Tag: banking

While his successor Yoshihide Suga, also of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, has stated his premiership will focus on continuing the policies and goals of the Abe administration, September's figures ... ( read original story ...)

Fujitsu Ltd, Mizuho Financial Group Inc, and drugmaker PeptiDream Inc said on Thursday they are forming a joint venture to develop treatments for COVID-19. The new company, to be called PeptiAID Inc, ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Nikkei share average hit a near 29-1/2-year high on Thursday, as tech shares gained after their U.S. peers drove the Nasdaq higher overnight, while some profit-booking after a rally on ... ( read original story ...)

The pandemic has done what seven years of Abenomics could not: push Japan’s Nikkei 225 benchmark above the 25,000 mark for the first time since 1991. Now, some prominent market watchers predict the ... ( read original story ...)

Stocks in Japan were set to trade higher following an overnight bounce for tech stocks on Wall Street as a recent rotation into cyclicals paused. ( read original story ...)

In order to build trust in crypto markets it is important for crypto custodians to be properly regulated under appropriate regulatory frameworks, including as a New York Department of Finance licensed ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's traditionally overlooked stock market is winning new fans as global investors use the promise of a coronavirus vaccine and a new U.S. administration to hunt for more fairly valued, ... ( read original story ...)

Following the bursting of the bitcoin price bubble at the end of 2017, the blockchain and cryptoasset sector organically developed several alternatives to the truly decentralized and distributed ... ( read original story ...)

Reggie Fowler stands as the accused operator of Crypto Capital, a now-notorious shadow-bank within the crypto space. The man has now seen the attorneys representing him file a motion to withdraw from ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese bank lending rose at a slower annual pace in October than the previous month as some big firms began paying back loans, a sign corporate funding strains triggered by the coronavirus pandemic ... ( read original story ...)

Bitcoin and crypto watchers are braced ahead of the European Central Bank’s (ECB) two-day annual forum, beginning today—with ECB president Christine Lagarde set to speak about the "implications of ... ( read original story ...)

Over 30% of listed companies in Japan have upwardly revised their net profit forecasts for the fiscal year ending March, according to Nikkei research, with the trend largely led by Japanese ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's traditionally overlooked stock market is winning new fans as global investors use the promise of a coronavirus vaccine and a new U.S. administration to hunt for more fairly valued, ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Nikkei surged to close at a fresh 29-year high on Wednesday, as investors remained hopeful of a swift global economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic on vaccine-related developments. ( read original story ...)

Japan's third extra budget for economic stimulus steps may need to be bigger than 15 trillion yen ($142.5 billion), a senior lawmaker in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) said on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)

Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Tuesday that the pace of recovery in private demand was fast, as seen in the automotive sector. ( read original story ...)