There was no evidence of client loss as a result of BEA’s regulatory breaches, and the bank has undergone remedial actions to enhance its internal systems and controls.
September 17, 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, 2020Risks to the banking system came into focus on Thursday when MUFG became the first major Japanese bank to report an infection.
February 28, 2020Higher capital requirements could accelerate the unwinding of cross-shareholdings, a Japanese practice of owning shares in business partners.
January 27, 2020Japanese banks are looking to use JP Morgan's Interbank Information Network to bolster AML measures because it makes screening of cash recipients faster and more efficient.
December 11, 2019At a meeting with bank and asset manager heads, the FSS promised to lower regulatory and operational barriers for foreign firms looking to enter Korea’s financial markets.
December 3, 2019APRA has determined that only ANZ, BNP Paribas, Citibank, CBA, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, JP Morgan, Macquarie, MUFG, NAB, Sumitomo Mitsui and Westpac will be required to report under ARS 722.0.
November 23, 2019The BOJ and FSA will jointly coordinate stress tests on Japan’s three G-SIBs and four D-SIBs to assess how capital and liquidity could be affected if stocks fell and the yen spiked.
October 23, 2019While smaller banks are exiting the foreign exchange business entirely, larger banks are raising counter service fees for overseas remittances.
October 17, 2019