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(29 April 2026 – Japan) MUFG Bank has launched MUFG Unity, a regional transaction banking platform aimed at simplifying cash...
(3 April 2026 – Japan) Mitsubishi plans to leverage JPMorgan’s Blockchain Deposit Account (BDA) tokenized deposit solution to enable instant...
(27 January 2026 – Japan) Japan’s largest bank is integrating artificial intelligence (AI) and human staff with dedicated AI designed...
(1 October 2025 – Japan) US investment firm KKR is moving quickly to build a private credit business in Japan,...
(10 September 2025 – Japan) ITOCHU has announced the issuance of its first Orange Bond, representing the first issuance of...
(20 August 2025 – Japan) Japanese fintech JPYC Inc. will begin issuing the country’s first stablecoin later this year, following...
(19 June 2025 – Japan) Mizuho Financial Group has extended ¥40.3 trillion (USD 278 billion) in sustainable finance between FY2019...
(13 June 2025 – Japan) Japanese merger and acquisition (M&A) activity is likely to buck the global down trend according...
(2 April 2025 – Japan) Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), TIS, Inc., Ava Labs, and...
(13 March 2025 – Japan) Nomura Holdings has announced its withdrawal from the Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA), following a similar...
