Category: FINANCE

With elections coming and the pandemic yet to be quashed, a record annual budget nearing $1 trillion passed Friday by Japan’s parliament is likely to be just the start for a government that already ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's record budget worth almost $1 trillion for the next fiscal year was approved by parliament on Friday, raising speculation over yet more spending ahead in response to the coronavirus pandemic. ( read original story ...)

The Bank of Japan formed a new committee dedicated to state-backed CBDC experimentation, even though it will not issue a token yet. ( read original story ...)

Special-purpose acquisition companies have raised $94.4 billion this year through IPOs — already more than the record annual total of $83.4 billion last year. ( read original story ...)

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Easter District of New York announced this week that Instagram influencer “Jay Mazini”, whose real name is Jeg ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, March 26 (Reuters) - Japanese shares closed higher on Friday, with SoftBank leading the gains on the Nikkei index, as investors scooped up beaten-down names after their sharp retreat this week. ( read original story ...)

Japan's record $1 trillion budget for the upcoming fiscal year was approved by parliament on Friday, raising speculation of still more spending in response to the coronavirus pandemic. It also ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Diet enacted Friday a record 106.61 trillion yen ($976 billion) budget for fiscal 2021 to finance steps to mitigate the fallo ... ( read original story ...)

The 106.6 trillion yen budget for the year beginning April 1 features 5 trillion yen in emergency spending related to the pandemic. ( read original story ...)

Banks’ digital currencies could displace the rationale for private sector projects ... ( read original story ...)

Global crypto exchanges will have to create separate infrastructure to comply with South Korea's proposed rules on money laundering and that might not be worthwhile for those with small orders in the ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's factory output likely fell in February partly due to a global shortage of automotive chips, which has further damaged an economy already reeling from the coronavirus crisis, a Reuters poll ... ( read original story ...)

Core consumer prices in Japan's capital city Tokyo continued to fall in March though slowed their annual pace of decline for a third consecutive month, indicating that rising fuel cost and a rebound ... ( read original story ...)

KUALA LUMPUR, March 26 -- Minna Bank Ltd, the Japan’s first digital bank which acquired a banking ... wishing to leverage the highly flexible system to power discrete embedded finance offerings or ... ( read original story ...)

Kate Rooney reports fidelity will be launching a crypto ETF which will be done through a subsidiary. If approved, it would track bitcoin prices. She joins 'Closing Bell' to discuss. ( read original story ...)

ABOUT THIS EVENT Disruptive Acquisition Corporation I (Nasdaq: DISAU), a special purpose acquisition company uniting global entrepreneurs, technology-oriented investors, and elite performers around a ... ( read original story ...)