Tag: banking

Digital-asset regulation has been a hot topic in 2020 and shows no signs of cooling. A recent G-7 meeting concluded that the sector faces an ongoing need for regulation. In addition to talking about ... ( read original story ...)

J apanese shares were hovering near a 30-year high on Dec 9 courtesy of global market optimism. The United Kingdom’s starting of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination program and likely progress over a U.S. ( read original story ...)

Traditional finance has a long way to go before it’s ready to embrace digital currencies, say crypto executives. ( read original story ...)

Lawyers representing the wife of a Finance Ministry employee who killed himself accused the government of providing misleading information about his death and why he falsified records about the dodgy ... ( read original story ...)

A government report disclosed to the widow of a local finance bureau official who took his own life in 2018 after being instructed to tamper ... ( read original story ...)

The huge debt will add strains to Japan's already tattered finances and could constrain its ability to keep battling the lingering pain from COVID-19 on a fragile economic recovery. Japan announced a ... ( read original story ...)

With November coming to an end just days ago, here is brief recap of all major Bitcoin and cryptocurrency news events of the past month. ( read original story ...)

Crypto funds have posted near-record inflows during recent weeks as the gold investment products shed liquidity. A new report from market data aggregator CoinShares has revealed recent surging crypto ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese funds are ramping up China’s bond purchases while shunning most other emerging-market debt as the coronavirus pandemic led to worsening government finances and lower interest rates. ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo Stock Exchange rule change would allow the private equity ... If the February deadline is missed, the IPO that was originally planned to raise about $3.6bn and would have been Japan’s ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga doubled down on his bet that promoting domestic travel will ensure the economy stays on a recovery path and that his tenure as premier will continue beyond a ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's new government bond issuance in the current fiscal year is likely to hit a record exceeding 100 trillion yen ($960 billion) as the coronavirus pandemic took a heavy toll on the economy, the ... ( read original story ...)

Bitcoin developers at venture-backed Blockstream created a new platform that could make it easier to settle securities in the $350 billion cryptocurrency. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo, Japan-based Medirom was founded to develop a retail salon network of corporate owned and franchised health salons in Japan. ( read original story ...)

Facebook gets a price-target upgrade from Guggenheim on expected strong digital ad and e-commerce revenue as the social network preps its cryptocurrency launch. ( read original story ...)

If you get Japan right, you’re going to be a more disciplined, better company for it, write Phil Wickham and Koichiro Nakamura. ( read original story ...)