PayPal announced that it has agreed to acquire Paidy, a Japanese buy now pay later solutions (BNPL), for…

US cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has signed a deal with banking giant Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) to begin…

EMQ, Hong Kong-based financial settlement network, announced the launch of its high transaction value cross-border settlements in Japan.…

The COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic turmoil have put a brake on merchant adoption of cashless payments,…

Stripe, the online payment infrastructure provider powering the likes Amazon, Facebook, Shopify, Zoom, Slack today announced opening of…

UnionPay announced that it has become the first international payment brand to be included in Japan’s universal payment…

Line Securities Corporation, a joint venture between Asian financial services group Nomura Holdings and Line Financial Corporation, the…

LINE Pay Corporation, operator of the LINE Pay mobile money transfer and payment service available on the LINE…

Sony and Daiwa Capital announced the establishment of Innovation Growth Ventures (IGV), a joint venture company created to…

In 2018 and early 2019, the Japanese fintech market witnessed significant developments. Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) published…

In the past years, Asia Pacific has seen strong growth in its fintech ecosystem, rapidly catching up with…

Mobile payments is rapidly becoming a dynamic market in Japan as the government pushes to increase cashless payments…

A global technological leader, Japan has witnessed the emergence of a thriving fintech landscape in the past two…

Japan has seen strong growth in the fintech ecosystem in these past several years as fintech startups, industry…

Paidy – the instantly issued post-pay credit account linked to mobile phone number company from Japan, has announced…

BITOCEAN (株式会社BITOCEAN) was the last exchange approved by the FSA, on December 26, 2017. Since the Coincheck hack in…