Discussions with asset managers and fund distributors may start by June to assess whether rules for mutual fund labels can guard against greenwashing.
March 4, 2021Another system failure took down 29 Mizuho ATMs for three hours on Wednesday, just days after more than 5,000 ATMs went offline.
March 4, 2021A system glitch caused the shutdown of over half of Mizuho’s ATMs on Sunday, with internet banking transactions also partially halted.
March 2, 2021Japan's FSA granted HKEX's OTC Clear a licence allowing it to offer clearing services to Japanese financial institutions in January 2020.
December 30, 2020The consortium, which includes Japan’s three megabanks as members, aims to address a lack of interoperability between digital payment platforms in the country.
November 25, 2020The BOJ and FSA jointly stress-tested banks using a common scenario for the first time in December. This year's stress tests will use the Covid-19 pandemic as the common scenario.
October 8, 2020Sumitomo Mitsui confirmed that 1,139 shareholder voting forms were not counted even though they were delivered in time.
September 25, 2020Companies from nine key fintech verticals are invited to submit applications by 31 August, for a chance to showcase their solutions to corporates and investors at Hong Kong Fintech Week.
August 11, 2020The project will explore the use of electronic money and digital currency to make banks and cashless payments services interoperable, and could evolve into the introduction of the 'digital yen'.
June 4, 2020The estimates reflect a move to a forward-looking methodology for analysing loan books, an accounting change recommended by the FSA in December.
May 18, 2020