Tag: banking

M edirom Healthcare Technologies, which operates holistic healthcare salons and a healthtech platform in Japan, filed on Friday with the SEC to raise up to $20 million in an initial public offering. ( read original story ...)

Icici Bank offers point of sale credit; and other information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web. ( read original story ...)

New York-based financial publication Global Finance publishes an annual list of the world’s best cities to live in. For 2020, Asia has had a strong showing, with three cities in the top 10 and the top ... ( read original story ...)

Japan would cooperate with the Group of 20 major economies in responding to the need to quickly contain the coronavirus pandemic and support a strong recovery for the world economy, Finance Minister ... ( read original story ...)

As bitcoin soars in value amid the pandemic, Visa sees cryptocurrencies playing a greater role in its future as a network moving both data and money. ( read original story ...)

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the largest banking institutions in Japan, is set to launch its high-speed blockchain payment network with the U.S.-based tech firm Akamai in 2021. MUFG ... ( read original story ...)

The founder of one of the world’s largest Bitcoin exchanges broke a month-long silence to proclaim his innocence Friday, making his first comments since a Chinese police probe forced OKEx to briefly ... ( read original story ...)

This week, the V20 Summit convened crypto industry leaders and the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), and industry regulators, in a three-day virtual conference to share views and feedback on the ... ( read original story ...)

This morning, bitcoin (BTC) had surpassed the $18k price zone, as the crypto asset has climbed a whopping 54% during the last 30 days. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Treasure Data ... "Private equity, venture capital, growth capital, IPO, strategic acquisitions ... it could be SoftBank as well." Tibrewal, a former consultant at McKinsey, replaced ... ( read original story ...)

Covid-19 cases rose to a record of more than 2,000, according to local media tallies, as the nation that had previously shown success in containing the virus now faces a rapid spread of the pathogen. ( read original story ...)

Seven & i Holdings aims to cut by 2050 its greenhouse gas emissions essentially to zero at its retail outlets in Japan and the U.S., including those of its Seven-Eleven convenience store chain, Nikkei ... ( read original story ...)

The Bank of Japan and the country's financial regulator Financial Services Agency held a first round of talks on ways to enhance cooperation over their banking sector inspections, the central bank ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese stocks fell for a third consecutive session on Friday as a rise in new domestic coronavirus infections to record highs fuelled concerns that officials will place new restrictions on business ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese stocks fell for a third consecutive session on Friday as a rise in new domestic coronavirus infections to record highs fuelled concerns that officials will place new restrictions on business ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Friday, the Finance Ministry and Bank of Japan (BOJ) are cooperating well for financial stability. “Generally speaking, any decision to consolidate is up to ... ( read original story ...)