including investments from ANA Holdings Development Bank of Japan and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. avatarin allows a person to take over another being such as an AI"
X Link 2024-07-18T03:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Japans financial institutions are discovering the underbanked foreign residents as a potential area for growth. AfterCredit Saison has just launched its SAISON JP Life Assist portal Rakuten Card released Rakuten Card Lite the first English language app from the credit card company focused on the international community in Japan. This has come alongside players like Digital Wallet Corporation (Smile Remittances) Sony Bank and GIG-A (had to abandon its first implementation with Kiraboshis UI Bank but is working on an alternative) who have targeted this segment explicitly. Read more:"
X Link 2024-07-18T04:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Following recent news thatMizuho Bank and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank have participated in an investment roundtotaling [---] billion by avatarin an ANA Holdings startup in order to collaborate on the creation of industry-specific AI services where people and AI coexist we also note that Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group has begun a proof-of-concept experiment using avatar customer service for a portion of its corporate call center operations. Read more: https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/smbc-trials-avatars-in-call-center-operations-02e35d87970f"
X Link 2024-07-24T03:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"AEON Bank a subsidiary of AEON Financial Service has launched a new supply chain finance service at the beginning of August to meet the financing needs of its customers. This service utilizes a system built on the iQuattro platform provided by NTT DATA Corporation which promotes information sharing between companies. The system enables AEON Bank to collect and aggregate the vast amount of daily order data held by AEON Group companies on a customer-by-customer payment due date basis and utilize it for financing transactions. Read more:"
X Link 2024-08-11T08:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"SmartRound has formed a capital alliance with Mizuho Financial Group (Mizuho Trust & Banking) MUFJ Morgan Stanley Securities and Nomura with the aim of jointly building a platform to optimize secondary trading of stocks issued by unlisted startups. Read more: https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/mizuho-mufj-morgan-stanley-securities-and-nomura-invested-in-smart-round-d0291a5c10f3 https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/mizuho-mufj-morgan-stanley-securities-and-nomura-invested-in-smart-round-d0291a5c10f3"
X Link 2024-09-08T06:18Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Credit Saison has launched a new card application form optimizing customer information required on application forms with the aim of improving the customer credit card application experience. The new form reduces the information customers are required to provide when applying for a credit card by up to 30%. In addition after applying for a card in an industry first card applications can be screened instantly through an AI model developed by DataRobot. This function is patent pending. Read more:"
X Link 2024-09-12T09:23Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Today Sakana AI has received new investment from some of Japans leading companies as part of their Series A funding round. The investors include leading Japanese banking groupsMitsubishi UFJ Financial GroupSumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and MizuhoFinancial Group as well as leading companies from various industries such asNECSBI GroupDai-ichi LifeInsuranceItochu GroupKDDIFujitsu andNomura Holdings. Sakana AI continues to receive investment from Japanese VCs led byGlobal BrainJAFCO andMiyako Capital. This brings the total amount of Series A funding to approximately [--] billion yen. Read"
X Link 2024-09-17T06:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Rakuten Group announced that its consolidated subsidiary Rakuten Card and Mizuho Financial Group have agreed to consider a new strategic capital and business alliance between the two companies. In addition Rakuten and Rakuten Bank had been in discussion on a reorganization of the FinTech business to take place as of January [----] aiming to contribute to a sustainable growth and an enhancement of corporate value for both Rakuten and Rakuten Bank. However the companies have concluded that proceeding with this reorganization is not necessarily the best option for further expansion of the FinTech"
X Link 2024-10-01T00:39Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Mizuho Financial Group and Golub Capital have announced a strategic partnership. As part of the agreement Mizuho has purchased a passive non-voting minority stake in Golub Capitals management companies and Mizuho will serve as a strategic distribution partner for Golub Capital in Japan including being the exclusive distributor of Golub Capitals investment products to retail and high net worth investors in the country. Mizuhos stake represents an economic interest in Golub Capitals management companies of less than 5%. Additional terms of the investment were not disclosed. As of July [--] 2024"
X Link 2024-10-01T01:24Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Sota Watanabe presents @soneium at @chainlink's SmartCon Soneium is an Ethereum Layer-2 scaling solution developed by Sony Blockchain Solutions Labs a joint venture between Sony Group and Startale. The core objective of Soneium and Startale as a whole is to onboard billions of people onto the blockchain democratizing access to Web3 technology and unlocking its potential for humanity. Read more: https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/sota-watanabe-presents-soneium-at-chainlinks-smartcon-44445266ab62 https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/sota-watanabe-presents-soneium-at-chainlinks-smartcon-44445266ab62"
X Link 2024-11-04T04:02Z [----] followers, 11.4K engagements
"Credit Saison reported on the companys performance for the first half of the fiscal year ending March [--] [----] (FY2024). The key highlights of the results briefing included an update on the progress of the new medium-term management plan the strong start to the plan with steadily improving earnings power and upward revisions to earnings forecasts and a detailed discussion of the financial results digest for the second quarter of FY2024. Read more: https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/credit-saison-q2-highlights-b546dff8b9b0 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1862756128272298285"
X Link 2024-11-30T07:10Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"ITOCHU Corporation has agreed to a capital and business alliance with boost technologies which supports corporate sustainability management and the improvement of corporate value through visualization of non-financial information (ESG data) such as corporate CO2 emissions and human capital data. Read more: https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/itochu-and-boost-technologies-enter-into-capital-and-business-alliance-9404a4c9cb03 https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/itochu-and-boost-technologies-enter-into-capital-and-business-alliance-9404a4c9cb03"
X Link 2024-12-06T07:10Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"JPYC: Japanese Yen stablecoin Earlier this week @jpy_coin a Japanese stablecoin company hosted awebinar covering JPYCs mission company overview the stablecoin landscape in Japan JPYCs features and use cases its development kit future plans and a Q&A session. Read more: https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/jpyc-japanese-yen-stablecoin-ee7d8e98b941 https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/jpyc-japanese-yen-stablecoin-ee7d8e98b941"
X Link 2024-12-12T07:19Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"In October [----] Southeast Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SeABank) officially signed an agreement to transfer SeABanks full capital contribution at Post and Telecommunication Finance Company Limited (PTF) which is 100% of PTFs charter capital to AEON Financial Service the financial arm of the AEON Group Japans largest retail group for the purchase price of VND 4.3trn (approximately USD 175m at the time). This deal has now received approval by the State Bank of Vietnam. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/aeon-financials-acquisition-of-vietnams-ptf-receives-regulatory-approval/"
X Link 2025-01-15T04:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The Iwami Ginzan Future Consortium Japan Post Holdings Japan Post and Ota City will conduct a demonstration experiment in the Iwami Ginzan area to enhance tourism experiences attract visitors and establish mechanisms for continued regional engagement using NFTs. Iwami Ginzan () is a historic silver mine in the mountains of Oda CityShimane Prefecture. The most prominent silver mine in Japan's history it was built in the early16th centuryand remained in business for nearly [---] years. The preservation and revitalization of Iwami Ginzan's historic sites began over [--] years ago as a local"
X Link 2025-01-20T07:26Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"BeZero Carbon raises USD 32m Series C Japan Airlines & Hitachi Hitachi Ventures participate Global carbon ratings agencyBeZero Carbon has completed a USD [--] million Series C investment round to enable carbon markets through ratings. The round is led by Temasek-founded GenZero a decarbonisation-focused global investment firm headquartered in Singapore with additional investment fromJapan Airlinesand the Translink Innovation Fund. Existing investors EDF Pulse VenturesHitachi Ventures Illuminate Financial Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) Molten Ventures Qima and Quantum Innovation Fund also"
X Link 2025-01-22T03:02Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"SMFG's Q3/FY2025 Earnings Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG) is demonstrating strong financial performance in the first three quarters of FY3/2025 with consolidated net business profit reaching 90% of its target and bottom-line profit at 98% significantly driven by domestic business growth and gains on stock holdings. The Medium-Term Management Plan initiatives are progressing well in a favorable business environment. The company is proactively considering measures including forward-looking provisions for potential future risks along with losses from low-profit asset sales in 4Q. The"
X Link 2025-02-03T21:39Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"DG Financial Technology (DGFT) a subsidiary of Digital Garage has implemented its shared QR code payment solution "Cloud Pay" in the "GT-4200" anewly released cashless parking payment machine by Amano Corporation a major parking system company that accounts for approximately 60% of the domestic market share of gate-type parking equipment. As a result the new payment machine "GT-4200" now allows QR code payments for multiple brands. This is DGFT's first solution for parking automatic payment machines and the first step in supporting cashless payments in the parking market. Read more:"
X Link 2025-02-08T03:46Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"pafin the provider of @cryptact @CryptactGlobal a leading cryptocurrency calculation service for tax filing today announced its official launch inCanada. Founded by former @GoldmanSachs executives with extensive experience in finance and investment cryptact leverages institutional-level expertise to deliver accurate and efficient crypto tax solutions. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/japans-leading-crypto-tax-service-cryptact-now-available-in-canada-2/ https://www.fintechobserver.com/japans-leading-crypto-tax-service-cryptact-now-available-in-canada-2/"
X Link 2025-02-13T00:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"SLASH VISION Orient Corporation and AIKITASU will partner to issue "Slash Card" Japan's first BNPL (Buy Now Pay Later) service secured by USDC (USD Coin). The three companies are currently preparing to issue the "Slash Card" in the first half of [----] (by the end of June). They are working hard to meet the requests of customers who are looking forward to early issuance but some adjustments may be necessary depending on the situation. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/slash-card-provides-usdc-compatible-international-brand-card/"
X Link 2025-02-13T01:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Coincheck reports first earnings as a public company Coincheck Group a Dutch holding company for the leading Japanese crypto exchange Coincheck reported its fiscal [----] third-quarter results (for the period ending December [--] 2024). The report and subsequent earnings call highlighted significant growth strategic milestones and ambitious future plans. The key takeaway is that Coincheck experienced substantial quarter-over-quarter growth successfully completed its listing on the Nasdaq and is positioning itself for further expansion both within Japan and globally. Read more:"
X Link 2025-02-15T01:03Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Brazil's CashU secures USD 17.5m credit facility from Itau BBA and Credit Saison Brazilian FinTechCashUsecured a $17.5MCredit Rights Investment Fund (FIDC)backed byIta BBAandCredit Saisonto finance its lending operations.The provision of credit is essential for small and medium-sized businesses to be able to scale at an adequate pace. With the launch of the fund the FinTech hopes to expand its portfolio of credit clients for SMEs. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/brazils-cashu-secures-usd-17-5m-credit-facility-from-itau-bba-and-credit-saison/"
X Link 2025-02-15T02:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"ORIX showcased robust financial performance in the first three quarters of fiscal year [----] (Q1-Q3 FY25.3) with net income reaching [-----] billion JPY. This represents a substantial 24% increase year-over-year (YoY) demonstrating the company's resilience and adaptability in a dynamic economic landscape. This result also places ORIX at 70% progress towards its full-year net income target of [---] billion JPY. The annualized Return on Equity (ROE) stood at a healthy 9.0%. The third quarter itself (Q3) contributed [----] billion JPY to the net income. The company is focused on achieving record annual"
X Link 2025-02-15T08:14Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Stablecoins @UDPN_Official @FlareNetworks @IDAfi24"
X Link 2025-02-17T04:45Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"The Japan FinTech Observer for the week ending February [--] [----] - Cutting through the noise in Japanese Finance & FinTech Read it here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/japan-fintech-observer-99-norbert-gehrke-ipmwc/ https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/japan-fintech-observer-99-norbert-gehrke-ipmwc/"
X Link 2025-02-18T01:57Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Will you join us at the TEAMZ Web3/AI Summit [----] Get your special Tokyo FinTech discount code via our Luma page: https://lu.ma/y4z7734n We are delighted to announce our partnership with @TokyoFinTech as media partner. We proudly host the #TEAMZ Web3/AI Summit [----] in Tokyo Japan 📢Web3/AI Summit [----] will take place on April 16-17 [----] at Toranomon Hills Tokyo gathering over [-----] Web3 and AI experts https://t.co/QPEb0JY7M1 https://lu.ma/y4z7734n We are delighted to announce our partnership with @TokyoFinTech as media partner. We proudly host the #TEAMZ Web3/AI Summit [----] in Tokyo Japan"
X Link 2025-02-21T02:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Laser Digital launches NEAR adoption fund Laser Digital Nomuras digital assets subsidiary has launched the Laser Digital NEAR Adoption Fund. The Funds strategy seeks to provide a long-term exposure to theNEARtoken enhanced with staking which allows institutional investors residing in eligible jurisdictions to participate in the blockchain consensus mechanism and take advantage of the economic opportunities of the NEAR blockchain. Consequently the Fund aims to harvest gains from a long-term trend combined with carry component in the Digital Assets asset class. The Fund utilisesTruFins"
X Link 2025-02-21T22:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Fracton Ventures @wecandaoit @wecandaoit_jp held the Demo Day for their third incubation cohort on February [--] [----]. @byteStreame is an AI-driven portfolio management solution designed for DeFi users. It provides personalized trading advice powered by AI. @ZempoJun @vvinyll @9dai_5 Watch the pitch here: https://youtu.be/dPnNMSrXOkA https://youtu.be/dPnNMSrXOkA"
X Link 2025-02-23T22:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"This week SMBC announced a new joint venture in cybersecurity as well as enhanced philanthropy advisory services. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/smbc-ventures-in-cybersecurity-and-philanthropy/ https://www.fintechobserver.com/smbc-ventures-in-cybersecurity-and-philanthropy/"
X Link 2025-02-23T22:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"We now have a final & full cast of speakers for our meetup next Monday at the start of Japan Fintech Week [----] 🔹 Japan Smart Chain / AltX Research 🔹 JPYC 🔹 Credit Saison 🔹 Alpaca Register here: https://lu.ma/gwfwmug2 https://lu.ma/gwfwmug2"
X Link 2025-02-24T03:41Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Japan Post Holdings to cut stake in Japan Post Bank Japan Post Holdings announced in Japan Post Groups medium-term management plan entitled JP Vision 2025+ in May [----] that it aims to lower the holding ratio of its equity interest in each of the two financial companies to 50% or less by the fiscal year ending March [--] [----]. It is expected that the percentage of voting rights in Japan Post Bank held by Japan Post Holdings will decrease to about 49.90% (before the offering: 61.5%). Post Holdings will with its ratio of voting rights in Japan Post Bank having fallen below 50% no longer be a"
X Link 2025-03-02T07:11Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"SBI Shinsei Bank reaches agreement on public funds repayment scheme Based on this agreement SBI Shinsei Bank will convert all common shares held by the Deposit Insurance Corporation of Japan and the Resolution and Collection Corporation into preferred shares. Subsequently SBI Shinsei Bank will repay [---] billion yen as a special dividend on the preferred shares as of March [--] [----]. To secure funds for this repayment SBI Shinsei Bank will dispose of treasury shares to SBI Holdings as the subscriber raising [--] billion yen. Furthermore in order to fully repay the public funds as early as possible"
X Link 2025-03-09T07:24Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"SBI-backed crypto market-maker B2C2 partners with Hashkey Exchange B2C2 a global leader in institutional liquidity for digital assets has entered into a partnership with HashKey ExchangeHong Kong'slargest licensed virtual asset platform. This collaboration will integrate multi-currency fiat trading networks driving market efficiency and further strengthenHong Kong'sstatus as a premier hub for regulated virtual asset trading. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/sbi-backed-crypto-market-maker-b2c2-partners-with-hashkey-exchange/"
X Link 2025-03-13T03:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Triple Play: Misconduct at Japan Post Insurance Japan Post Holdings Japan Post Japan Post Bank and Japan Post Insurance confirmed cases in which non-public financial information on customers' savings was used at post offices to invite customers to visit the post office for the purpose of soliciting Japan Post Insurance products without prior consent from the customers. The investigation revealed that the number of customers who were estimated to have been listed for such insurance solicitation was approximately [----] million people. Read more:"
X Link 2025-03-22T07:30Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings has reached an agreement to sell all of its shares in Challenger Limited an Australian financial services company with annuities and fund management businesses listed on the Australian Securities Exchange amounting to 15.1% of the issued shares to a group subsidiary of Dai-ichi Life Holdings. The saale consideration is [--] billion yen. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals by the relevant authorities and expected to complete during the fiscal year [----]. Read more:"
X Link 2025-04-08T09:10Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"MUFG Bank Partners with Oracle for its Mitsubishi UFJ Direct Next-Generation Platform Mitsubishi UFJ Bankhas taken a hybrid cloud approach enabled by Oracle technology to modernize the system infrastructure for its online banking serviceMitsubishi UFJ Direct. The bank selectedOracle Exadata Database Machine the highest performing system for Oracle Database to upgrade the Mitsubishi UFJ Direct platform. Mitsubishi UFJ Direct has over [--] million users and is a core element of Mitsubishi UFJ Banks growth strategy. To meet this goal and ensure resource scalability to handle future transaction"
X Link 2025-04-23T03:53Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Nomura Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year Financial Results 🔹 Group pretax income of JPY 472bn up 72% YoY underpinned by strong three segment performance on gains across all divisions; International pretax income at record high of JPY 137bn 🔹 Best Wealth Management performance in [--] years as progress in asset management business initiatives drove 30% growth in recurring revenue YoY 🔹 Highest Investment Management pretax income since division established in April [----] driven by best business revenue in four years 🔹 Wholesale pretax income at 15-year high reflecting higher revenues in all"
X Link 2025-04-28T08:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"JPYC announced that their previously issued prepaid payment instrument "JPYC Prepaid" will be treated as an electronic payment instrument starting June [--] [----] following the required transition period after the amended Payment Services Act took effect on June [--] [----]. @jpy_coin has not yet completed the registration required for issuing electronic payment instruments and therefore must discontinue new issuance of "JPYC Prepaid" based on the Cabinet Office Ordinance provisions of the amended Payment Services Act. However already issued "JPYC Prepaid" can continue to be used by users themselves"
X Link 2025-05-25T04:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"SoftBank Payment Service invests USD 40m for 13.8% of Ireland-based Nomupay SB Payment Service (SBPS) a wholly owned subsidiary of SoftBank and the core of the company's finance business has signed a capital and business alliance agreement with Nomupay a company that provides local payment methods and global-standard payment products in the EU and Asia. Pursuant to this agreement SBPS will invest approximately US$40 million (approximately JPY [---] billion) in Nomupay subject to obtaining approvals from the relevant authorities and plans to acquire 13.8% of the company's shares. Read more:"
X Link 2025-06-04T08:57Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"EVONET has launched a cross-border mobile wallet interoperability service in partnership with KDDI Corporation and Tenpay Payment Technology. In the first phase of this initiativemore than [---] billion WeChat users fromChinacan make payments by WeChat Pay (Weixin Pay) at au PAY-affiliated stores acrossJapanby simply scanning the QR codes installed at the stores (MPM method: Merchant-Presented Mode). This enables inbound travelers fromChinato enjoy a seamless payment experience acrossJapanusing their familiar WeChat app without worrying about language or currency barriers. This marks the first"
X Link 2025-06-10T22:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Orix to Acquire 71.4% of Hilco Global for USD 776m ORIX Corporation announced in the May [--] [----] press release ORIX Signs Letter of Intent to Acquire Majority Interest (Consolidation) in Hilco Global that its group company in the U.S. ORIX Corporation USA (OCU) has decided to enter into a nonbinding Letter of Intent with Hilco Trading a U.S. based global financial services firm to acquire a majority stake in Hilco Global. OCU has now decided and entered into a Purchase Agreement with Hilco Global to acquire an approximately 71.4% ownership of Hilco Global. ORIX plans to complete the"
X Link 2025-07-04T05:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Goldman Sachs: Activity in the Asia Pacific region has shown remarkable resilience in the first half of the year with M&A deal volumes up 98% YoY and equity & equity-linked issuance increasing by 25% YoY"
X Link 2025-07-18T03:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Cboe Global Markets Plans to Cease Japanese Equities Operations Cboe Global Markets announced its decision to wind down its Japanese equities business including the operations of its Cboe Japan proprietary trading system and Cboe BIDS Japan block trading platform. Cboe expects to suspend operations for these businesses onAugust [--] 2025and formally close the businesses subject to consultation with regulators. The decision to close this business reflects Cboe's disciplined strategy to steward resources towards opportunities that deliver the best potential returns for shareholders and was taken"
X Link 2025-07-23T22:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"AltX Research announced that KDDI Corporation has joined as a Vision Partner for its keystone project Japan Smart Chain (JSC) a Japan-sovereign layer [--] blockchain. JSC is the foundational Japan-sovereign blockchain platform featuring full compatibility with Ethereum and validated entirely by domestic industry leaders. It is engineered as a compliance-first Layer [--] embedding blacklist enforcement and transaction prioritization - making it a trusted infrastructure for regulated digital-asset services with regulatory integrity but without sacrificing usability. Also the launch of the Japan Smart"
X Link 2025-07-24T01:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"AEON Financial Revises Prior Fiscal Year Files Delayed First Quarter Results AEON Financial Services has submitted an amended securities report and other documents for the fiscal year ending February [----] to the Director-General of the Kanto Regional Financial Bureau on July [--] [----] and has also corrected its financial results summary. AEON Financial's first quarter results were generally slightly below the quarterly run rate required to meet the fiscal year [----] targets. AEON Financial has reached [-----] million registered users across AEON Card AEON Pay AEON Bank etc. That is an addition of"
X Link 2025-08-11T06:01Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"SMBC Accelerates AI Utilization Through Development of "AI-CEO" Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation announce the development and deployment of an "AI-CEO" at Sumitomo Mitsui Bank as part of their efforts to establish their brand as an "AI-leading Financial Institution." Through the experience of "casual consultation with an AI-CEO modeled after Group CEO Tatsuru Nakajima" the initiative aims to help employees naturally recognize the usefulness of AI in business applications. Read more:"
X Link 2025-08-12T02:38Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"AND Global secures USD 21.4m Series B led by IFC and AEON Financial Service Leading global fintechAND Global today announced it has raised $21.4 million USD in a Series B funding round led by theInternational Finance Corporation (IFC) a member of The World Bank Group andAEON Financial Service a leading Japanese financial group active in [--] Asian markets. Other investors in this Series B round include: Marubeni Corporation a major Japanese trading conglomerate with a growing footprint in digital finance SBI Holdings a leading internet-based financial conglomerate headquartered in Tokyo Premium"
X Link 2025-08-21T06:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Vlightup developer and operator of the cryptocurrency security service "TRUSTAUTHY" raises seed round funding from Gazelle Capital Vlightup's mission is to redefine the meaning of "trust" in the Web3 society and provide a transparent and fair economic infrastructure using blockchain technology. The service "TRUSTAUTHY" is the world's first cryptocurrency security platform born in Japan that combines geographic authentication (GeoAuth) using global positioning satellites (GNSS) with multi-party distributed signatures (GeoMPC). This technology physically prevents unauthorized access and data"
X Link 2025-09-01T08:34Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"SBI Holdings SBI Securities Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and SMBC Nikko Securitiesannounced on June [--] [----] the establishment of a preparatory company to plan and provide new joint services subject to approval by relevant authorities. They have now established Olive Consulting as the next step in implementing that strategy. Olive Consulting will provide a new asset management service called "Flexible Consulting" starting next spring. This service features human consulting by advisors from SMBC Nikko Securities and Sumitomo Mitsui Bank who belong to Olive"
X Link 2025-09-07T01:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Three Banks Invest in Commonwealth Fusion Systems as Part of "Japanese Consortium" Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) alongside the Development Bank of Japan Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank as well as nine other Japanese companies has invested in Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) a US-based start-up company in fusion space. This is the inaugural investment for SMBC in a fusion-related start-up company. The fusion industry is drawing attention as a disruptive new technology that could supplant existing solutions given its contributions to decarbonization the abundance of fuel resources"
X Link 2025-09-08T00:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"MS&AD Insurance Group's subsidiariesMitsui Sumitomo Insurance (MSI) and Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance (ANDI)have submitted their quarterly progress report on executing the business improvement plans mandated by Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA). The plans address root causes of past misconduct including price-fixing (insurance premium adjustment) and information leakage. The overarching theme of the September report is the execution of a fundamental"business model transformation"to restore trust. The report emphasizes moving away from a culture focused excessively on top-line revenue and"
X Link 2025-09-14T06:04Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMBC Group) and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) have announced that with regards to the agreement to acquire a 20% equity stake in YES BANK from State Bank of India and other financial institutions all conditions precedent including regulatory approvals have been satisfied and this initial acquisition has been completed. In addition SMBC has signed a definitive agreement with CA Basque Investments a company affiliated with The Carlyle Group a global investment firm to acquire an additional 4.2% equity stake in YES BANK. Separately to rebalance its"
X Link 2025-09-18T07:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMBC Group) its wholly owned subsidiary Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) and SMBC Nikko Securities and Jefferies Financial Group have signed a memorandum of understanding to expand their global strategic alliance by establishing a joint venture in Japan to conduct their wholesale Japanese equities business. This joint venture will be the cornerstone of the wholesale Japanese equities business encompassing equity capital markets (ECM) within investment banking equity sales and trading and equity research across global markets. With a view to further"
X Link 2025-09-20T03:07Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"In a move signaling a significant strategic push into the Japanese financial services landscape U.S. investment giant KKR & Co. has completed the acquisition of Hoken Minaoshi Hompo Group (HMH) a major domestic insurance distributor. The transaction sees KKR acquiring the company from investment funds serviced by Advantage Partners a prominent Japanese private equity sponsor. While the official financial terms of the deal were not publicly disclosed sources familiar with the matter have indicated a purchase price slightly exceeding JPY [--] billion (approximately USD $204 million). Read more:"
X Link 2025-09-22T02:38Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"The Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) and Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) marked a milestone in regional financial integration with the debut of their first cross-border exchange-traded funds (ETFs) reinforcingboth countries'ambition to become an Asian Asset Management Center. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/taiwan-japan-cross-listing-feeder-etfs-listed-on-taiwan-and-tokyo-stock-exchanges/ https://www.fintechobserver.com/taiwan-japan-cross-listing-feeder-etfs-listed-on-taiwan-and-tokyo-stock-exchanges/"
X Link 2025-09-22T02:53Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"The Tokyo Stock Exchange has approved the initial listing of Infcurion's shares on the Growth Market with the listing date scheduled for Friday October [--] [----]. Infcurion's listing application provides a detailed look into the company that positions itself not as a direct financial service provider but as a critical"Payments Enabler"providing the foundational technology for a wide range of businesses to launch and manage their own payment and financial services. The filing reveals a company at an inflection point: after years of strategic investment and losses Infcurion has achieved"
X Link 2025-09-22T06:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Tokio Marine Holdings (TMHD) has initiated a strategic collaboration with OpenAI aiming to leverage generative AI technologies for the evolution of its business. TMHD aims to further integrate generative AI into various operational areas of Tokio Marine group including contracts inquiries and document processing. This will help to enhance productivity and advance business operations with the future goal of integrating of AI agents into its operational foundation to help to enhance the customers experience. Read more:"
X Link 2025-09-30T02:28Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"SBI Securities Shinsei Trust & Banking Tokio Marine Asset Management and BOOSTRY have jointly developed Japan's first public offering scheme for security tokens of specified beneficial interest-issuing trusts that realize PE investment and will collaborate on its public offering. The offering acquisition and transfer of security tokens in this Scheme will be managed on the consortium-type blockchain platform "ibet for Fin" developed under BOOSTRY's leadership. This is Japan's first offering of specified beneficial interest-issuing trusts investing in domestic PE Funds utilizing security"
X Link 2025-09-30T04:10Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"21st Financial Technology (21st FinTech) has reached an agreement for a capital and business alliance with Payment for a leading Japanese payment software service provider. This partnership will strengthen the service integration between both companies and accelerate the deployment of 21st FinTech services in the Asian market while also providing robust support for the business expansion of Payment for's merchants. SMBC Nikko was the financial advisor to 21st FinTech. TMI Associates and Anderson Mori & Tomotsune were the legal advisors to 21st FinTech. CTBC Bank Mizuho Bank and MUFG Bank"
X Link 2025-10-01T22:30Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Sumitomo Mitsui Card Takes Controlling Stake in V Point Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Sumitomo Mitsui Card Company Culture Convenience Club and CCCMK Holdings have reached an agreement regarding the capital restructuring of CCCMKHD which operates "V Point." Sumitomo Mitsui Card will acquire additional shares of CCCMKHD making CCCMKHD a subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui Card. Also through CCCMKHD's acquisition of some of its treasury shares from CCC the capital structure of CCCMKHD will change from the current "Sumitomo Mitsui Card 20%: Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group 20%: CCC 60%" to "Sumitomo"
X Link 2025-10-03T04:46Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Tokyo Moves Up Seven Spots in the 38th Global Financial Centres Index TheGlobal Financial Centres Index (GFCI) published semi-annually by Z/Yen Group and the China Development Institute stands as a premier benchmark for assessing the competitiveness of the world's major financial hubs. The 38th edition dated September [----] offers a timely and data-rich perspective on the shifting dynamics of global finance. By combining quantitative instrumental factors with thousands of assessments from financial professionals worldwide the GFCI provides a nuanced ranking that influences policy investment"
X Link 2025-10-05T05:07Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Athene the leading retirement services company and subsidiary of Apollo Global Management has announced that it intends to enter a block reinsurance transaction with Sony Life Insurance a top-rated Japanese insurer. As part of this transaction Athene will reinsure an in-force block of U.S. dollar denominated whole life insurance policies and will enter into an agreement with leading reinsurer Swiss Re to retrocede all mortality risk associated with the block. The transaction was announced on the day that the spun-out Sony Financial of which Sony Life constitutes the largest business started"
X Link 2025-10-05T05:49Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Building Institutional Grade Digital Asset Rails Panelists: Qin En Looi Saison Capital Partner Betty Sun-Lucas Stellar Development Foundation Regional Director APAC Matt Harrop Figment Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder Moderator: Norbert Gehrke Tokyo FinTech Association Representative Director https://youtu.be/y1RG_K10BTo https://youtu.be/y1RG_K10BTo"
X Link 2025-10-09T00:42Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"PayPay Takes a 40% Stake in Binance Japan Binance Japan has entered into a capital and business alliance agreement with PayPay a cashless payment service provider. Through this partnership PayPay has acquired a 40% stake in Binance Japan. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/paypay-takes-a-40-stake-in-binance-japan/ https://www.fintechobserver.com/paypay-takes-a-40-stake-in-binance-japan/"
X Link 2025-10-09T05:19Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Soramitsu Begins Stablecoin Issuance Consulting Business for the Domestic Market @soramitsu_co and Soramitsu CBDC have launched consulting and development support services for domestic Japanese business operators. These services support the design construction and operation of stablecoin issuance systems in compliance with the Payment Services Act and other regulations. This service extends the national-scale infrastructure development expertise in central bank digital currencies (CBDC) and stablecoins that the Soramitsu Group has cultivated globally to the Japanese domestic market. Read"
X Link 2025-10-12T06:47Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Infcurion which willgo public on the Growth Segment of the Tokyo Stock Exchangeon October [--] [----] has started offering the latest version of its next-generation card platform "Xard (Exard)". This latest version adds integrated implementation of "member management" "funding source management" and "credit management"functions that previously required significant development effortto the platform's standard features. This enables companies adopting Xard to launch their own branded credit cards prepaid cards debit cards and other financial products with minimal development resources. Read more:"
X Link 2025-10-13T01:45Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Apollo Global Management - According to a recent Morningstar survey the proportion of investors who view ESG as part of their fiduciary duty has increased in most surveyed countries with notable declines in the US and Australia see chart below. With the "Sustainable Finance Forum" taking place in Tokyo today it is once again a good time to think about why Japan is falling behind"
X Link 2025-10-14T22:11Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"NTT Data has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with NPCI International Payments Limited a subsidiary of the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). The MoU establishes the foundation to enable acceptance of Unified Payments Interface (UPI) India's leading real-time payment system for Indian tourists in Japan. This initiative will facilitate merchant transactions across the country powered by NTT DATA. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/ntt-data-signs-mou-for-upi-payment-acceptance-across-merchants-in-japan/"
X Link 2025-10-16T00:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Sony Bank Makes a Major Move: Applying for a U.S. National Trust Bank Charter In a significant signal that global financial giants are eager to establish regulated footing in the U.S. digital asset market @sonybank_jp has formally applied to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to establish a national trust bank. The most compelling aspect of the application is the explicit intention to engage in"Cryptocurrency Activities". Sony Bank states that Connectia Trust will immediately pursue digital asset activities that the OCC has previously found permissible under existing national"
X Link 2025-10-18T00:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"In a major move signaling rising credit costs in the Japanese market Rakuten Group successfully priced a JPY [--] billion perpetual subordinated bond. Announced on October [--] [----] the issuance carried the highest coupon for a local bond deal this year immediately drawing significant attention from domestic and international investors. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/rakuten-secures-record-high-yield-bond/ https://www.fintechobserver.com/rakuten-secures-record-high-yield-bond/"
X Link 2025-10-19T07:48Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"First Round Selections for the Tokyo Financial Award "Financial Innovation Category" The Tokyo Metropolitan Government through EY as the contractor will provide a support program to the [--] selected businesses listed below in Japan and from overseas in order to help them brush up their work for the purpose of commercialization. After the program a final selection will take place and the top three businesses will be announced at the award ceremony. [--] million yen [--] million yen [--] million yen will be awarded as prize money respectively to first place second place and third place applicants. Read"
X Link 2025-10-19T08:45Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Japan's three megabanks are planning to jointly issue corporate-use stablecoins using a system developed by Tokyo-based fintech firm Progmat. MUFG Bank Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. and Mizuho Bank intend to issue the stablecoins under a unified standard for use in corporate fund settlements as reported by the Nikkei. Major general trading house Mitsubishi is being considered as the first user of the planned stablecoins for its settlements. All too often Japanese institutions are considered as moving too slowly. Arguably GO-NET marks an initiative where MUFG was ahead of its time with an"
X Link 2025-10-20T00:52Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The Japan FinTech Observer for the week ending October [--] - Cutting through the noise in Japanese Finance & FinTech Read it here: https://www.fintechobserver.com/japan-fintech-observer-134/ https://www.fintechobserver.com/japan-fintech-observer-134/"
X Link 2025-10-21T02:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Stablecoin Ecosystem: TradFiWeb3 Integration & Possibilities Panelists: Yusuke Takezawa @progmat_en Henry Zhang @DigiFTTech Mitsuru Kayahana @swiftcommunity Jack McDonald @Ripple Moderator: Levi Hinson Coinpost Watch it here: https://youtu.be/qA4bzaiFU1U https://youtu.be/qA4bzaiFU1U"
X Link 2025-10-23T07:33Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Probably one of the worst IPOs in recent memory Closing 14% below its reference price"
X Link 2025-10-24T06:51Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Japanese Yen Stablecoin "JPYC" and Issuance Platform "JPYC EX" to Lauch on October [--] JPYC Inc. was registered as a "Fund Transfer Service Provider" (Registration Number: Kanto Local Finance Bureau Director No. 00099) under Article [--] of the Payment Services Act on August [--] [----]. Following a preparation period JPYC will officially begin issuing Japan's first Japanese yen-denominated stablecoin "JPYC" on October [--] [----]. In conjunction with this issuance JPYC will launch "JPYC EX" a dedicated platform for handling issuance and redemption requests. JPYC will initially support Avalanche"
X Link 2025-10-24T08:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Popular recording from WebX 2025: @Bakkt Watch it here: https://youtu.be/sBhs9C6i2m8 https://youtu.be/sBhs9C6i2m8"
X Link 2025-10-25T01:10Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Quantum Solutions acquired an additional [------] ETH (approximately $1.925 million USD) through its Hong Kong subsidiary GPT Pals Studio Limited. This brings the group's total ETH holdings to [-------] ETH (total acquisition cost approximately $17.78 million USD) establishing Quantum Solutions as the largest Ethereum Digital Asset Treasury (DAT) company outside of the US. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/tse-listed-quantum-solutions-becomes-largest-eth-dat-outside-the-us/ https://www.fintechobserver.com/tse-listed-quantum-solutions-becomes-largest-eth-dat-outside-the-us/"
X Link 2025-10-25T03:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Z Venture Capital Co-Leads Habit Factory's KRW [--] billion Series D Round Habit Factory a Seoul South Korea-based AI-driven fintech company has raised KRW [--] billion in Series D funding.Habit Factory is completely digitalizing the insurance sales process through data and AI. The round was led by Z Venture Capital (ZVC) and Smilegate Investment with participation from Industrial Bank of Korea IBK Venture Investment Kolon Investment KB Investment and Shinhan Venture Investment. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/z-venture-capital-co-leads-habit-factorys-krw-35-billion-series-d-round/"
X Link 2025-10-25T04:53Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"The Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) has been increasing its exposure to alternative investments (infrastructure private equity and real estate). To regularly and efficiently obtain detailed data on the investment performance of funds in the market GPIF begins building a database on alternative assets. BNYs press release suggests that its Data & Analytics platform was selected to provide GPIF high-quality granular data of alternative assets empowering informed investment decisions based on a clear view of the performance and risk of the asset class. The platform accesses the"
X Link 2025-10-25T07:17Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"NHK World featuring @jpy_coin Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=VTJKQjV3Aac https://www.youtube.com/watchv=VTJKQjV3Aac"
X Link 2025-10-26T04:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"S&P Global Ratings recently hosted a webinar "Corporate Japans Cross-Border Funding Enhance Financial Flexibility" focusing on the drivers credit implications and the relationship between corporates and domestic banks. The presentation highlights that Japanese corporations are increasingly turning to overseas markets for funding a trend driven by strategic global expansion unfavorable domestic funding dynamics and the inherent limits of the Japanese bond market. This diversification is seen as a positive factor supporting the financial flexibility and credit profiles of Japanese issuers. Read"
X Link 2025-10-26T10:53Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Infcurion debuted on the Tokyo Stock Exchanges Growth Segment on Friday October [--] [----]. After bookbuilding resulted in a [----] reference price above the indicated range up to [----] the stocks first quote was [----] and the closing price [----] altogether an underwhelming debut. At the closing price Infcurion is valued at approximately [--] billion largely in line with the [--] billion investment SMBC Group made in September [----] for what now turns out to be a 29% stake. Dressed for success for the IPO with operating expenses down [--] percentage points year-on-year first-time consolidated profitability"
X Link 2025-10-26T23:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"ASUENE has completed the acquisition of 100% of the shares and integration of Iconic Air a U.S. company providing GHG visualization and methane leak management SaaS. Following NZero this second M&A further accelerates the expansion of ASUENE's U.S. operations and strengthens our technological foundation. Additionally ASUENE has completed the final close of its Series C2 round through a third-party allocation of shares to new investors including JGC Mirai Investment (a CVC fund managed by Global Brain with LPs: JGC Holdings and JGC Corporation) and SFVGB No. [--] Investment Limited Partnership"
X Link 2025-10-27T22:49Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"TIS and Ava Labs Launch "Multi-Token Platform" TIS part of the TIS INTEC Group and Ava Labs have launched the "Multi-Token Platform" which supports the issuance and management of next-generation digital financial services including stablecoins and security tokens. The "Multi-Token Platform" is a service that provides platform functionality necessary for tokenizing various financial assets by combining Ava Labs' managed blockchain infrastructure "AvaCloud" with multi-asset capabilities through EVM smart contracts and a proprietary key management infrastructure equipped with security and"
X Link 2025-10-29T02:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Secured Finance AG a Japanese-founded Swiss-incorporated developer of fixed-rate DeFi lending protocols has announced a new suite of products built around the Japanese yen stablecoinJPYC. The initiative aims to bring theYen yield curve on-chain enabling global investors to access the Japanese interest-rate market through transparent decentralized infrastructure. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/secured-finance-announces-new-jpyc-based-product-suite/ https://www.fintechobserver.com/secured-finance-announces-new-jpyc-based-product-suite/"
X Link 2025-10-30T02:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Fhenix the leading infrastructure protocol powering Private DeFi via homomorphic encryption has received strategic investments from BIPROGY and the Translink Sustainability & Innovation Fund.BIPROGY renamed from Nihon Unisys in [----] isone of Japans largest IT service providers with a strong footprint in the financial sector. This move underscores the growing necessity of privacy solutions for institutional adoption of Web3 and demonstrates strong institutional confidence in Fhenixs technology. The investment lays critical groundwork for Fhenixs deeper expansion into the Japanese Web3"
X Link 2025-10-30T04:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Breaking news"
X Link 2025-10-31T07:03Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"NEXI Provides Loan Insurance for Hella Infra Market Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI) has provided loan insurance for back financing related to a loan extended by a venture debt fund to Hella Infra Market Singapore a Singapore-based subsidiary of an Indian start-up company. This marks the first individual transaction under the framework agreement entered into by NEXI Mars Growth Capital and MUFG Bank in October [----] to provide loan insurance comprehensively for financings to overseas start-up companies. Read more:"
X Link 2025-10-31T23:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Tokio Marine-owned Philadelphia Insurance Companies(PHLY) has acquired the Collector Vehicle Division fromIgnyte Insurance a Carlyle-backed portfolio company. The transaction valued at $615 million brings four of the most respected names in collector vehicle insurance into the PHLY family:American Collectors InsuranceJ.C. Taylor InsuranceCondon SkellyandHeacock Classic. The business is headquartered in Mt. Laurel New Jersey. With deep roots and decades of leadership in the collector vehicle market these brands insure a broad range of specialty vehicles from antiques and hot rods to exotics"
X Link 2025-11-01T01:57Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Adam Back: The Bitcoin Operating System Watch it here: https://youtu.be/sedfnE8PNik https://youtu.be/sedfnE8PNik"
X Link 2025-11-03T02:22Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Japan Exchange Group (JPX) reported solid financial results for the first half of fiscal year [----] (FY2025 Q2 cumulative) driven primarily by increased activity in cash equities and a significant contribution from interest rate-related collateral management within clearing services. Operating Revenue rose 9.2% year-over-year (YoY) to JPY [-----] million and Operating Income grew 7.5% YoY to JPY [-----] million. Net Income attributable to owners of the parent company increased 6.9% to JPY [-----] million. Following the strong results JPX revised its full-year earnings forecast upward. Read more:"
X Link 2025-11-04T00:12Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Nomura Holdings reported solid financial results for the second quarter (Q2) of the fiscal year ending March [--] [----] (FY2025/26) demonstrating strengthened profitability across its key segments particularly Wholesale and its stable revenue businesses. While Group Net Income Attributable to Shareholders of Nomura Holdings declined quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) to [----] billion the results were robust when normalizing for one-off real estate gains recorded in the preceding quarter (Q1). The firm achieved an annualized Return on Equity (ROE) of 10.6% in Q2 and 11.3% for the first half (1H) marking the"
X Link 2025-11-04T00:33Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"At the end of October the Bank of Korea (BOK) published a report regarding the opportunities risks and necessary policy responses surrounding the potential introduction of a Won-pegged stablecoin (SC) in Korea. Titled "Currency in the Digital Era: Harmony of Innovation and Trust" the report adopts a cautious stance emphasizing that financial innovation must be securely integrated into the existing monetary and financial system. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/bank-of-korea-won-stablecoins/ https://www.fintechobserver.com/bank-of-korea-won-stablecoins/"
X Link 2025-11-04T02:22Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Progmat-Led Consortium Unveils Framework to Unlock Security Token Data Utility Progmat the core developer behind Japan's leading security token (ST) platform has released the findings of a critical industry study culminating in a standardized legal and operational framework designed to streamline the utilization of rights holder data in the ST ecosystem. The comprehensive "ST Data Linkage Streamlining Working Group (WG)" report conducted under the auspices of the Digital Asset Co-Creation Consortium (DCC)an organization boasting [---] member entitiesis poised to dismantle significant regulatory"
X Link 2025-11-04T02:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"SMBC Completes Proof-of-Concept Experiment Using Quantum Computing Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation SMBC Digital Marketing Corporation and Quanmatic jointly conducted a proof-of-concept experiment on "app advertisement analysis using quantum computing" aimed at advancing advertisement distribution in smartphone applications. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/smbc-completes-proof-of-concept-experiment-using-quantum-computing/ https://www.fintechobserver.com/smbc-completes-proof-of-concept-experiment-using-quantum-computing/"
X Link 2025-11-04T03:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"SMBC Asia Rising Fund Leads Series B a Singapore-based AI company pioneering the enterprise application of large language models (LLMs) in Southeast Asia has announced the successful closing of its Series B funding round raising tens of millions of USD. The round was led by SMBC Asia Rising Fund the corporate venture capital arm of Japans Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC). It saw participation from new strategic investors including Beacon Venture Capital (the venture arm of Thailands Kasikorn Bank) and SMIC SG Holdings. Existing investors including Singtel Innov8 (the venture arm of"
X Link 2025-11-06T06:40Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Fivot a startup company aiming to become a challenger bank pioneering the future through "AI Finance" has completed a funding round consisting of a [--] billion yen third-party allotment of shares in a Series B equity round and [--] billion yen in debt financing (loans) totaling [--] billion yen. Angel Bridge and Nissay Capital served as co-lead investors with a total of [--] companies participating as investors. This brings the cumulative equity funding since founding to [---] billion yen. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/fivot-i-completes-series-b-funding-round-totaling-2-billion-yen/"
X Link 2025-11-06T08:39Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Funds has completed a Series E funding round raising a total of [----] billion yen. The round was led by "SMBC-GB Growth No. [--] Investment Limited Partnership" jointly operated by Global Brain Corporation and SMBC Edge Corporation. Other investors include Asset Management One one of Japan's largest asset management companies; PKSHA Technology a leading AI development company; ALPHA an independent emerging VC; and Quester Capital a boutique investment bank based in Hong Kong among others. The Series E round has been completed up to the 2nd close and activities are continuing toward the final"
X Link 2025-11-06T23:11Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"MUFG Bank Mizuho Bank Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation and Progmat have announced that their joint stablecoin (SC) issuance and advanced cross-border settlement for a Mitsubishi Corporation proof-of-concept have both been approved to receive support from the Financial Services Agency of Japans FinTech PoC Hub. This is the first project supported by the Payment Innovation Project (PIP) and the 11th project overall supported by the FinTech Proof-of-Concept Hub. Read more:"
X Link 2025-11-08T11:38Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Mercari recorded a favorable start to the fiscal year in all three of Mercari Group's major businesses with the recovery of the Marketplace GMV growth rate the achievement of positive GMV growth in its US business and the growth of FinTech credit services. Consolidated revenue was 49.4B JPY (+10% YoY) and consolidated core operating profit was 9.3B (+128% YoY). Going forward Mercari aims to continue promoting product innovation by leveraging AI and from Q2 onward they aim to achieve their full-year financial forecast while strengthening the investment needed for growth in FY2027.6. The"
X Link 2025-11-09T02:09Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"The "Digital Asset Co-creation Consortium" (abbreviated as DCC with [---] member organizations) hosted by Progmat will establish the "Tokenization Law & Stock ST Working Group (WG)" and commence a joint study with the purpose to enable the transfer of rights for all securities including stocks and investment trusts on-chain and to maximize the benefits of Security Token (ST) implementation. Following the announcement of the WG establishment the DCC will accept participation from related organizations as needed with a kickoff in November [----] and a goal to compile and publish a "Report" and"
X Link 2025-11-09T04:31Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"SBI Holdings reported record-breaking performance for the first half of FY2025 driven by strong growth across most segments particularly Financial Services and PE Investment. 🔹 Financial Services Business:Grew +13.0% toJPY 118.0bn marking a record high. The Banking Business was the main driver growing +17.1% to JPY 73.6bn. The Securities Business saw a temporary decline (-5.0%) due to extraordinary losses. 🔹 Asset Management Business:Grew +7.8% toJPY 3.5bn marking a record high. 🔹 PE Investment Business:Experienced explosive growth turning a prior year loss into a profit ofJPY 110.5bn(a"
X Link 2025-11-09T07:53Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Tokyo Star Bank and Global Trust Networks which specializes in foreign residents and comprehensively provides services supporting life in Japan including housing employment telecommunications and finance have signed a basic agreement and commenced collaboration to realize financial services for foreign residents in Japan. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/tokyo-star-bank-global-trust-networks-to-offer-financial-services-to-foreigners/ https://www.fintechobserver.com/tokyo-star-bank-global-trust-networks-to-offer-financial-services-to-foreigners/"
X Link 2025-11-09T08:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The Itochu Research Institute's Associate Senior Research Fellow Sota Takano put out a new research note last week analyzing the most recent monthly labor survey. In September the growth rate of total cash earnings was +1.9% year-on-year accelerating from the previous month's +1.3%. This was mainly due to special payments (including bonuses) turning positive (from -7.8% to +4.5%). However the situation where wage growth cannot keep pace with inflation continues and real total cash earnings (adjusted for price increases) remained at -1.4% marking the ninth consecutive month of decline. Read"
X Link 2025-11-09T09:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Stripe andNEC have begun exploring integration of the Stripe Reader S700 payment terminal compatible with the unified commerce solution Stripe Terminal with NEC's face recognition payment service. By combining Stripe's payment terminals payment services and functions with NEC's face recognition technology which boasts world-leading authentication accuracy the companies aim to provide secure simple and convenient hands-free payments enhancing customer experience value.Stripe and NEC will showcase this face recognition payment experience with the Stripe Reader S700 at the Singapore FinTech"
X Link 2025-11-09T10:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"KDDI Turns Ponta Points Into Stablecoins With HashPort Deal HashPort has signed a capital and business alliance agreement with KDDI. Under this alliance HashPort conducted a third-party allotment capital increase to KDDI. As a result KDDI acquired more than 20% of HashPort's issued shares making HashPort an equity-method affiliate of KDDI. As the first initiative of this alliance HashPort Wallet with [--] million cumulative downloads will collaborate with Ponta which has approximately [---] million members and au PAY which has approximately [--] million users to implement the following partnerships:"
X Link 2025-11-11T21:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Startale Group has announced the Startale App an all-in-one gateway to the Startale and Soneium ecosystem designed to make the open digital economy simple secure and connected. Built as part of a continued partnership withSony Block Solutions Labs the app marks the beginning of a new chapter in Startales mission to bring the world onchain. The SuperApp will serve as the all-in-one gateway to the Soneium ecosystem uniting wallets assets and blockchain-native applications into one intuitive experience. Read more:"
X Link 2025-11-12T00:22Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"💥 QIA Commits USD [--] billion to Japanese Private Equity Platform with ORIX The Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) and ORIX Corporation have entered into an agreement to launch a commitment-based private equity fund. The total fund size will be the yen equivalent of USD [---] billion. The fund will invest in Japanese companies primarily targeting business succession privatization of listed companies and carve-outs (the transfer of business divisions or subsidiaries from large corporations) with an enterprise value investment size of at least [--] billion yen (approx. [---] million USD) per investment."
X Link 2025-11-12T02:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Okasan Securities has begun providing services for corporate customers through "Okasan BANK" a banking service jointly developed with GMO Aozora Net Bank. The corporate services of "Okasan BANK" offer special interest rate time deposits free deposit functions to Okasan Securities accounts corporate Okasan BANK cards with debit functions and access to GMO Aozora Net Bank's corporate services which are highly regarded for their excellent UI/UX particularly among newly established corporate customers. Read more:"
X Link 2025-11-12T02:49Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"DeNA Establishes JPY 5bn Delight Ventures Builder Fund III DeNA's Board of Directors has approved the establishment of and investment in the Delight Ventures Builder III Investment Limited Partnership (ILP). DeNA Group is currently strengthening initiatives related to AI under the policy of AI-ALL-IN aiming for medium to long term growth centered on AI. In line with this DeNA has resolved to make an investment in Delight Venture Builder III ILP a fund specializing in investments in AI domain. Read more:"
X Link 2025-11-12T06:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) and its consolidated subsidiary MUFG Bank have entered into an investment agreement and signed a memorandum of understanding regarding strategic collaboration with Third Intelligence an AI R&D company. Third Intelligence is a company established in March [----] by Yutaka Matsuo a professor at the University of Tokyo and leading figure in AI research in Japan and Junya Ishibashi CEO of Third Intelligence through a carve-out of new AI development initiatives at the Matsuo Institute. The company is committed to its mission of creating a world where humans and"
X Link 2025-11-12T08:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Stablecoin Ecosystem: TradFiWeb3 Integration Possibilities from WebX [----] @progmat_en @DigiFTTech @swiftcommunity @Ripple https://youtu.be/xsl1M8fJIyI https://youtu.be/xsl1M8fJIyI"
X Link 2025-11-13T00:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Tokio Marine Holdings' wholly-owned subsidiary Delphi Financial Group has agreed to acquire a majority stake in ACORE CAPITAL one of the leading U.S. commercial real estate investment managers. The transaction further strengthens ACORE CAPITAL's decade-long relationship with one of the largest global insurance groups. This acquisition marks a natural progression in the relationship between TM/Delphi and ACORE CAPITAL which began in [----] when Delphi supported ACORE CAPITALs launch with a $1.6 billion capital commitment. Read more:"
X Link 2025-11-13T07:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG) has reached an agreement to acquire a majority stake in kAIgentic a company incorporated by Mr. Mazhari SMBC Groups AI Transformation Advisor in Singapore in August [----]. kAIgentic led by Mr. Mazhari builds the enterprise Intelligence Layer to accelerate AI transformation within the SMBC Group and to develop agentic AI capabilities for broader industry adoption as a long-term goal. This announcement formalizes the closing of the investment agreement and presents kAIgentics name brand identity and mission establishing it as the SMBC Groups transformation"
X Link 2025-11-13T10:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"METI & JETRO Publish Expanded Startup Investment Agreement Guidelines Japan's Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry (METI) together with the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) has compiled an expanded version of the Key Points to Consider in Contracts for Sound Venture Investments in Japan based on discussions held at the Study Group on Development of Startup Ecosystems. These guidelines were originally formulated in [----] and revised in [----]. Investors and those involved in startup investment particularly startup companies are encouraged to make use of these guidelines taking into"
X Link 2025-11-14T00:39Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"ZIRITZ which operates the asset management platform "StockFormer" and the AI-powered automatic apartment planning service "StockFormer-ZERO" has completed Series A funding totaling [---] million yen. In this round Nissay Capital and Daiwa Corporate Investment served as lead investors with participation from a total of [--] venture capital firms and corporate investors. The raised funds will be allocated to acquiring excellent talent expanding products and enlarging sales areas to achieve further growth. Read more:"
X Link 2025-11-14T05:41Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Datachain Launches Tokenized Deposit Initiative Datachain has entered the field of tokenized deposits leveraging blockchain technology. In recent years global financial institutions including J.P. Morgan Citi and HSBC have been accelerating their use of distributed ledger technology (DLT) for deposits and payment servicesan industry shift aligned with the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Finternet vision. Amid this global movement Datachain aims to develop AI-native programmable infrastructure for payments and treasury management through this new initiative. Tokenized deposits"
X Link 2025-11-15T01:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Finatext Holdings second quarter of fiscal year [----] (Q2 FY2025) was marked by significant top-line growth and the successful execution of key strategic initiatives reinforcing the company's position as a leading B2B financial technology platform. Strong performance in the core Financial Infrastructure and Big Data Analytics segments coupled with major new enterprise partnerships validates Finatext's strategy and underpins a confident outlook for the full fiscal year. Major Enterprise Partnerships:Finatext secured and launched significant new partnerships with industry leaders"
X Link 2025-11-16T06:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Infcurion Reports First Quarterly Financial Results as a Public Company Infcurion exists to accomplish what was previously considered infeasible starting with the foundational layer of the economy: payments. Infcurion is the enabler of change bringing modern FinTech capabilities to every corner of the Japanese economy. By embedding payment and financial functions into services across all industries Infcurion is not just participating in Japans digital transformation; they are actively accelerating it. Infcurion provides the critical infrastructure that allows any business to become a FinTech"
X Link 2025-11-16T07:24Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"MUFG Bank a consolidated subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) has entered into a strategic collaboration agreement with OpenAI. Through this agreement MUFG Bank will also begin initiatives to create innovative customer experiences in retail banking. Since the October [----] announcement of an alliance both companies have been conducting trials for bank-wide employee adoption of ChatGPT Enterprise and iterating on product specifications. Based on these results the partners have now concluded a strategic collaboration agreement and are transitioning from the trial phase to"
X Link 2025-11-16T07:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Metaplanet's top-line financial metrics for the first nine months of FY2025 provide a clear quantitative summary of the company's extraordinary year-over-year growth. These results reflect the successful and aggressive execution of Metaplanet's strategic pivot towards becoming a premier Bitcoin treasury company marking a fundamental transformation from the prior fiscal year. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/metaplanet-third-quarter-financial-results/ https://www.fintechobserver.com/metaplanet-third-quarter-financial-results/"
X Link 2025-11-17T02:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"For the first half of fiscal year [----] (FY25.1H) Sony Financial Group delivered a Group Consolidated Adjusted Net Income of45.9 billion based on IFRS Accounting Standards. This result represents a4.8% decrease (2.3 billion)compared to the same period in the previous fiscal year. The decline is primarily attributable to decreased adjusted net income in the Sony Life insurance business. Despite this year-over-year decrease the Group's overall progress isalmost in line with the plan with a47%progress rate achieved against the revised full-year forecast. Read more:"
X Link 2025-11-17T02:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"The Japan FinTech Observer for the week ending November [--] [----] - Cutting through the noise in Japanese Finance & FinTech Read it here: https://www.fintechobserver.com/japan-fintech-observer-138/ https://www.fintechobserver.com/japan-fintech-observer-138/"
X Link 2025-11-17T07:49Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance a subsidiary of MS&AD Insurance Group has agreed to acquire an 18% equity interest in Barings an asset management company and wholly owned subsidiary of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance (MassMutual) from MassMutual for a total investment of USD 1.44bn. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/mitsui-sumitomo-insurance-acquires-stake-in-asset-manager-barings/ https://www.fintechobserver.com/mitsui-sumitomo-insurance-acquires-stake-in-asset-manager-barings/"
X Link 2025-11-17T08:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Japan's Bitcoin ETF: Feasibility and Challenges to Overcome from WebX [----] @Nomura @SBI_Global_AM @KPMG https://youtu.be/WyizNZnPV_o https://youtu.be/WyizNZnPV_o"
X Link 2025-11-17T22:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"During the first half of fiscal year [----] (1HFY2025) Sumitomo Mitsui TRUST delivered an exceptional financial performance culminating in a record-high net income. This robust result was driven by the successful execution of its strategy across three core pillars: strong growth in underlying business profit a significant positive reversal in credit costs and substantial gains realized from the strategic reduction of shareholdings. This outperformance provides a strong foundation for the significant upward revision of SuMi TRUST's full-year consolidated earnings and dividend forecasts. SuMi"
X Link 2025-11-18T23:10Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"SmartHR Receives US$96m Strategic Investment From General Atlantic Acquiring Stake From Coral Capital Founded in [----] SmartHR has established itself as Japans leading HR technology platform providing an all-in-one cloud-based solution for HR services to Japanese businesses. SmartHRs products include digitizing the employee system of record as well as supporting workflows across talent and labor management time and attendance payroll and more in addition to facilitating government reporting requirements. SmartHR's suite of products ultimately helps customers reduce operational burden manage"
X Link 2025-11-19T05:53Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Web3 Business Opportunities - Stablecoins Wallets and Brokerage Services from WebX [----] (Japanese original English auto-dubbed) @sbivc_official @Konami @mercoinofficial @jpy_coin https://youtu.be/nJZnD86xXK8 https://youtu.be/nJZnD86xXK8"
X Link 2025-11-19T08:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Massive reform package coming out of the MAS' Equities Market Review Group"
X Link 2025-11-20T00:01Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"On its 5th anniversary since business launch UPSIDER's cumulative number of client companies has exceeded [------] and the cumulative transaction volume of its corporate card "UPSIDER" and invoice card payment service has surpassed [--] trillion. Since launching the corporate card "UPSIDER" in [----] adoption has grown as a payment infrastructure supporting the cash flow of growth companies. UPSIDER has subsequently expanded its business domains with (which extends invoice payment terms) "UPSIDER AI Accounting" (which replaces accounting operations through AI-human collaboration) "PRESIDENT CARD" (a"
X Link 2025-11-20T03:29Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Binance Japan and PayPay have launched a PayPay Money integration service for Binance Japan's spot cryptocurrency trading (Simple Buy mobile and web versions). This service allows users to purchase cryptocurrencies through PayPay Money deposits and charge PayPay balance with PayPay Money from cryptocurrency sales proceeds. This integration service enables users to fund cryptocurrency purchases not only with PayPay Money but also with PayPay Points. Additionally by setting the point usage to "Use for payments" in the PayPay app in advance users can combine PayPay Money and PayPay Points. Read"
X Link 2025-11-21T08:54Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Pivotal Trend Service (PTS)has announced the official launch of its flagship digital asset productPMN (Pivotal Mining Note) onRepublic marking a significant milestone for the global digital securities industry. PMN becomesthe first Japan-originated Security TokenOffering (STO) to be compliantly offered in the United States and the first STO launched following Republic's recent acquisition of INX. Designed as a compliant Bitcoin-linked financial product PMN aims to transform institutional-grade Bitcoin mining exposure into an accessible transparent and user-centric investment opportunity."
X Link 2025-11-21T23:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"As Japan's largest megabank Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) occupies a central position in both the domestic and global financial landscape. The company's recent disclosure of strong half-year financial results for the fiscal year ending March [----] provides a clear window into its current operational momentum and strategic progress. This analysis examines these results in detail evaluates the company's upwardly revised full-year guidance and shareholder return policy and assesses the key strategic initiatives intended to drive long-term value. Based on a comprehensive review of MUFG's"
X Link 2025-11-23T22:39Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Digital Platformer and JPYC have commenced a joint study aimed at mutual cooperation between Japan's first Japanese Yen-pegged stablecoin "JPYC" and the deposit-backed token "Tochika" launched by Hokkoku Bank in April [----] as well as the construction of a business alliance model with regional financial institutions. This initiative aims to promote the efficiency and digitalization of regional economies by fusing the highly reliable deposit and remittance infrastructure possessed by regional financial institutions with new financial infrastructure based on blockchain technology. Read more:"
X Link 2025-11-23T23:14Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Nudge has partnered with HashPort provider of the Web3 wallet "HashPort Wallet" chosen by [--] million people to begin offering the "HashPort Card" through the next-generation credit card "Nudge". With this card JPYC (Japanese Yen stablecoin) is provided as cashback by HashPort according to usage amounts through everyday shopping and customers can also enjoy an original design card. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/nudge-begins-offering-official-credit-card-for-hashport-wallet/ https://www.fintechobserver.com/nudge-begins-offering-official-credit-card-for-hashport-wallet/"
X Link 2025-11-24T09:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Fiscal year 3/2026 began in a highly uncertain global environment creating significant headwinds for financial forecasts across the banking sector. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG) like its peers entered this period with caution. Market turmoil triggered by a U.S. tariffs announcement in May [----] prompted the firm to factor a substantial negative impact into its initial financial projections. However as the first half of the fiscal year progressed markets began to calm. Progress in U.S.Japan negotiations eased tariff-related concerns and the anticipated negative impacts largely failed"
X Link 2025-11-24T11:49Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Strategizing Bitcoin Adoption in Japan: Challenges and Opportunities from WebX [----] (Japanese original English auto-dubbed please check your settings) Panelists: Christian Moss ZBD Rintaro Kawai ANAP Kenji Tateiwa Moderator: Koji Higashi Diamond Hands https://youtu.be/4r_ijE3sCn4 https://youtu.be/4r_ijE3sCn4"
X Link 2025-11-25T04:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Alpaca a global leader in brokerage infrastructure APIs providing access to options stocks ETFs fixed income and crypto recently announced the launch of US stock execution service forSBI Securities Japans largest online brokerage firm. SBI Securities has actively worked towards expanding investment access for Japanese retail investors and reducing barriers to US stock trading. The company has helped eliminate brokerage commissions on US stocks and ETFs under the new Nippon Individual Savings Account (NISA) system and waived real-time FX conversion fees for USD/JPY. Alpaca currently powers"
X Link 2025-11-25T22:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Japan's Bitcoin Gamble: Examining Corporate Digital Asset Strategies from WebX [----] (Japanese original English auto-dubbed please check your settings) Panelists: Kishin Kato Takashi Tashiro European European Midori Kanemitsu bitFlyer Moderator: Koji Higashi Diamond Hands https://youtu.be/ApFiWroX4SA https://youtu.be/ApFiWroX4SA"
X Link 2025-11-26T07:13Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"estie which provides multiple services centered on "estie Market Research" Japan's largest commercial real estate data analysis platform has concluded financing agreements totaling [---] billion yen with four financial institutions: Shoko Chukin Bank MUFG Bank Resona Bank and Japan Finance Corporation. This includes long-term loans and long-term commitment lines. Through this debt financing combined with equity raised in the Series B round the company has secured over [--] billion yen in total standby capital. By utilizing this standby capital to promote M&A and through continued growth"
X Link 2025-11-26T09:28Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Current Landscape of Bitcoin L2 Ecosystem & Differentiation Strategies from WebX [----] Panelists: Gabe Hiroto Parker Citrea Kyle Ellicott Stacks Asia Foundation Justin Wang Zeus Network Moderator: Joe Miyamoto https://youtu.be/xBsrEgzdFhM https://youtu.be/xBsrEgzdFhM"
X Link 2025-11-27T00:46Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Korea's Financial Services Commission will create a fund of [--] trillion won over the next five years to boost investment in fintech and venture companies. At the opening ceremony of "Korea Fintech Week 2025" Financial Services Commission Chairman Lee Eok-won said on the 26th "I believe that the transformation of artificial intelligence (AI) in the financial sector will be the spearhead of new growth engines in Korea." https://www.mk.co.kr/en/it/11477885 https://www.mk.co.kr/en/it/11477885"
X Link 2025-11-27T03:06Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"South Koreas leading internet platform Naver and cryptocurrency exchange operator Dunamu are moving toward a landmark merger that would create a [--] trillion won ($13.6 billion) fintech powerhouse combining payments digital assets and artificial intelligence-driven financial services under one roof. https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10624296 https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10624296"
X Link 2025-11-27T03:06Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Raksul Bank a 100% subsidiary of Raksul has officially launched its financial platform service for small and medium-sized enterprises through its partnership with GMO Aozora Net Bank. By utilizing BaaS (Banking as a Service) Raksul Bank provides a next-generation banking service that combines same-day account opening industry-leading low transfer fees to other banks point rewards and secure security systems. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/raksul-group-launches-financial-platform-raksul-bank/ https://www.fintechobserver.com/raksul-group-launches-financial-platform-raksul-bank/"
X Link 2025-11-27T08:36Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Resona Bank and Fivot have jointly established the venture debt fund "RFC Venture Debt Fund [--] Limited Investment Partnership" with the aim of expanding financing for domestic startup companies from seed to middle stage. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/resona-bank-and-fivot-establish-rfc-venture-debt-fund-1/ https://www.fintechobserver.com/resona-bank-and-fivot-establish-rfc-venture-debt-fund-1/"
X Link 2025-11-27T09:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"THXLAB which provides the Web3 as a Service (Web3aaS) platform "THXNET." has built a dedicated Layer1 chain called "AVATECT Chain" using THXNET. as the foundational technology for implementing blockchain functionality in "AVATECT" the digital identity management platform promoted by TOPPAN Digital a group company of TOPPAN Holdings. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/thxlab-and-toppan-digital-provide-dedicated-layer1-blockchain-for-avatect/ https://www.fintechobserver.com/thxlab-and-toppan-digital-provide-dedicated-layer1-blockchain-for-avatect/"
X Link 2025-11-28T01:10Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"The Next Frontier: Which Asset Class Will Define Japan's Digital Future (Japanese original English auto-dubbed please check your settings) Panelists: Tatsuya Saito Progmat Eiji Kobayashi Securitize Japan Moderator: Yuki Kamimoto CoinDesk JAPAN https://youtu.be/yfSy8T1N_PA https://youtu.be/yfSy8T1N_PA"
X Link 2025-11-28T01:18Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Credit Saison's financial results for the first half of fiscal year [----] (H1 FY25) present a dual narrative that is crucial for investors to understand. On one hand the company's core domestic operations demonstrated remarkable strength driving business profit well beyond internal targets. On the other hand a series of special non-recurring losses weighed on the bottom line resulting in a slight year-on-year decline in net profit attributable to shareholders. This divergence underscores the resilience of the underlying business while highlighting the impact of discrete strategic decisions and"
X Link 2025-11-28T20:53Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"PitchBook has released itsGlobal VC Ecosystem Rankings (Q4 [----] to Q3 2025) providing a data-driven look at where the worlds venture capital is flowing. While the United States continues to dominate the top charts the data reveals a compelling story forJapan highlighting a period of significant momentum and specific vertical strengths that set it apart from its Asian peers. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/japans-vc-ecosystem-high-growth-saas-leadership/ https://www.fintechobserver.com/japans-vc-ecosystem-high-growth-saas-leadership/"
X Link 2025-11-28T21:38Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Heading to Tallinn for a week to assist our Estonian friends build FinTech bridges Go Europe"
X Link 2025-11-30T00:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"During its investor briefing on December [--] [----] Sony Financial Group disclosed that it aims for Sony Bank to become the first Japanese company to issue and distribute a dollar-denominated stablecoin in the United States under the U.S. Genius Act. For this effort Sony Bank will partner with Bastion Platforms which is also a portfolio company of the venture capital arm of Sony Group Corporation while Sony Bank is also considering investing"
X Link 2025-12-02T02:33Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"The Japan FinTech Observer for the week ending November [--] [----] - Cutting through the noise in Japanese Finance & FinTech Read it here: https://www.fintechobserver.com/japan-fintech-observer-140/ https://www.fintechobserver.com/japan-fintech-observer-140/"
X Link 2025-12-02T03:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"NETSTARS Supports QNB Group in Becoming the First Bank in GCC to Accept WeChat Pay e-Commerce TSE-listed NETSTARS has supported QNB Group the largest financial institution in the Middle East and Africa in successfully becoming the first bank in GCC to enable Weixin Pay e-Commerce acceptance working closely with Darwish Holding to make this achievement possible. This ground-breaking initiative enables QNBs e-commerce merchants to offer Weixin Pay (Weixin known internationally as WeChat) as a payment option catering to the growing number of Chinese tourists and residents. The service is now"
X Link 2025-12-06T00:31Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"AI fintech startup HabitFactory begins IPO process AI-driven fintech company Habitfactory has started preparations for an initial public offering appointing Samsung Securities and KB Securities as joint lead underwriters. The company said that it aims to list on the Korean stock market by [----] and will begin its IPO preparations this month. It previously sent out requests for proposals to major securities firms in August and plans to use the IPO to strengthen its capital base expand overseas operations and explore new business opportunities. https://pulse.mk.co.kr/news/all/11482887"
X Link 2025-12-06T02:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"MUFG to Launch Tokenized Money Market Fund Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities and Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking together with Progmat will commence collaboration on infrastructure development for a "Tokenized Money Management Fund" as the first step toward developing Japan's first tokenized investment trust. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/mufg-to-launch-tokenized-money-market-fund/ https://www.fintechobserver.com/mufg-to-launch-tokenized-money-market-fund/"
X Link 2025-12-06T03:31Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"We were delighted to participate in the "ICT & FinTech Mission to Tallinn" this past week courtesy of EIS Enterprise Estonia. Our first stop was the e-Estonia Briefing Centre where we were hosted by Marek Roostar Director of Asia Region Markets and Petra Holm Digital Transformation Advisor. Their comprehensive briefing provided our Japanese delegation with a deep dive into the mechanisms history and future trajectory of the Estonian digital society. Hosted at the heart of Tallinns innovation district the session illustrated how a small resource-poor nation transformed itself into a global"
X Link 2025-12-06T06:28Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"ABCash Technologies is beginning a collaboration with the investment trust service "mattoco+ (Mattoco Plus)" jointly operated by Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management and SmartPlus. Through this collaboration mattoco+'s investment seminar content will be posted on ABCash's "Money Training" platform for students to view aiming to build a new support system that allows those with no investment experience or beginners to debut as investors with confidence. This initiative was realized through an introduction from Mitsubishi UFJ Innovation Partners with both parties recognizing the compatibility"
X Link 2025-12-06T14:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Get to know your regulator The Financial Services Agency Japan (JFSA ) has published its annual report for the administrative year from July [--] [----] to June [--] [----] providing a comprehensive (400+ pages) and transparent overview of its activities. It is intended to inform its stakeholdersincluding financial institutions market participants and the publicabout the agency's organization key policy initiatives administrative operations and international engagement. The FSA is committed to fostering a stable and vibrant financial system that contributes to Japan's sustainable economic growth. The"
X Link 2025-12-06T23:34Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Nomura Securities has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with World Vision Japan (WVJ) a specified non-profit organization to support the development of new projects using Japans Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM). Nomura has been actively engaged in research framework design and market development in the JCM space. In June [----] Nomura became the first financial institution to be selected by Japans Forestry Agency to do a field survey in Cambodia for a JCM afforestation project developed jointly with SDG Impact Japan. The project was commissioned under the Forestry Agencys FY2025 Forest"
X Link 2025-12-07T02:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Mizuho Releases Generative AI-powered platform "Wiz Base" for Sales Support Wiz Base is a platform built by Mizuho on Amazon Web Services (AWS) to operate AI agents. It adopts a multi-LLM configuration that can safely integrate multiple models including Claude (by Anthropic) using Amazon Bedrock and is designed based on Mizuho's defined "AI Oriented Architecture (AIOA)." This realizes a multi-agent system where multiple agents collaborate to perform tasks while ensuring the reliability auditability and authority control required of financial institutions. Read more:"
X Link 2025-12-08T07:20Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"The Japan FinTech Observer for the week ending December [--] [----] - Cutting through the noise in Japanese Finance & FinTech Read it here: https://www.fintechobserver.com/japan-fintech-observer-141/ https://www.fintechobserver.com/japan-fintech-observer-141/"
X Link 2025-12-08T11:18Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Japan's First Yen Stablecoin: Game-Changing Details & What's Next from WebX [----] (Bi-lingual: Japanese original English auto-dubbed please check your settings) Panelists: Noritaka Okabe @jpyc_official Moderator: Yuki Kamimoto N.Avenue (CoinDesk JAPAN https://youtu.be/vEisYgao6M4 https://youtu.be/vEisYgao6M4"
X Link 2025-12-09T12:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"FUNDINNO went public on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Segment on December [--] [----] at the top of the indicated range from JPY [---] to [---]. After reaching a high of JPY [---] during the first day of trading the stock has since settled in around the JPY [---] mark giving FUNDINNO a market cap of approximately USD 120m. @cloudcapital1 has built a comprehensive ecosystem designed to solve the core challenges of friction opacity and illiquidity that have historically plagued Japan's unlisted market. The platform is far more than a simple crowdfunding service; it is a full-stack support system for"
X Link 2025-12-10T06:59Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The fifth stop of our "ICT & FinTech Mission to Tallinn" last week courtesy of Enterprise Estonia led us to Codeborne where we were hosted by software entrepreneurToomas Talts. The meeting provided a deep dive into Codebornes operational philosophy technical methodologies and its unique long-standing relationship with the Japanese market. Codeborne distinguishes itself as a pure software development partner avoiding off-the-shelf software resale in favor of custom-built high-complexity systems. The company operates on a flat hierarchy with no project managers utilizing Extreme Programming"
X Link 2025-12-10T07:47Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"The sixth and penultimate corporate stop of our "ICT & FinTech Mission to Tallinn" last week courtesy of Enterprise Estonia led us to Cybernetica where we were hosted by Sales & Business Development RepresentativeMaarja Suistefrom the Data Exchange Department who talked us through Cyberneticas role as a foundational architect of the e-Estonia ecosystem and its expansion as a global technology provider. Suiste covered the companys historical roots in academia its transformation into a private R&D powerhouse and its two primary export technologies:Data Exchange(interoperability via UXP)"
X Link 2025-12-10T10:26Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Animoca Brands Japan has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for strategic cooperation in the Digital Asset Treasury (DAT) domain with Solv Protocol the Bitcoin decentralized finance (BTCFi: Bitcoin DeFi) protocol. Under this agreement Animoca Brands Japan and Solv Protocol will support Japanese listed companies in holding and managing Bitcoin. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/animoca-brands-japan-signs-mou-with-solv-protocol-for-strategic-cooperation-in-dat-domain/"
X Link 2025-12-12T06:06Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"The "ROBOPRO Fund" established on December [--] [----] by SBI Okasan Asset Management surpassed [---] billion yen in net assets on December [--] [----]. This milestone was reached approximately [---] months after surpassing [---] billion yen in net assets on August [--] of this year. The Fund receives investment advice based on the "ROBOPRO" investment strategy from FOLIO a subsidiary of FOLIO Holdings and is managed by SBI Okasan Asset Management. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/folios-robopro-fund-net-assets-exceed-200-billion-yen/"
X Link 2025-12-13T23:25Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"MS&AD Ventures Participates in Interchange's Seed Round Interchange a financial infrastructure company has completed two significant operational milestones: a $17 million seed funding round and the receipt of comprehensive regulatory approvals for its wholly-owned subsidiary Interchange Clearing LLC. The $17 million seed round includes a mix of institutional venture capital and strategic operator-angels. Participation comes from MS&AD Ventures BoxGroup Plug and Play Ventures and Liquid2. Read more: https://www.fintechobserver.com/ms-ad-ventures-participates-in-interchanges-seed-round/"
X Link 2025-12-14T00:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Japan's Year in Politics [----] by Nikkei Asia The Japanese political scenehashad a tumultuous year from massive election losses for the ruling Liberal Democratic Partyto the resignation of a prime minister and the birth of a new government. U.S. President Donald Trump also visited Japan for the first time in six years touting a "new golden age"of the alliance which is now being tested byheightened tensions between Japan and China. In this video Nikkei Asia's Shotaro Tani sits down with Rintaro Nishimura senior associate at the strategic advisory firm The Asia Group to unpack all that has"
X Link 2025-12-15T01:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"In response to recent cases of accounting fraud involving companies going public the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) and Japan Exchange Regulation (JPX-R) are introducing a new set of measures. The primary goal of these new rules is to enhance the quality of the listing examination process and prevent similar fraudulent activities from happening again. This is a collaborative effort involving not just the exchange but also other key stakeholders in the Initial Public Offering (IPO) process. These measures are designed to address specific vulnerabilities that can allow financial misconduct to go"
X Link 2025-12-15T04:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Nomura arranges USD 500m financing for Mexico's Plata Plata the Mexican financial technology company has secured a newfinancingof up to US$500 millionarranged by Nomura Securities International the largestfundingto date for a Mexican digital financial services company. The transaction also sets an important precedent: it marks the first time aJapanese top-tier investment bankparticipates in a financing of this scale within Mexico's digital financial sector reflecting the growing international interest in Plata and in Mexico's financial system. Read more:"
X Link 2025-12-16T02:26Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Payments Without Friction: Building the Seamless Economy of Tomorrow from WebX [----] Panelists: Eowyn Chen Trust Wallet Russell Cummer Japan Smart Chain Joerg Weisshaar UPCX-Platforms Moderator: Takashi Okita Nudge https://youtu.be/VKaqvh5vpAE https://youtu.be/VKaqvh5vpAE"
X Link 2025-12-18T00:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"SBI Holdings' Fund Invests in Vietnamese InsurTech Saladin Consulting and Technology SBI Holdings has taken the role of lead investor in the Series A funding round for Saladin Consulting and Technology a technology startup based in Vietnam. This investment was executed through the SBI-NTU-Kyobo Digital Innovation Fund a Singapore-based fund managed by the SBI Group. The funding round also attracted participation from several other existing and new investors including Monks Hill Ventures Peak XV Partners and ICMG Ventures highlighting growing interest in the company's potential. Read more:"
X Link 2025-12-18T05:21Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"The Progress of Tokenization in the Financial Sector: From Concept to Reality in Digital Finance from WebX [----] Panelists: Katherine Dowling @BitwiseInvest Asset Management Nischint Sanghavi @Visa Henry Zhang @DigiFTTech Moderator: Makoto Shibata @finolab_pr https://youtu.be/F54ojxmDI50 https://youtu.be/F54ojxmDI50"
X Link 2025-12-19T01:03Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"MUFG Invests in Shriram Finance a Leading Non-Banking Financial Company in India MUFG Bank a consolidated subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has entered into an investment agreement with Shriram Finance a leading non-banking financial company (NBFC) in India and its major shareholders Shriram Ownership Trust and Shriram Capital to subscribe to a preferential allotment of 20% in equity shares in Shriram Finance. The total investment amount is expected to be approximately INR [-----] billion (JPY [-----] billion) and the completion of this investment is subject to approvals from relevant"
X Link 2025-12-19T07:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
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