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Stay updated with the latest news and insights on Japan’s payments and banking sector, focusing on trends, innovations, and regulations shaping its financial services and digital payment landscape.

Japan Doesn’t Want to Be Late with a Digital Currency

SBI Sumishin Net Bank & DLT Labs Launch Supply Chain Financing Partnership in Japan

by Steve Murphy

April 9, 2021

As members of CEP will be aware, one of the key use cases for blockchain technology is in trade services, ...

Online Grocery Sales Efforts Take A Giant (Stores) Step Forward

Move Over, Amazon: Japan’s Checkout-Free Grocery Store is on the Rise

by James O'Brien

January 29, 2021

Autonomous checkout has taken another step forward, this time in Japan. New Zealand company Imagr has signed with H2O retailing ...

InComm Japan Expands QR and Barcode Payment Capabilities

by PaymentsJournal

October 1, 2020

InComm, a leading payments technology company, today announced that it has partnered with five overseas QR and barcode payments processors ...

J.P. Morgan Expands Commercial Banking in Japan

by PaymentsJournal

January 21, 2020

J.P. Morgan continues to expand its Commercial Banking business with senior appointments to the Corporate Client Banking & Specialized Industries ...

InComm Japan Partners with Taiwanese QR and Barcode Payment Processor JKOPAY

by PaymentsJournal

January 10, 2020

InComm, a leading payments technology company, today announced that it has partnered with Taiwanese QR and barcode payments processor JKOPAY, ...

Japan’s JCB Card Adds Value to India’s Domestic Payment Scheme

by Brian Riley

August 20, 2019

Since 1960, JCB was a well-run, domestic payment card in Japan. For four decades, there seemed to be little aspiration ...

Japan Allows Fintech Payments Specialists to Compete with Banks

by Steve Murphy

February 22, 2019

Those who follow the financial services industry segments, especially from a multi-regional or global perspective, will understand that the regulatory ...

The Culture of Cash in Japan

by Sarah Grotta

December 20, 2018

The U.S. is often characterized (chastised?) as not moving towards a cash-less environment fast enough. These comments are often made ...

Bitcoin Evangelists Will Hate This Cryptocurrency Announced By Japan’s Mitsubishi Bank

by Tim Sloane

May 31, 2018

This article in FintekNews describes a new cryptocurrency the Mitsubishi Bank will pilot in 2019. MUFG Coin will of course ...

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Banks Rush to Make Japan Cashless Ahead of Fintech

by PaymentsJournal

April 6, 2018

As fintech innovation accelerates, Japanese banks are rushing to promote cashless payments, seeking to transform the nation's traditionally cash-heavy economy. ...

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