September 21, 2016

Mizuho Bank Signed MOU for Business Cooperation with CzechInvest

Mizuho Bank and Mizuho Bank Nederland N.V. signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for business cooperation with the Business and Investment Development Agency of the Czech Republic (“CzechInvest”) in support of Japanese companies entering the country. more

US FinTech firm, Ripple Labs to raise 55 million USD from SBI Investment and others

SBI Holdings and its subsidiary, SBI Investment announced that they decided to make an additional investment in Ripple Labs Inc. more

September 16, 2016

Japanese financial portal, ZUU is awarded 2016 Red Herring Asia Top 100 Winners

The ZUU, a Japanese operator of financial media platform and support owned media for finance and realestate companies, was awarded “2016 Red Herring Asia Top 100 Winners”. more

September 16, 2016

Mizuho Bank and Softbank to set up JV for Japan-first score lending service

Mizuho Bank and Softbank agreed to establish a joint-venture company to provide lending service utilizing FinTech for individual customers. more

September 15, 2016

MONEY DESIGN to raise 810 million JPY through third-party allocation of new shares

MONEY DESIGN has conducted allocation of new shares to third parties. more

September 14, 2016

2 Japanese FinTech Ventures, Finatext and NOWCAST collaborate for kabu.com Securities

Finatext and NOWCAST announced that they start joint development of personal advisory service of asset management for individual investors at kabu.com Securities. more