Japan

Data Insights

Q3 2024 update: M&A activity in financial services in Japan

Verdict Staff

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M&A in payments in Japan remained flat in Q3 2023

Data Insights

Hiring activity in the Japanese banking and payments industry decreased in Q2 2024

Data Insights

M&A in payments in Japan increased in Q2 2023

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SMBC signs $1.5bn deal to buy 15% stake in Vietnam’s VPBank

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Rakuten announces $880m IPO plans for banking business

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Hiring activity in the Japanese banking and payments industry decreased by 29% in Q4 2022

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VPBank close to selling 15% stake to Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group

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Digital bank Habitto secures deposit taking license in Japan

Shivam Mishra

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Japan Post Holdings to sell stake in Japan Post Bank

Shivam Mishra

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Japan Post Holdings to dilute $9bn stake in banking unit

Shivam Mishra

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MUFG Bank to invest $200m in Indonesian fintech Akulaku

Shivam Mishra

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MUFG open to more acquisitions to expand in Asia

Shivam Mishra

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MUFG to acquire two Asia units of Home Credit for €596m

Verdict Staff Writer

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Bank of Japan teams up with three banks to begin trial of digital yen

Verdict Staff Writer

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Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group eyes acquisition of Panin Bank

Shivam Mishra

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MUFG inches closer to buying Home Credit’s assets in Southeast Asia

Shivam Mishra

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Data analytics firm Personetics joins forces with Japanese neobank iBank

Shivam Mishra

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MUFG Bank sells Dah Sing stake to Japanese peer Norinchukin

Shivam Mishra

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Rakuten to list online banking unit on Tokyo Stock Exchange

Shivam Mishra

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Japan’s SMFG in talks to pick 10% stake in SBI

Verdict Staff Writer

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Japan and Indonesia agree on fintech cooperation framework

Aninda Chakraborty

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Standard Chartered’s venture arm signs MoU with Japan’s SBI

Shivam Mishra

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MB Bank to sell 49% stake in Cambodian arm to Japan’s Shinsei

Shivam Mishra

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NBU appeals nations to sanction local units of Russian banks

Shivam Mishra

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Mizuho taps Google Cloud to digitise retail banking business

Shivam Mishra

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Japanese online bank SBI Sumishin Net Bank postpones IPO

Aninda Chakraborty

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Japan to freeze assets of four more Russian banks

Shivam Mishra

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Mizuho chief executive resigns after reprimand over system failures

Verdict Staff Writer

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Shinsei Bank drops plans to counter SBI’s hostile takeover

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Japan’s Deposit Insurance to support SBI’s hostile takeover of Shinsei Bank

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Japan’s Shinsei Bank rejects takeover bid by SBI

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Japan’s Shinsei Bank plans to formally oppose SBI takeover bid

Verdict Staff Writer

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Rakuten’s online banking business to go public

VerdictStaff

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Japan’s Mitsubishi UFJ mulls divestment of US banking unit

Aninda Chakraborty

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Japan’s Mizuho Bank hit by another system glitch

Satarupa Bhowmik

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Japan’s Aomori Bank and Michinoku Bank plan to integrate operations

Aninda Chakraborty

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Japanese digital lender Minna Bank to commence operations

Aninda Chakraborty