Tag: banking

With major digital coins failing to break out meaningfully in recent weeks, crypto markets can’t seem to pull out of a funk. ( read original story ...)

A Japanese financial industry group is planning to craft guidelines to boost transparency in the nation’s corporate bond issuance market, where new offerings often go partially unsold without the ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Indian startups are stepping up efforts to tap Japan Inc. for investment as the coronavirus pandemic and souring ties with China squeeze the industry. Much of India remains under lockdown ... ( read original story ...)

U.S. buyout fund Bain Capital said it has decided to extend the deadline of a tender offer for Japanese nursing home operator Nichiigakkan Co to July 9 from Monday. Bain Capial said it was extending ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Toshiba Corp said on Monday it planned to monetise its 40.2% stake in former flash memory chips unit Kioxia Holdings, stating its intentions of a potential stake sale for the first time. ( read original story ...)

Japan's Nikkei average edged higher on Monday, moving in a narrow range, while investors remained concerned over rising number of coronavirus cases. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Share buybacks announced by listed Japanese companies fell 78% to around ... according to data aggregated by Nikkei, highlighting cash-strapped businesses that have been hit hard by ... ( read original story ...)

The latest coronavirus (COVID-19) statistics from the dragon nation also favor the risk reset. However, certain factors still favor the escalation of the Sino-American tension while the US virus ... ( read original story ...)

Japan will allow about 250 international visitors daily from Vietnam and Thailand, as early as July. The country has also started to negotiate with Australia and New Zealand. The United States, the ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s corporate culture is stuck in a bad place. But the coronavirus pandemic might have given it just the nudge it needs to get out of the trap.From the 1960s through the 1980s, the country ... ( read original story ...)

As it has done with just about all activities around the globe, the coronavirus has reshaped how we consume our entertainment. In Japan, one of those ways has been the revival, most notably among ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese ruling-party lawmakers are looking to make it easier for banks to expand into different industries, a step that could help traditional lenders push back against tech rivals. ( read original story ...)

Japanese companies have long been criticized for hoarding too much cash. Now the habit is being touted as a reason to buy Japan stocks, as the coronavirus pandemic dims the outlook for dividend ... ( read original story ...)

Japan-based firm: Palantir Technologies Preps for Potential IPO in Fall Palantir is planning to file to go public in the coming weeks and could start trading as early as the fall. ( read original story ...)

Toshiba Corp plans to gradually unwind its 40per cent stake in Kioxia Holdings after the world's second-largest flash memory chip firm lists its ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has launched its COVID-19 contact-tracing app, which officials hope will help prevent a second wave of infections. The app has been besieged with various legislative challenges since work first ... ( read original story ...)