Tag: finance

Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group is set to invest around 10 billion yen ($90.3 million) in Philippine bank Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation, taking a 5% stake, the Nikkei financial daily ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo's key Nikkei 225 index closed slightly lower Monday on profit-taking, with few fresh market-moving events following a mixed close on Wall Street.The benchmark Nikkei 225 index inched down 0. ( read original story ...)

A former head of an egg production firm on Monday admitted giving 5 million yen in bribes in 2018-2019 to then Japanese agriculture minister Takamori Yoshikawa. Yoshiki Akita, 87, the former boss of ... ( read original story ...)

Binance, the world's biggest crypto-currency exchange, has been banned by the UK's financial regulator. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has ruled that the firm cannot conduct any "regulated ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's benchmark Nikkei index ended flat on Monday, weighed down by chip-related stocks tracking a muted Nasdaq trade in the previous session, while investors were also cautious ahead of key U.S. ( read original story ...)

Bunmei Ibuki, a ruling Liberal Democratic Party heavyweight who served as speaker of the House of Representatives, said Monday he wil ... ( read original story ...)

Binance, the world's biggest crypto-currency exchange, has been banned by the UK's financial regulator. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has ruled that the firm cannot conduct any "regulated ... ( read original story ...)

The cryptocurrency aficionados’ mantra that Bitcoin is equivalent to digital gold is winning converts among the world’s biggest holders of the precious metal. ( read original story ...)

Japan's benchmark Nikkei index slipped on Monday, weighed down by losses in chip-related stocks following a muted Nasdaq session on Friday, while investors were also cautious ahead of key U.S. ( read original story ...)

According to a three-day telephone survey conducted from Friday on about 1,000 voters in the nation's capital, 31.8% said they have decided to vote for the LDP or will most likely do so. ( read original story ...)

Simone Biles, Sunisa Lee, Jordan Chiles and Grace McCallum will make up the U.S. Olympic women's gymnastics team in Tokyo next month. ( read original story ...)

Simone Biles, Sunisa Lee, Jordan Chiles, and Grace McCallum will compete as a team while Jade Carey and MyKayla Skinner will compete as individuals at the Tokyo Olympics ... ( read original story ...)

With the ministry and the Southeast Asian country's ruling military acting as one body, there are concerns such business projects may become sources of income for the junta. ( read original story ...)

Local governments in Japan have been active in issuing so-called green bonds, proceeds from which are used for projects taking account of environmental concerns, amid growing moves to tackle climate ... ( read original story ...)

Although Japan lifted its COVID-19 state of emergency ... will debut on the New York Stock Exchange after scaling back its IPO target to around $4 billion due to a lack of investor support for ... ( read original story ...)

The Financial Conduct Authority, a regulatory body in the United Kingdom, has banned Binance, a popular cryptocurrency exchange platform, from offering certain services in the country. ( read original story ...)