the Ashikaga Bank has formed a business alliance with CyberAgent Grou’s CyberAgent Crowd Funding, Inc. which operates “Makuake”, a crowd funding portal site.
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Rakuten Bank selected as Country Winner at Global Finance World Best Digital Bank Awards
Rakuten Bank announced that the bank was selected as “Country Winner” in the 17th Global Finance World’s Best Digital Bank Awards
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Money Forward to hold Money EXPO 2016 inviting industry leaders
Money Forward announced that the company will hold a big event “お金のEXPO 2016 (Money EXPO 2016)” on November 23, 2016
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Rakuten Securities and Soramitsu co-develop more secure KYC system with blockchain
Rakuten Securities and Soramitsu, a blockchain technology company based in Japan, announced that they jointly developed identity verification (Know Your Customer) system utilizing blockchain technology.
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Rakuten Blockchain Lab to Open in Belfast, after acquisition of IP assets from Bitnet Technologies
Rakuten opened the Rakuten Blockchain Lab (R.B.L.) in Belfast, UK, on August 22, 2016.
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Monex releases Group Consolidated Financial Results, Drop in Revenue
Monex Group announced that the monthly consolidated financial results (IFRS) for July 2016.
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FFAJ Report, Binary Option in Japan Maintains the Growth of Trading Volume in July
The Financial Futures Association of Japan (FFAJ) published the monthly retail OTC binary options report for July, 2016.
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Japan OTC Forex Trading Volume Rose to 454 trillion JPY reported by FFAJ
The Financial Futures Association of Japan (FFAJ) published monthly OTC Forex trading volume in July, 2016.
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ZUU is nominated as the finalist of 2016 Red Herring Asia
ZUU, a Japanese operator of financial media platform and provider of support owned media for finance and realestate companies, announced that the venture firm is nominated for “2016 Red Herring Asia”
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Hitachi and Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Start PoC Testing for Utilizing Blockchain for Check Digitalization in Singapore
Hitachi, Ltd and the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. (BTMU) announced that they have started Proof of Concept testing for using blockchain technology for digitalization of checks in Singapore.
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