Category: FINANCE

Trading app Robinhood experienced issues with its crypto trading, which had a “major outage” late Thursday in the U.S., according to its Twitter feed and website. ( read original story ...)

Early Friday morning, news broke that Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is ready to sign an agreement with Pfizer over the supply of the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines. In doing so, the Asian ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s plan to release radioactive water into the Pacific has put Taiwan’s government in a bind, caught between standing up for its fishing industry and avoiding a dispute with its northern neighbor ... ( read original story ...)

A fourth wave of coronavirus infections in Japan is renewing concerns about whether the Tokyo Olympics can, or should, kick off in fewer than 100 days. ( read original story ...)

Risks to Japan's weak inflation outlook are skewed more to the upside, according to a majority of economists polled by Reuters, as rising commodity prices, a weak yen and supply shortages brought on ... ( read original story ...)

Trading app Robinhood is experiencing issues with its crypto trading, which is having a “major outage,” and is working to resolve the problem “as soon as possible,” according to its Twitter feed and ... ( read original story ...)

Welcome to the Capital Note, a newsletter about business, finance, and economics. On the menu today: Coinbase’s crypto correlation, another tech IPO, consumer borrowing stalls, and a look back at the ... ( read original story ...)

Robinhood said it was looking into the issue Thursday evening. The company has prompted users' ire before for outages during market rallies. ( read original story ...)

The Japanese stock market is slightly higher in choppy trading on Friday, extending gain of the previous session, with the benchmark ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's inability to contain the COVID-19 pandemic means that plans to hold the Olympics in Tokyo should be reconsidered, health experts wrote in a commentary. The 2020 Games, already delayed by one ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's economy suffered greatly from a shakeout ... it is slowing down slightly." The finance ministry announces trade data at 8:50 a.m. on Monday (2350 GMT Sunday). The core consumer price ... ( read original story ...)

Pakistan and Japan on Thursday reviewed spectrum of business and investment relations, identified areas for further strengthening and expanding economic cooperation between the two countries. The ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso repeated his claim Friday that it is safe to drink treated radioactive water accumulating at ... ( read original story ...)

Coinbase stock closes down day after landmark Nasdaq debut Coinbase shares whipsawed Thursday, a day after the cryptocurrency exchange went public in a blockbuster direct listing. The firm's stock ... ( read original story ...)

The direct listing of Coinbase (COIN) was a monumental moment for the crypto industry. It marked the first fully regulated and US-based crypto company to become ... ( read original story ...)

From prize wheels to 3% Bitcoin back, here are the ways that fintechs are working crypto into their rewards programs. ( read original story ...)