Tag: banking

The Bank of Japan under Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda scored after boosting investments at the stock-market bottom, but some have started saying he shouldn’t play the market so much. ( read original story ...)

Withdrawing or transferring cash through a bank teller could completely disappear in Japan within a few years as banks revamp branches to adapt to the digital age. ( read original story ...)

Bitcoin and other digital currencies plunged Thursday, a slide likely to stoke speculation about the durability of the boom in cryptocurrencies. ( read original story ...)

Bitcoin and other digital currencies plunged Thursday, a slide likely to stoke speculation about the durability of the boom in cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin slumped as much as 8.7%, the most since early ... ( read original story ...)

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong publicly voiced concern that the outgoing Trump Administration may ram through onerous new data-collection requirements for crypto exchanges. ( read original story ...)

Short-term rates may creep up if the banks tap markets for funds that they then shift to BOJ deposits to earn 0.1% interest. That would complicate the BOJ's efforts to meet its -0 ... ( read original story ...)

Nikko Asset Management's John Vail said the Nikkei 225 is set to trade even higher in 2021, after already gaining more than 11% so far this year. ( read original story ...)

Japan's state-owned export credit agency has agreed to give Nissan Motor Co up to $2 billion as part of a credit agreement to help it finance car sales in the United States. ( read original story ...)

As coronavirus infections in Japan spark increasing alarm, the government has left investors guessing on how much money it will pump into the economy through a third extra budget. ( read original story ...)

Anthony Pompliano told CNBC that Janet Yellen was "notorious" for tolerating higher inflation and that her nomination could push Bitcoin higher. ( read original story ...)

Japan plans to implement tax incentives for long-term foreign residents as part of efforts to turn the country into a major international financial hub, government sources said Wednesday. Under the ... ( read original story ...)

Anthony Pompliano told CNBC Janet Yellen is "notorious" for tolerating higher levels of inflation and her nomination could push bitcoin higher. ( read original story ...)

An upcoming upgrade for Ethereum, the most-actively used blockchain in the world, is adding to the mania around cryptocurrencies sparked by the jump in Bitcoin. ( read original story ...)

JD Health International Inc. is looking to raise as much as $3.5 billion in its Hong Kong initial public offering in what would be Asia’s biggest health-care listing on record. ( read original story ...)

A leading Chinese vaccine developer applied to bring its shot to the market, seeking to get a jump on Western rivals as the race for a working inoculation against the pandemic enters the final stretch ... ( read original story ...)

In Japan, the Nikkei 225 jumped 1.87% while the Topix index gained 1.47%. The Hang Seng index in Hong Kong also saw robust gains as it advanced 1.37%. South Korea's Kospi advanced 0.58%. Over in ... ( read original story ...)